Leach takes home the final NEC Player of the Week honor of 2024 after she provided the heroics in the Skyhawks’ regular-season finale on Wednesday. She led Stonehill to a pivotal 14-13 come-from-behind win at Merrimack with three clutch fourth-quarter goals. The senior midfielder scored a team-high five goals in the triumph, which clinched home field advantage for the Skyhawks in the first round of the upcoming NEC Championship. After trailing by a 12-7 count heading into the final quarter, Leach tied up the contest at 12-12 with a free-position goal with 4:22 left to play. Less than two minutes later, the Lyndonville, VT native capped off Stonehill’s impressive 7-0 rally and put her team up by two with another free-position goal. In addition to her high-scoring outing, Leach collected a team-high six draw controls in the regular-season finale. The veteran is the fourth Skyhawk to garner NEC Player of the Week honors this season. She joins fellow teammates Grace Murphy (Feb. 26), Natalie Coutu (March 4) and Molly Mae Hughes (April 8) in receiving the distinction. With 46 goals and 52 points, she is part of a stacked Stonehill offense that features the league’s top three scorers and enters the postseason ranked second in the circuit in goals per game (2.88) and fifth in points per game (3.25).