Week 4 - September 29, 2025
NE10 Player of the Week
Daniella Atherton, Saint Anselm
Junior | Forward | Milford, Mass.
Atherton posted a goal in each game as the Hawks went 2-0-0 with wins over Saint Michael's (RV) and No. 25 Adelphi. The Milford, Mass. native scored the game-winner against the Panthers with just 8:58 to play.
NE10 Defensive Player of the Week
Samantha Breton, Franklin Pierce
Graduate Student | Defender | Chicopee, Mass.
Breton anchored the Ravens’ back line in a perfect 2-0 week, playing all 180 minutes and helping Franklin Pierce hold Bentley and Pace to just one combined goal. Through seven starts this season, she has logged 588 minutes and been central to a defensive unit that has allowed just four goals and posted four shutouts.
NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week
Samantha Swidorski, Saint Anselm
Sophomore | Goalkeeper | Woodbury, Minn.
Swidorski allowed just one goal on eight shots as the Hawks went 2-0-0 with wins over Saint Michael's (RV) and No. 25 Adelphi last week. The midweek 3-0 win against the Purple Knights marked her first shutout of the season and the sixth of her career.
NE10 Rookie of the Week
Elizabeth Schoeneberger, Assumption
Freshman | Forward | Manchester, Conn.
Schoeneberger recorded three goals in two games this week, as Assumption remains the only unbeaten team in the NE10. She scored the game-winner at Southern Connecticut on Tuesday, before scoring a pair of tallies, including the game-winning goal against SNHU on Saturday. Schoeneberger now leads the NE10 with three game-winning goals, is tied for the lead in goals (6) and ranks second in points (14).
Season Awards History
Player of the Week
Week 1: Scarlett Brookes, Saint Michael's
Week 2: Kayleigh Goodrich, Adelphi
Week 3: Regan Kelso, Saint Michael's
Week 4: Daniella Atherton, Saint Anselm
Defensive Player of the Week
Week 1: Emma Seaberg, Assumption
Week 2: Julia Palmese, Saint Michael's
Week 3: Julia Palmese, Saint Michael's
Week 4: Samantha Breton, Franklin Pierce
Goalkeeper of the Week
Week 1: Anna Fiore, Pace
Week 2: Kaylin Hebert, Assumption
Week 3: Abby Aughe, SCSU
Week 4: Samantha Swidorski, Saint Anselm
Rookie of the Week
Week 1: Tilly Fitzgibbons, Bentley
Week 2: Mari Heiskanen, Franklin Pierce
Week 3: Regan Kelso, Saint Michael's
Week 4: Elizabeth Schoeneberger, Assumption
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