Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Kelsea Dague, Eastern Michigan, Midfielder
Redshirt Junior, Lancaster, Pa. (Hempfield)
Kelsea Dague, who sat out the entire 2025 season with an injury, recorded her first goals, assist, and points of the 2026 season as she tallied seven points on six goals and one assist that included two hat tricks and the late game-winner in a come-from-behind victory over Xavier to help the Eagles finish the week with a 2-0 record. Dague, who had not scored since the 2024 MAC Tournament (May 2), opened the week with a hat trick against Lindenwood, marking her first hat trick since April 14, 2024, when she scored four against Central Michigan, before coming back to score another hat trick in the win against Xavier while adding one assist. The only player to score multiple goals in the 9-7 win over Xavier, Dague added one ground ball, one caused turnover, and one draw control in the two games to help the Eagles to a 3-1 record and the best start in program history that includes the team’s first 3-0 start in home games.
Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Ava Connaughton, UMass, Attack
Junior, Westwood, Mass. (Westwood)
Ava Connaughton led UMass in scoring in a 1-1 week with seven points. The junior extended her goal scoring streak to three to start the season as she tallied four points (two goals, two assists) against Penn State and three points (two goals and one assist) vs. Vermont.
Defensive Player of the Week
Karly Low, Eastern Michigan, Defender/Midfielder
Junior, Owen Sound, Ontario (Owen Sound District Secondary)
Low was huge on the defensive side of things for the Eagles as Eastern won a pair of games to move to a program-best 3-1 start that includes a program-best 3-0 home start to the season. In the win over Lindenwood, Low caused two turnovers and collected three ground balls. One game later, she stepped up her play as she collected five ground balls and caused two more turnovers to help EMU come from behind to erase a two-goal deficit in the fourth for a two-goal win. The five ground balls stand as a career high while her two caused turnovers marked the second and third-consecutive games she has hit the mark.
Goalkeeper of the Week
Maddy Porter, Eastern Michigan, Goalkeeper
Junior, Montrose, N.Y. (Hendrick Hudson)
Porter collected two more wins in cage as she stopped 18 shots and allowed 18 goals in games against Lindenwood (W, 14-11) and Xavier (W, 9-7) at home while grabbing 10 ground balls, four caused turnovers, and her first career draw control. Against the Lions, she halted 10 shots while collecting three ground balls and coming out of her crease for two caused turnovers while also securing a draw control after running to the loose ball that had been batted back into the zone where he raced to the ball ahead of Lion player. In the game with the Musketeers, she added eight more saves, seven ground balls, and two caused turnovers while allowing just two goals in the second and no goals in the final 12:47 of the game to help EMU come from two goals down to win by two.
2026 MAC Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week
Week 1: Kassidy Morris, UMass (Offensive); Anna Zucconi, Kent State (Defensive); Sydney Davis, Kent State (Goalkeeper)
Week 2: Kelsea Dague, Eastern Michigan (Co-Offensive); Ava Connaughton, UMass (Co-Offensive); Karly Low, Eastern Michigan (Defensive); Maddy Porter, Eastern Michigan (Goalkeeper)
