Northwestern University Athletics
Madison Taylor Named IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week
4/14/2026 3:26:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. — After recording 10 goals, four assists and five draw controls across victories over then-No. 1 Maryland and then-No. 18 Penn State, Northwestern senior attacker Madison Taylor earned IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week honors on Tuesday.
Taylor is the second Wildcat to take home an IWLCA weekly award in 2026, joining graduate student goalkeeper Jenika Cuocco, who garnered defensive player of the week honors on March 31. This marks Taylor's fourth time winning the award and first since March 18, 2025.
On April 9, Taylor tallied four goals, an assist and a team-high five draw controls as the Wildcats knocked off the top-ranked Terrapins 11-10. Taylor corralled a critical 50-50 in the final minute to help Northwestern become the first program to defeat multiple IWLCA No. 1 ranked squads since Florida did so in 2012.
Taylor posted nine points (six goals, three assists) in a 17-12 win over the Nittany Lions on April 12. She has scored at least five points in 11 of the Wildcats' 14 games this season.
The senior leads all active NCAA Division I players in career goals (313) and points (436). Taylor is the first player to notch at least 435 points and 200 draw controls since Loyola Maryland's Livy Rosenzweig in 2022.
No. 2 Northwestern will take on its fifth ranked opponent in the past six games on Wednesday, April 15, when the Wildcats face No. 22 Rutgers at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium. Opening draw is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on B1G+.
