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NEC Co-Player of the Week: Jess Demeo, BRY
NEC Co-Player & Defensive Player of the Week: Caitlin Delaney, SHU
NEC Rookie of the Week: Caitlin Breglia, BRY
Previous NEC Releases: April 24 | April 17 | April 10 | April 3 | March 27 | March 20 | March 13 | March 6 | February 27 | February 20 l Preseason Poll Release

NEC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jess DeMeo, Bryant
So., A, Mount Sinai, NY/Mount Sinai
DeMeo finished the season strong, posting 10 goals on just 14 shots as she helped the Bulldogs end the year with a perfect 7-0 record against NEC competition. DeMeo was 3-for-4 in free position shots and also posted an assist in an 11-point week, while adding four ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control. She scored five goals on six shots in a 19-14 win over Mount St. Mary's on Friday and posted five tallies on eight shots two days later in Bryant's 16-6 triumph over Wagner. The three-time NEC Player of the Week leads top-seeded Bryant with 46 goals and 54 points on the year.

NEC CO-PLAYER & DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Caitlin Delaney, Sacred Heart
Sr., M, Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East
Delaney scored 10 points as the Pioneers swept Saint Francis U and Robert Morris to clinch an NEC Tournament berth for the second straight season. She finished with seven goals, three assists and 11 draw controls, and was dominant defensively with nine caused turnovers and 11 ground balls. Delaney scored four goals and added an assist in a 15-14 win over SFU on Friday, adding six draw controls, six caused turnovers and three ground balls. She followed with three goals and two assists - including the helper on the game-winning tally - in the playoff-clinching 16-15 win over the Colonials on Sunday afternoon. Delaney leads SHU with 33 goals, 19 assists, 52 points, 40 ground balls, 54 draw controls and 49 caused turnovers.

NEC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Caitlin Breglia, Bryant
Fr., A, Long Beach, NY/Long Beach
Breglia earned her third straight NEC Rookie of the Week honor as she helped the Bulldogs to a pair of wins to complete an undefeated season against NEC opponents. She scored six goals and added five assists to lead the team in scoring with 11 points last week. She was 3-for-4 on free position shots and posted five ground balls and one caused turnover. The freshman finished with three goals and four assists in a five-goal win over Mount St. Mary's and tallied three goals and an assist in Bryant's 16-6 conquest of Wagner. Breglia has scored a hat trick in three straight games and in five of the last six to up her season total to 34 goals.

NEC PRIME PERFORMERS

Holly Lawrence (Damascus, MD/Damascus) scored eight goals in two games to boost her season total to 50, a new Saint Francis U record. Lawrence began with a five-goal performance in a one-goal loss to Sacred Heart and followed with a hat trick in a one-goal setback to LIU Brooklyn. 

LIU Brooklyn's Jenn Peters (Slate Hill, NY/Minisink Valley) scored 10 goals and contributed three assists over the weekend, helping the Blackbirds to a split. With a five-goal effort in a loss to Robert Morris on Friday, Peters broke the school's career goals record and now has 199 over the course of her career. She also ranks second in program history in career points. 

Marissa Soto (Miller Place, NY/Miller Place) became the first Blue Devil to score 50 goals in a season after she scored eight times last week. She broke the former school mark of 49 in tallying four goals in the Blue Devils' 8-7 win over Mount St. Mary's on Sunday.

Robert Morris freshman Mackenzie Gandy (Baltimore, MD/Dulaney) posted 10 points over the weekend. She finished with five goals and five assists as the Colonials clinched the No. 2 seed in the NEC Tournament.

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