Kittredge put up big numbers on the offensive side of the field to lead Sacred Heart to two key wins and help the Pioneers maintain their spot on top of the NEC standings last week. The graduate student poured in seven goals and dished out one assist for the Pios, who combined to outscore their opponents by a 27-12 margin during that two-game stretch. An attacker from Baldwin Place, NY, Kittredge netted the first two goals of the game and sent home all three of her scores in the opening quarter to give Sacred Heart a 5-2 lead in an eventual 13-7 triumph at Merrimack on Wednesday. She delivered an even more impressive performance on Saturday in a game that featured two of the three first-place teams in the NEC. Bookending a 5-1 Pioneers’ run in the first quarter with a pair of goals, she finished with four scores on the afternoon to lift Sacred Heart past Saint Francis U in commanding fashion by way of a 14-5 final. With the triumph, the Pioneers (7-1 NEC) held on to their first-place ranking in the conference standings, a spot they share with LIU. Kittredge has netted six hat tricks this season, including three in her past four games, as she leads Sacred Heart in goals (31), assists (9) and points (40). She ranks fifth in the league in goals per game (2.38) and is seventh in points per contest (3.08). This is Kittredge’s first NEC Player of the Week honor this season, and the first garnered by a Sacred Heart player.