Week 5 - March 23, 2026
NE10 Player of the Week
Macy Vail, Southern Connecticut
Senior | Midfielder/Attacker | Joppatowne, Md.
Vail helped the Owls to a 3-0 week, in which she scored a total of nine goals and had 13 points. Against Dominican (CA), Vail had three goals, two assists, five points and scored the 100th goal of her career, as she became the seventh player to program history to score 100 goals. Against Converse, she scored a team-best of three goals, had an assist and totaled four points with two ground ball pick-ups. Against Molloy, she had a team-best of three goals, had an assist and totaled four points. Vail is ranked seventh in the NE10 in goals per game with an average of 2.63 goals per contest and is ranked sixth in points per game in the NE10, with an average of 3.75 points per contest.
NE10 Defensive Player of the Week
Autumn Mathews, Bentley
Sophomore | Defender | Reading, Mass.
Matthews led a Bentley defense that allowed just seven goals in two games, including a shut out of Felician. She totaled six ground balls and three caused turnovers for the week.
NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week
Lauren Rochel, Bentley
Junior | Goalkeeper | Wantagh, N.Y.
Rochel made 16 saves and had a .696 save percentage in Bentley's 14-7 win at Assumption. She added two ground balls. Rochel also played the second half of Bentley's shut out of Felician earlier in the week and made four saves. Overall, she had a .741 save percentage this week.
NE10 Rookie of the Week
Kendall Herrick, Saint Anselm
Freshman | Attacker | Medfield, Mass.
Herrick posted seven goals in a 2-1 week for Saint Anselm in Florida, including a hat trick performance in Friday's 10-8 win over Palm Beach Atlantic.
Season Awards History
Player of the Week
Week 1: Maddie Schubert, Pace
Week 2: Erin McIlroy, Franklin Pierce
Week 3: Abigail Nolan, SCSU
Week 4: Julia Foppiano, Adelphi
Week 5: Macy Vail, SCSU
Defensive Player of the Week
Week 1: Sonny Lionetti, Adelphi
Week 2: Alyssa Wolf, Pace
Week 3: Colleen Gilligan, Pace
Week 4: Marissa Doty, Pace
Week 5: Autumn Mathews, Bentley
Goalkeeper of the Week
Week 1: Elsa Branco, Pace
Week 2: Olivia Godwin, Franklin Pierce
Week 3: Corrina Moulton, SNHU
Week 4: Corrina Moulton, SNHU (2)
Week 5: Lauren Rochel, Bentley
Rookie of the Week
Week 1: Kendall Herrick, Saint Anselm
Week 2: Piper Knowlton, SNHU
Week 3: Piper Knowlton, SNHU (2)
Week 4: Piper Knowlton, SNHU (3)
Week 5: Kendall Herrick, Saint Anselm (2)
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