ANNVILLE, Pa. (Conference News) – The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) has announced its conference weekly award recipients for the week ending Sept. 26, 2021. A total of 18 student-athletes were recognized for performances from Sept. 20-26, 2021.
 
During the fall season golf and tennis weekly awards will be announced on Tuesdays following any competition that occurs during the fall segment of their seasons.
 
 
CROSS COUNTRY (#MACxc)
 
MAC Men’s Runner of the Week
Shane Artis (DeSales / So. / Allentown, Pa.) won the Hornet Harrier Invitational hosted by Shenandoah University. He won the 8k race in a time of 27:22.5. His first-place finish helped the Bulldogs to the team title.
 
MAC Women’s Runner of the Week
Lauren Wick (Lebanon Valley / Sr. / Harrisburg, Pa.) earns her second conference weekly award of the season. Wick led the Dutchmen at the Lock Haven Invitational, which was a field of mostly Division II schools. Wick finished sixth out of 249 runners with a 6K time of 21:42.9.
 
 
FIELD HOCKEY (#MACfh)
 
MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week
Jess Alba (Widener / Fy., F-M / Sellinsgrove, Pa.) recorded seven points on three goals and one assist to lead the Pride to a 2-0 week. Alba began the week with one goal in a win over Arcadia. The first-year then scored two goals and added an assist in a conference win over Hood.
 
MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Week
Hannah Wolfe (Alvernia / Fy., GK / East Berlin, Pa.) earned two wins for the Golden Wolves while making 12 saves. She opened the week with a three-save shutout against Stockton. Wolfe followed that with a nine-save conference win over Stevenson.
 
MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week
Regan Sammons (Arcadia / Jr., F / Seaford, Del.) recorded 11 points on five goals and one assist. Sammons scored four goals and added an assist in an 8-0 conference game against Wilkes. She added a goal in a setback to Widener to begin the week.
 
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week
Megan March (FDU-Florham / Gr., GK / Glen Burnie, Md.) recorded 20 saves in a 1-1 week for the Devils. March made a season-high 11 saves in a 2-1 win over DeSales in conference action. In a 2-1 setback to Montclair State, March made nine saves.
 
 
MEN’S SOCCER (#MACsoc)
 
MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week
Sean Fatiga (Widener / So., F / Wollwich, N.J.) recorded 10 points on four goals and two assists to lead the Pride to two wins. Fatiga scored four goals in a 5-0 win over Misericordia to tie a single-match school record. The sophomore recorded two assists in a 3-1 win over Neumann on Wednesday.
 
MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Week
Brady Bixler (York / Jr., GK / Lower Windsor, Pa.) made 15 saves on 36 shots faced in 220 minutes of action. In a 1-1 draw with Marymount, Bixler made two saves on 10 shots faced. The junior then made an impressive 13 saves in a 2-2 draw on the road at No. 6 Rochester.
 
MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week
Danny McGinley (Wilkes / Sr., M / Brooheadsville, Pa.) recorded five points on two goals and one assist in a 2-0 week for the Colonels. In a 3-2 win over Moravian, the senior assisted on the game-winning goal. McGinley followed that with a two-goal performance in a 3-0 win over Immaculata.
 
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week
Nathan Hatzfeld (DeSales / Sr., GK / Lebanon, Pa.) led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 week with a pair of shutouts over Gwynedd Mercy and Penn State Brandywine. Hazfeld made four saves in a 1-0 win over Penn State Brandywine, and had one save in the win over Gwynedd Mercy.
 
 
WOMEN’S SOCCER (#MACsoc)
 
MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week
Caroline Roberts (Hood / So., M / Elkton, Md.) recorded seven points on two goals and three assists to lead the Blazers to a 2-0 week. Roberts scored two goals and added an assist against Marymount. She ended the week with two assists in the win against Washington Adventist.
 
MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Week
Samantha Coon (Widener / So., GK / Mount Laurel, N.J.) delivered two shutout victories for the Pride. Coon made six saves on nine shots faced in the win over Cabrini, and then made two saves against Lycoming.
 
MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week
Jess Williamson (Delaware Valley / Fy., F / Lititz, Pa.) recorded three separate hat-tricks to finish the week with 11 goals and two assists for 24 points in a 3-0 week for the Aggies. She now leads all players in the NCAA with 14 goals and 33 points. In a win over Rosemont, Williamson tied a program record with five goals in the 9-0 win. She added three goals in a 4-0 win over Penn State Abington, and then recorded three goals and two assists in a 7-0 win over Brooklyn.
 
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week
Emma Przyhocki (Misericordia / Gr., D / Morris Plains, N.J.) anchored a defense that allowed just one goal and six shots on goal in a 2-0 week. In a 3-0 win over Nazareth, Pryshocki shut down the opposing team allowing just one shot on goal. Then in a 3-1 win over No. 5 Messiah, she kept the reigning national champions scoreless until the 87th minute of play.
 
 
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL (#MACvb)
 
MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week
Logan Martin (Eastern / Fy., OH / New Holland, Pa.) was named tournament MVP at the Worthington Classic hosted by Gallaudet University. The first-year outside hitter recorded 53 kills in a 4-0 week for the Eagles. She capped the week with a 17-2-34 (.441) week in a convincing three-set win over former MAC Freedom Rival DeSales. Martin added 24 digs, three blocks, and a pair of aces in 14 sets played.
 
MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Week
Sydney Wilber (York / Jr., MB / Middletown, Md.) paced the Spartans in total blocks (13) and blocks per set (1.18) in a 2-1 week for the Spartans. Wilber had a big night in York’s 3-0 victory over Messiah as she posted a season-best seven blocks, just one off her career-best (8) and led a defensive unit that held Messiah to a season-worst .084 attack percentage. Wilber went on to record a pair of solo blocks in a 3-0 victory over Penn State Berks as she helped hold the Nittany Lions to a .029 attack percentage. Wilber capped off the week with three more blocks in a 3-1 setback to Elizabethtown.
 
MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week
Annika Massa (Misericordia / Fy., S / Califon, N.J.) averaged 11.4 assists per set in a 3-0 week for the Cougars. She totaled 103 assists over nine sets. Massa also recorded seven aces, 21 digs and six blocks. The first-year recorded 37 assists against Lycoming, 36 assists against Keystone and 30 assists and four aces against Farmingdale State.
 
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week
McKenzie Brady (DeSales / Jr., L / Falls Church, Va.) averaged 6.08 digs per set (73 total) last week helping DeSales post a 3-1 record. She appeared in three of the four matches posting dig totals of 18, 42, and 13. She had 42 digs in the five-set win over Gallaudet on Saturday. Brady added four service aces.