SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Emma McLaughlin (Northport, N.Y./Northport) has been named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) offensive and defensive athlete of the week as announced by the conference office Monday afternoon. McLaughlin is the first player in program history to earn athlete of the week honors. 

The senior midfielder set the program record with eight goals and tied the program records in points (8), ground balls (9), and caused turnovers (7) in the team's 13-3 win over Norwich. Each were career highs for the senior who finished the day by making all eight of her shots on goal and fashioned a .667 shot-on-goal percentage. She now leads the Cardinals in goals (eight), points (nine), ground balls (15) and caused turnovers (nine) on the young season.

The team is currently 2-0 amd will next play at Clarkson on Wednesday, Mar. 8 at 4 p.m. before they open up their home schedule against SUNY Canton on Saturday, Mar. 18 with an 11 a.m. start.