Offensive Player of the Week
Mackenzie Blackwell, Eastern Michigan
Junior, North Beach, Md. (Northern)
Blackwell led the Eagles to its first three-game winning streak in program history as she tallied 11 goals, including her 100th career goal, the first to do so in program history. Blackwell, who added eight ground balls, 12 draw controls, and one caused turnover on the week, opened play with four goals at Presbyterian to bring her career total to 99 while helping the Eagles to 19 goals, the most the team has scored in a single game in program history, before scoring five at Garner-Webb to crack the century mark. She finished the week with two goals against Canisius to help EMU to its third consecutive win. For the season, she ranks second in the MAC and 11th nationally with 3.6 goals per game, second in the MAC with 4.2 points per game, and fifth with 4.4 draw controls.
Defensive Player of the Week
Katie Baumer, Akron
Junior, Rochester, N.Y. (Penfield)
Akron junior Katie Baumer continued to direct the defensive efforts of the Zips this past week from her defensive midfielder position leading the squad with a team-best 10 ground balls and five caused turnovers. In Akron's win over Butler from the BIG EAST Conference, Baumer posted a game-high five ground balls and a game- and season-best three caused turnovers, while adding a goal and a game-best two assists. Against No. 20 Ohio State he registered a game- and season-high seven draw controls, while adding a game-best marks with five ground balls and two caused turnovers to go along with a pair of offensive shots.
Goalkeeper of the Week
Maddie Porter, Eastern Michigan
Sophomore, Montrose, N.Y. (Hendrick Hudson)
Porter made 30 saves and saved more than half the shots she faced as she helped the Eagles to three wins and the program’s first three-game winning streak in program history. Porter opened the week with 14 saves against Presbyterian while adding three ground balls before recording seven saves, four ground balls, and once caused turnover while limiting Gardner-Webb to five goals in a 16-6 win, the second-fewest goals allowed in a game in program history. In the finale, she recorded nine saves in the 12-10 win over Canisius, including three each in the third and fourth quarters to close out the win. For the season, she leads the MAC in ground balls (4.6), second in saves percentage (.509), and third in saves per game (11.8), which rank fourth, fifth, and fifth, respectively, in the NCAA.
2025 MAC Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week
Week 1: Zayda Crumpton, Kent State (Co-Offensive); Katie Grottenthaler, Youngstown State (Co-Offensive); Tara McHugh, Youngstown State (Defensive); Meredith Leavell, Detroit Mercy (Goalkeeper)
Week 2: Lena Cox, Youngstown State (Co-Offensive); Sienna Hinchcliffe, Akron (Co-Offensive);
Katie Baumer, Akron (Defensive); Hannah Sanders, Akron (Co-Goalkeeper); Alexa Martel, Central Michigan (Co-Goalkeeper)
Week 3: Maddy Camm, Detroit Mercy (Offensive); Katie Bilello, Detroit Mercy (Defensive); Meredith Leavell, Detroit Mercy (Goalkeeper)
Week 4: Mackenzie Blackwell, Eastern Michigan (Offensive); Katie Baumer, Akron (Defensive); Maddie Porter, Eastern Michigan (Goalkeeper)
