Take one look at Emma Ward on the field, and you would never guess that she’s a freshman.

With big performance after big performance, Ward is establishing herself as a rising star in women’s lacrosse. In the NCAA quarterfinals on Saturday, she put together her best performance to date.

Ward scored a career-high six goals with one assist in Syracuse’s 17-11 takedown of Florida, cementing the Orange’s place in the Final Four. For her efforts, Ward is the USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Women’s Player of the Week.

Ward has 38 goals and 26 assists in her first 19 career games.

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

• Feb. 16 — Monica Borzillo, Cincinnati

• Feb. 23 — Alyssa Parrella, Hofstra

• March 2 — Asa Goldstock, Syracuse

• March 9 — Sydney Watson, UConn

• March 16 — Katelyn Mashewske, Syracuse

• March 23 — Izzy Scane, Northwestern

• March 30 — Gabby Fornia, Vanderbilt

• April 6 — Jamie Ortega, North Carolina

• April 13 — Aurora Cordingley, Johns Hopkins

• April 20 — Ali Baiocco, Stanford

• April 27 — Emma Tyrrell, Syracuse

• May 4 — Caitlyn Petro, UMass

• May 11 — Molly Dougherty, James Madison

• May 18 — Taryn Ohlmiller, Stony Brook