Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/5/24
from Press Releases
The Tufts University women’s lacrosse team got the 2024 season started right this past weekend, racking up two wins thanks in part to the play of junior attack Margie Carden (Villa Maria Academy), who was picked as the first New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Player of the Week in women’s lacrosse for the 2024 campaign.
Carden was featured Saturday as a Phillylacrosse “Player to Watch” for small colleges.
Carden helped the Tufts women’s lacrosse team to a quick 2-0 record to start the season, as Tufts topped Connecticut College, 17-4, before besting Washington & Lee on Sunday,18-16. For the weekend, Carden finished with seven goals and four assists for 11 points to lead Tufts. On Saturday at Conn. College, Carden scored twice and assisted on another goal and then exploded for eight points in the win of the ranked Generals, going for five goals and three assists.
The award for Carden was her second career weekly honor, as she picked up accolades on May 2, 2022. Carden, a First-Team IWLCA All-American in 2023, has 145 career goals and needs just 47 to set a school career record.
BC’s Clark (Conestoga) named ACC Offensive POW
Boston College junior attack Rachel Clark (Conestoga) was named Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week.
Clark led the Eagles with eight goals and two assists against No. 3 Northwestern and Louisville. The Devon native also added a pair of caused turnovers and a ground ball. Against Northwestern, she scored five goals with one assist for six points, tying a season high. Clark followed that up with a hat trick and four points in the bounce-back win against Virginia Tech. Clark is second in the ACC this season with 27 goals and third in points with 32.
CAA Rookie of the Week: Monmouth’s Dundas (SCHA)
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Brendan Dundas, Monmouth
Freshman | Attack | Doylestown, Pa. / Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Dundas tallied nine points on six goals and three assists for Monmouth in a 2-0 week. The freshman netted hat tricks in victories over Wagner and Mount St. Mary’s, marking his second and third this spring. On Tuesday, Dundas recorded a season-high five points with three goals and two assists, adding three ground balls in a 12-6 win over Wagner. He followed the effort with four points on three goals and one assist in a 13-12 double-overtime victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday.
