BIG EAST Player of the Week
Mason Reale, Villanova, 5th-Yr., M (Westport, Conn.)
Reale helped lead the Wildcats to their second consecutive win, a 14-8 road win over Lehigh on Saturday. The fifth-year senior posted a career-high seven points, notching four goals and dishing out three assists. Reale collected a hattrick in the opening half to give the Wildcats a 7-4 lead they would not look back on.
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
AJ Mercurio, Denver, Gr., D (Reno, Nev.)
Anchoring the Pioneers defense in Saturday night’s 15-6 win over Le Moyne, Mercurio forced a career-high four caused turnovers. The Graduate defender also garnered four ground balls, the most by any non-faceoff specialist in the contest. Denver improved to 5-0 on the year following the win.
BIG EAST Specialist of the Week
Wallace Halpert, Georgetown, Sr., LSM (Baltimore, Md.)
Led Georgetown’s dominant defensive effort in an 11-5 win over visiting Brown. He was credited with four caused turnovers and collected seven ground balls. Defensively, the Hoyas held Brown scoreless for spans of 20:48 and 20:29 in the game and only allowed four goals against GU's starters.
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Anderson Moore, Georgetown, Fr., G (Birmingham, Ala.)
Collected 11 saves and allowed just four goals in Georgetown’s 11-5 win against visiting Brown. He posted his fourth-straight game with at least 11 saves, including several doorstep stops at point blank range. The freshman netminder finished with a .733 save-percentage, forced a caused turnover and collected two ground balls.
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll
Michael Lampert, Denver, Sr., M
Registered his second hat-trick of the season, scoring three of his four points in a tight opening half.
TJ Haley, Georgetown, Sr., A
Quarterbacked the Hoya offense with a goal and three assists in an 11-5 win.
Adrian Nowak, St. John’s, Fr., A
Scored five goals and tallied his first-career assist in the Red Storm’s 11-8 over Queens on Wednesday.
Anthony Wilson, Villanova, RFr., G
Wilson picked up his second consecutive win in goal recording a season high 14 saves and a .636 save percentage in Villanova's 14-8 win over Lehigh.
Reid Colwell, Villanova, Sr., D
The Tewaaraton Award Watch List member led an impressive defensive display for Villanova causing two turnovers and picking up four ground balls.