Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcat Lacrosse Wins Three Weekly Awards
3/28/2023 2:42:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
EVANSTON, Ill. — After two impressive wins against Johns Hopkins and Stanford, No. 2 Northwestern has garnered a series of weekly awards, highlighted by Erin Coykendall garnering both IWCLA and Big Ten recognition.
Coykendall led the Wildcat offense in both games, earning her the title of IWCLA Offensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The Spencerport N.Y. native scored five goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins and followed it up with a career performance against Stanford that saw six goals and three assists.
Madison Taylor found a hat trick and two assists against Johns Hopkins before netting a career high tying five goals and an assist against Stanford, not to mention three ground balls and four draw controls across the two games. Her performance was more than enough to earn her sixth Big Ten Freshman of the Week award. The last player to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Week six times was Izzy Scane in 2019.
The final Wildcat to take home a weekly award was Samantha White, who captured Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. White was a force to be reckoned with against Johns Hopkins, causing a career high five turnovers and picking up three ground balls. Not to mention an assist and two draw controls. Against Stanford White caused a turnover and posted three draw controls.
All three 'Cats will be back in action in Ryan Fieldhouse on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT against Penn State. The match up will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
