Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/13/19
Old Dominion’s Lilly Siskind (Henderson) was named Big East Freshman of the Week as announced by the league Tuesday afternoon.
Siskind scored her first collegiate goal in the Monarchs loss to Coastal Carolina on Saturday. Siskind also connected twice with Glory Johnson to assist on two goals against the Chanticleers. During her first career start, Siskind collected a groundball and a draw control.
Cincinnati’s Borzilla (Conestoga) is AAC Attacker of Week
American Athletic Conference has announced Cincinnati’d Monica Borzillo (Conestoga) as the winner of the league’s first Attacker of the Week, ending Monday, Feb. 11.
Borzillo sparked Cincinnati to a 1-1 week, totaling 14 points on nine goals and five assists. In the Bearcats’ 19-8 win over Kent State on Saturday, she fell one score shy of her own single-game program record with seven goals, pairing with four assists for a program-record 11 points. Borzillo stuffed her stat line against the Golden Flashes with six ground balls and five caused turnovers. In Friday’s season-opener against Ohio State, the junior found the back of the net twice and added an assist for a team-best three points. For the week, Borzillo averaged 4.5 goals on 6.0 shots per game.
St. Joe’s Cole (Lenape) is NEC Rookie of the Week
After turning in one of the most dominant collegiate-debut performances in program history on Saturday afternoon, Saint Joseph’s men’s lacrosse freshman face-off specialist Zach Cole (Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape) has been named the Northeast Conference Co-Rookie of the Week, the league office announced on Monday afternoon. The honor marks the first of Cole’s career, and he shares it with Bryant goalkeeper Luke Caracciolo.
Cole won 19 face-off possessions in 23 opportunities and scooped up 14 ground balls to lead the Hawks to a 15-7 win over St. Bonaventure in the 2019 season opener. The rookie won six of seven in the first quarter and all seven in the second quarter to put together a 13-for-14 first-half.
After winning his fourth collegiate face-off possession halfway through the first quarter, Cole took the ball himself and put away his first collegiate goal (7:18); he also added a caused turnover in the win and didn’t turn the ball over once.
His 82.6 percentage at the X leads the NEC by a wide margin to open the 2019 slate.
