Penn State and Johns Hopkins Score Women’s Lacrosse Weekly Awards
Nittany Lions’ MacKinney, Manning, and Allen join Blue Jays’ Downey with weekly accolades
Offensive Player of the Week
Kelly MacKinney, Penn State
Jr. – A – Martinsville, N.J. – Bridgewater Raritan
- Totaled nine points, including a career best seven goals, in No. 18 Penn State’s 18-9 win at No. 25 Ohio State
- Needed just nine shots to record seven goals, with only one coming on a free position shot
- Scores her first career Offensive Player of the Week honor
- Last Penn State Offensive Player of the Week: Delaney Radin (March 10, 2026)
Midfielder of the Week
Lacey Downey, Johns Hopkins
Jr. – M – Babylon, N.Y. – West Babylon
- Paired two goals, six assists, five draw controls, and two ground balls, as No. 9 Johns Hopkins downed Oregon 21-9
- Recorded her 53rd career assist, tying the Blue Jays’ career mark for assists by a midfielder
- Nabs her fourth Midfielder of the Week award of the season
- Last Johns Hopkins Midfielder of the Week: Lacey Downey (March 24, 2026)
Defensive Player of the Week
Sydney Manning, Penn State
Jr. – GK – Malvern, Pa. – Great Valley
- Recorded 1 saves on a career high 39 shots faced in the Nittany Lions topped the Buckeyes 18-9
- Posted saves on four of five free position shots
- Earns her second career Defensive Player of the Week accolade
- Last Penn State Defensive Player of the Week: Sydney Manning (April 16, 2024)
Freshman of the Week
Rocquette Allen, Penn State
A – Lone Tree, Colo. – Mountain Vista
- Matched a season-high six points on two goals and a career-high four assists in the Nittany Lions’ victory at Ohio State
- Notches her fifth Freshman of the Week award
- Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: Rocquette Allen (March 31, 2026)
2026 Big Ten Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week
April 7
O: Kelly MacKinney, PSU
M: Lacey Downey, JHU
D: Sydney Manning, PSU
F: Rocquette Allen, PSU
March 31
O: Lauren Lapointe, MD
M: Kori Edmondson, MD
D: Jenika Cuocco, NU
F: Rocquette Allen, PSU
March 24
O: Ava Angello, JHU
M: Lacey Downey, JHU
D: Reagan O’Brien, JHU
F: Annalise Messina, RU
March 17
O: Kate Tyack, OSU
M: Lacey Downey, JHU
D: Jocelyn Torres, OSU
F: Kate Theofield, RU
March 10
O: Delaney Radin, PSU
M: Emma Burke, MICH
D: Elizabeth Johnson, MICH
F: Rocquette Allen, PSU
March 3
O: Reese Robinson, USC
M: Kori Edmondson, MD
D: Ellie Thomas, USC
F: Rocquette Allen, PSU
February 24
O: Ava Angello, JHU
M: Lacey Downey, JHU
D: Elizabeth Johnson, MICH
F: Rocquette Allen, PSU
February 17
O: Emma Bradbury, MICH
M: Anna Simmons, ORE
D: Reagan O’Brien, JHU
F: Paige Willard, JHU
February 10
O: Madison Taylor, NU
M: Anna Simmons, ORE
D: JJ Suriano, MD
F: Elizabeth Johnson, MICH