NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week
Lydia Eastburn – Tufts – GK – Jr. – New Hope, Pa.
Eastburn backstopped two shootout victories for Tufts last week after the team hadn't played in a shootout since 2018. On Tuesday night the junior stopped three of Bowdoin's five shootout attempts for a 3-2 Tufts win (3-2 in the shootout as well) giving Tufts its best regular season win total (13) since 2018. In the quarterfinals on Saturday, Eastburn defended all three Amherst attempts as Tufts won the shootout 3-0 for a 2-1 victory that propelled the Jumbos to the semifinals. Eastburn had three fourth-quarter saves against Amherst to help send the game to overtime.

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Rookie Caroline Busler (Greenwich, Conn.) scored two goals last week, the game-winner in a 2-1 win over Trinity, the Mammoths' first victory over the Bantams since 2015, and the game-tying goal in the NESCAC Quarterfinal at Tufts. Busler's tying goal came with 13 seconds remaining in the contest. The Mammoths eventually fell to Tufts in a shootout, 2-1 (3-0). Busler's six goals ranked second on the team, and her 14 points tied for the team lead this season. 
 
Bates – Anna Lindeis (New Canaan, Conn.) dished out an assist in the NESCAC Quarterfinal Saturday at Wesleyan. Then, when the game went to a shootout tied at 1-1, the senior tallied two of the three successful attempts for the Bobcats, including the game-winner, as Bates prevailed 3-2 to advance to the NESCAC Semifinals for the second straight season. Earlier in the week, Lindeis played a critical role in the midfield in a 6-2 win over Colby. She started two offensive attacks that led to goals with long passes ahead that set up the forwards for success. 
 
Bowdoin – Junior goaltender Lauren O’Donald (West Springfield, Mass.) kept the Polar Bears in contention in the final game of the season last Tuesday at Tufts, stopping a career-high 21 shots in an eventual 3-2 penalty shootout loss to the Jumbos.
 
Colby – Sophomore Bridget Everett (Osterville, Mass.) capped a stellar first season with the Mules tallying two goals in a setback against Bates in the regular season finale.  Everett led the Mules with nine goals, good for eighth in the conference, with six coming against NESCAC opponents.  
 
Connecticut College – Liz Winemaster (Lake Forest, Ill.) made eight saves in Conn. College's first NESCAC Championship appearance in 12 years. The sophomore blanked No. 3 Williams in the first half and kept the Camels in the game until the final minutes. Earlier in the week Winemaster recorded 10 saves in the regular season finale against No. 10 Wesleyan.
 
Hamilton – Eleanor Cooper (Chevy Chase, Md.) scored for the first time in the first-year's four-game collegiate career in a 5-2 setback at Middlebury in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. Junior Abby Griffin (Shrewsbury, Mass.) made a career-high nine saves despite only playing the first half.
 
Middlebury – Senior Hannah Medwar (Andover, Mass.) tallied the game-winning goals in both the regular-season finale and NESCAC Quarterfinal action this week. The Panther helped Middlebury secure the No. 1 seed in the tournament with a 3-0 win over Williams on Tuesday, before guiding the Panthers to a 4-2 win against Hamilton in the quarterfinals. With the two goals, Medwar has 25 points on the season, including three golden markers. 

Wesleyan – Audrey Pace (Los Gatos, Calif.) allowed just one goal in 125 minutes of action in net for Wesleyan last week. The junior began the week playing 45 minutes in a 5-1 win over Conn. College where Pace finished with one save and no goals allowed. The goalie followed with a tremendous eight-save effort, allowing just one goal through 80 minutes of regulation and overtime periods in the NESCAC Quarterfinal round against Bates. 
 
Williams – Sophomore midfielder/forward Madeline Rowland (Wilmington, Del.) opened the scoring with her fifth goal of the season in the third quarter in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Tournament against Connecticut College on Saturday. Rowland’s goal would prove to be the game-winner, as the Ephs defeated the Camels, 2-0.