Fairfield University women’s lacrosse players Rebecca White (Spring Lake, N.J.) and Kristen Coleman (Potomac, Md.) received weekly accolades from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) on Monday.  White earns defensive player of the week honors for the second time individually, and the team’s sixth award in eight weeks.  Coleman is named the rookie of the week for the third consecutive week and the fifth time this season.

White, a graduate of St. Rose High School, was a force on the defensive end of the field in the Stags 3-0 week.  She led the team with eight caused turnovers on the week and seven ground balls.  In the win over Columbia she had three caused turnovers and three ground balls.  In the regular season finale against Siena, White had a season-high four caused turnovers.  She added four draw controls as well in the three games.  White contributed to the Stags offensive attack as well, with five goals and three assists.

Coleman, a graduate of Holy Cross High School, was the Stags offensive leader in the three games.  She tallied 13 points on the week, giving her 81 for the year, the school’s single-season record.  Of those points, 11 were goals, converting 55 percent of her shots for the week.  Coleman dished out two assists; recorded eight caused turnovers, picked up five ground balls and had a pair of draw controls.

The Stags completed the regular season with a program-record 16 wins, and a 16-1 record.  Fairfield captured the MAAC regular season crown with a perfect 6-0 mark, and is the top-seed at the upcoming MAAC Tournament.  The Stags will take on number-four seed Iona, in the semifinals, on Friday.  That game will begin 45 minutes following the first semifinal, #2 Marist versus #3 Canisius, which begins at noon.  The tournament is being hosted by Iona, in New Rochelle, N.Y.