WASHINGTON – The Atlantic 10 selected St. Bonaventure senior Brooke Piper as its Under Armour Women’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week and VCU senior Katie Bornyek the Defensive Player of the Week. Duquesne freshman Madison Welch earned Rookie of the Week honors. The league announced the awards on Monday for games played from March 16-22.
Piper poured in 12 points last week to lead the Bonnies to a pair of victories. An attacker from Auroria, Ontario, Piper recorded seven goals and two assists in a 14-9 victory over Duquesne, adding three draw controls, one ground ball, and a forced turnover. She closed the week with three more points in a 12-8 win at Rhode Island, scoring three times on four shots to go with six draw controls and a ground ball.
Bornyek anchored a VCU defense that allowed just 11 goals across two A-10 victories last week. The defender from Sykesville, Md. caused four turnovers and scooped up four ground balls in VCU’s 10-6 win over La Salle, before adding two caused turnovers and two ground balls in the Rams’ 7-5 win over Davidson. VCU’s defense allowed just two goals in the final 36 minutes of game play against the Wildcats.
Welch delivered a dominant week in the draw circle for Duquesne, setting a new single-game program record with 15 draw controls against George Mason on Saturday. The performance tied for the most draw controls in a single game this season by an A-10 student athlete. The defender from Pittsford, N.Y. added seven draw controls in Wednesday’s contest at St. Bonaventure.
2026 Women’s Lacrosse Weekly Award Winners
| DATE |
OFFENSIVE |
DEFENSIVE |
ROOKIE |
| Feb. 9 |
Brooke Ross, DAV |
Mary Babbage, LAS |
Mia Milkowski, GW |
Feb. 16
Feb. 23
March 2 |
Kate Anders, GM
Alexis Morton, UR
Brooke Piper, SBU |
Judy Mahoney, SBU
Allie Hartnett, DAV
Casey Phelps, URI |
Daisen Iwan, GW
Parker Febo, GW
Kaitlyn Uller, DAV |
| March 9 |
Alexis Morton, UR |
Brit Colangelo, SBU |
Riley Bittinger, SJU |
| March 17 |
Megan Sanelli, SJU |
Stella Ray, GW |
Mia Milkowski, GW |
| March 23 |
Brooke Piper, SBU |
Katie Bornyek, VCU |
Madison Welch, DUQ |