Offensive Player of the Week
Grace Slater, Fairfield
Sr., North Potomac, Md., Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Grace Slater had an 11-point week as the Stags went 2-0 to earn a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship. She scored four goals with one assist in the Wednesday win over Sacred Heart, then dropped six goals on six shots in Saturday's rout at Marist.
Brynn Donnelly dominated the midfield this week with 31 total draw controls in Fairfield's wins over Sacred Heart and Marist to clinch a share of the MAAC Regular Season Championship. Donnelly is the only MAAC player with over 12 draw controls in a game this season, which she accomplished twice with 13 against the Pioneers and 18 against the Red Foxes. Donnelly claimed the Fairfield records for draw controls in a game (18) and a season (129) with her performance this week.
Freshman attacker Elizabeth Shean scored five goals and added an assist in Rider's 2-0 week that helped the Broncs reach the MAAC Tournament for the first time in program history. The freshman had her third hat trick of the season in Rider's win over Manhattan.
The 2025 MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championship is an eight-team, single-elimination championship taking place between April 25 and May 4, 2025. The first and second rounds will be hosted by the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds on Friday and Sunday, April 25 and 27. The bracket will reseed following the second round and the semifinals and championship final will be hosted by the No. 1 seed in the field on Friday, May 2 and Sunday, May 4. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Women’s Lacrosse Championship, please visit
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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