The Epoch/US Lacrosse Players of the Week are named each Tuesday to recognize the most outstanding individual performances in high school boys’ and girls’ lacrosse in each of the five regions — Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest and West — outlined in our high school coverage. (The South region season is complete.) Make it Epoch.
Northeast
Kelsi LoNigro, Bayport-Blue Point (N.Y.)
LoNigro scored with 1:35 left in the second overtime to propel the second-seeded Phantoms to a 9-8 win over third-seeded Shoreham-Wading River in the Suffolk County Class B semifinals. She finished with four goals for the Phantoms. S-WR scored four goals in the final 4:51 of regulation to force overtime. LoNigro is headed to Monmouth.
Also notable: Ava Barry, Middle Country (N.Y.); Jenna Doyle, Pittsford (N.Y.); Peyton Fleming, Baldwinsville (N.Y.); Mae McGlynn, Skaneateles (N.Y.); Olivia Penoyer, Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.); Carly Schoudel, Darien (Conn.)
— Will Cleveland
Mid-Atlantic
Sydney Wolfington, Agnes Irwin (Pa.)
The junior attacker scored all five of her goals in the first half Thursday as the Owls raced past Episcopal Academy (Pa.), 14-7, to claim the Pennsylvania Independent Athletic Association title. The victory avenged a pair of regular season losses. Wolfington also combined for five goals and three assists in tournament wins over Hill School (Pa.) and Notre Dame Academy (Pa.) earlier in the week. She is committed to Penn State.
Also notable: Grace Bruce, Century (Md.); Anna Callahan, Glenelg (Md.); Dana Cicchitti, Conestoga (Pa.); Julia Henry, Bel Air (Md.); Helen Johnson, Summit (N.J.); Kaela Sierra, Eastern (N.J.)
— Eric Detweiler