Penn State and Johns Hopkins Score Women’s Lacrosse Weekly Awards

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