Sunshine State Conference

Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week
Sara Grenier / Florida Tech / Jr. / Attack / Oakland, Maine
Grenier earns her first Offensive Player of the Week honors after she had a season-high seven points in a victory against No. 15 Regis 15-13. The Oakland, Maine native ended up scoring six goals and an assist while also producing two caused turnovers and picking up one ground ball on the defensive side. With the help of Grenier, the Panthers went on a 9-1 run to come back from being down six at halftime. FIT is now 9-2 overall and 0-1 in conference play. The award is the third of Grenier's collegiate career.

Women's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week
Mary Gormley / Florida Tech / Jr. / Midfield / Denver, Colorado 
With her performance against No. 15 Regis, Gormley earns the Defensive Player of the Week award. The Denver, Colorado native picked up five ground balls, caused four turnovers, and had three draw controls as the Panthers took down Regis, 15-13. She also played a role on the offensive side by scoring two goals and dishing out an assist. With the help of Gormley, the Panthers are now 9-2 overall and 0-1 in the SSC.   

2017 SSC Women's Lacrosse Award Winners - Week by Week

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Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Mehdi Laalej / Lynn University / Jr. / Meknes, Morocco 
Laalej earns his second Athlete of the Week award after achieving victory in all six of his matches for Lynn this week at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. Against the No 2 Barry, Laalej and Florian Clemares put the Fighting Knights on the board with an 8-6 upset over the No. 4 ranked doubles team of Ahmed Triki and Pierre Montrieul. In singles, Laalej again battled Triki, the second-ranked player in the nation, in the match of the afternoon and took down the senior in a third-set super breaker, 7-5, 5-7, 10-8. Earlier in the week, the Blue and White posted 8-1 victories over both 38th-ranked Florida Tech and 28th-ranked Rollins. Laalej and Clemares won both of their doubles contests at No. 1, 8-3. In singles, Laalej bested FIT’s Aria Canadell Solana in straight sets and rebounded to beat Rollins’ Patrick Sell, 3-6, 6-3, 10-6. The Meknes, Morocco native improves to 16-1 on the year in singles and 11-2 in doubles when playing with Clemares. The Fighting Knights are 17-3 on the year with a 5-1 SSC record. This is the third career SSC weekly honor for Laalej.

Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Verena Schmid / Barry University / So. / Ellwangen, Germany 
Schmid is named Athlete of the Week after helping Barry clinch the 2017 SSC Regular Season Championship. In a pivotal SSC match against No. 2 Lynn, unranked Schmid was pitted against No. 6 Diana Bogolii. The Ellwangen, Germany native dispatched Bogolii 6-2, 6-4 as the Buccaneers defeated the Fighting Knights 5-4 to capture the title. Along with the big victory at at #3 Singles, Schmid also brought home the 8-1 win at #3 Doubles with partner Zuza Maciejewska. Schmid also won in #2 Singles and #1 Doubles against Eckerd and in #2 Doubles against NAIA No. 4 Keiser. The Buccaneers clinched the regular season title after finishing 22-0 and 9-0 in conference play.