Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fort Lewis’ (2-8, 2-5 RMAC) Haley Dostie and Colorado Mesa’s (7-5, 6-1 RMAC) Shannon Murphy are the Week Eight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Players of the Week, the league announced Monday.
 
Offensive Player of the Week: Haley Dostie, Fort Lewis – Jr. – A – Parker, Colo.
Dostie continued her dominant junior campaign over the weekend when she combined for 11 points on eight goals and three assists over two appearances. The Parker, Colo., native was spectacular in the Skyhawks’ narrow loss to Colorado Mesa on Friday when she accounted for one assist and four unassisted goals on seven shots. She then bounced back with four more goals, two unassisted, and two dimes in Sunday’s 14-13 victory over Westminster.
 
The junior attacker now owns 35 goals on the year, a team-best mark, leads the RMAC with 4.1 points per game and stands second in the league with 3.5 goals per game. In addition to her scoring antics last weekend, Dostie racked up six ground balls and six draw controls, including a win-sealing draw control in the final 44 seconds of play against Westminster.
 
Fort Lewis returns to action on Saturday, April 22, where it will host Colorado State University Pueblo. Opening faceoff is slated for 1 p.m. MT at Ray Dennison Memorial Field in Durango, Colo.
 
Honorable Mention: Caroline Ohngemach, Colorado Mesa; Kate Broom, CSU Pueblo; Lucy Johnson, Regis; Hunter Doyle, Westminster.
 
Defensive Player of the Week: Shannon Murphy, Colorado Mesa – So. – GK – Wilmington, Mass.
Murphy was clutch for the Mavericks over the weekend when she combined for 16 saves and three ground balls in a pair of wins over CSU Pueblo and Fort Lewis. She opened with 10 saves and a .556 save percentage in Friday’s 10-8 win over Fort Lewis. Two days later, the sophomore goaltender posted six more saves on 15 shots faced in a dominant 19-1 victory over the ThunderWolves.
 
Following her prolific weekend in the net for the Mavs, Murphy now ranks 24th in the nation for goals-against average (10.14) and 33^rd nationally with 2.83 ground balls per game this season. A menace in the net, she has also accrued 91 saves and averages 7.58 saves per game on the year.
 
Colorado Mesa is back at it with a pair of home contests this weekend, beginning with a tilt against University of Colorado Colorado Springs on Friday, April 21. Friday’s match against the Mountain Lions is slated for 4 p.m. at Community Hospital Unity Field in Grand Junction, Colo.
 
Honorable Mention: Caira Lessick, CSU Pueblo; Averi Basso, Fort Lewis; Lily Ferguson, Regis; Shaina Shoughro, Westminster.