Every Monday during the season, one NESCAC Player of the Week will be selected based on information submitted by the athletic communications offices at member institutions.
 
NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week
Grace Keefe – Middlebury – Sr. - Defender – Forward Danbury, Conn.
Keefe tallied a career-best five points (2G, 1A) to push the squad to a 3-2 overtime victory over No. 9-ranked Amherst in a top 10 NESCAC showdown in the lone game of the week for the Panthers. After knotting the game early in the second half, Keefe came in clutch late in regulation, collecting a deflected ball and firing a cross-body shot that tucked inside the left post with 2.4 seconds remaining to make it 2-2. In the extra session, the Panther collected a saved shot and sent it toward the left post to collect the assist on the golden goal with 1:51 left in the first overtime. Through six contests, Keefe has played all but two minutes for Middlebury.

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Sophomore Kate Grady (St. Louis, Mo.) made nine stops in the Mammoths' only game of the week, a 3-2 overtime loss to No. 1-ranked Middlebury. Grady made a total of six saves in the fourth quarter and overtime periods. 

Bates – Sophomore Ava Donohue (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) recorded a season-high four saves, including one with three seconds remaining in regulation, as the No. 8 nationally ranked Bobcats defeated No. 13 Wesleyan 1-0 on Saturday. The shutout marks the first time since 2017 that Bates has blanked three straight opponents. The Bobcats are off to their best start since 1983 with a 6-0 record.

Bowdoin – Bowdoin’s Nicky Pearson won her 400th game as head coach of the Polar Bears in a 3-0 midweek win over Wellesley. Junior Emily Ferguson (Shrewsbury, Mass.) scored two goals in the victory.
 
Colby - Christina Sweeney (Milton, Mass.) scored all three goals for Colby in a week that saw both matches go to extra time. In Saturday's overtime loss to Conn. College, the sophomore scored late in the first quarter to knot the game at 1-1 and tallied her second of the day early in the second half to force overtime.  At Western New England on Sunday, Sweeney tied the game early in the fourth quarter. After two scoreless overtime periods, Sweeney played a part in Colby's shootout win, making her attempt as Colby slipped past the Golden Bears 2-1. 

Connecticut College – Bridget McGann (West Hartford, Conn.) scored a pair of goals, including the game winner, in a 3-2 overtime victory over Colby last week. The senior’s first tally came early in the second quarter, giving the Camels a 2-1 advantage, and she later added the second just 4:09 into the extra session as Conn. claimed its first NESCAC win of the season. It marked the ninth multi-goal game of McGann's career and moved her into fifth place all-time on the program's career goals list. 

Hamilton - Brooke Bilodeau (Darien, Conn.) scored the junior's first goal with the Continentals in their 4-0 win against St. Lawrence. Defender Isabelle Nahon (Westport, Conn.) collected the junior's first collegiate assist.

Trinity – Sophomore Claire Griffith (Westfield, Mass.) paced the Bantams to a 6-4 non-conference victory over Springfield College, registering a pair of goals which gave the Bantams an early 2-0 edge in the first quarter.

Tufts – In a three-game week for the Jumbos, Claire Casey (Charlotte, N.C.) recorded at least one point each contest, finishing with a goal and two assists. In NESCAC wins over Hamilton and Connecticut College, the junior assisted on goals with lead strikes on corner attempts. Against Hamilton, Casey’s assist helped Tufts take a 2-0 lead late in the third quarter. At Conn. College, had the assist on the goal that tied the score at 1-1 after the Camels had taken the lead. Casey also scored Tufts' lone goal on a penalty stroke at Babson College on Wednesday.
 
Williams – Captain Kiki Higgins (Weston, Mass.) of No. 5-ranked Williams totaled four goals during a 2-0 week for the Ephs. The senior recorded her first collegiate hat trick, which included the game-winning tally, in a 6-0 victory over Smith on Wednesday. Higgins buried the game-winning goal and reached the 100-career point milestone in a 1-0 triumph over visiting Trinity Saturday afternoon.