UAlbany's Best & Ladouceur Receive America East Conference Weekly Lacrosse Awards

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. -- University at Albany’s Kayla Best has been chosen America East Conference Player of the Week in women’s lacrosse, as announced on Monday, March 31 by the conference office. Freshman Tee Ladouceur was selected America East Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.

Best had 10 goals and one assist in two victories last week. She recorded career-highs in goals (6) and points (7) as her team rallied for a 17-12 league triumph at UMBC on March 26. Best, who sealed the outcome with back-to-back free-position shots in the final six minutes, became the first Great Dane to score six goals in a game since April 22, 2005. Best also scored four times and added a career-best five ground balls in Sunday’s 16-11 non-league victory against Longwood. Best, who has 26 goals and four assists this year, extended her scoring streak to 23 consecutive games.

Ladouceur, a first-team All-American on the high school level, also combined for 10 goals and one assist in last week’s two games. She had five of her career-high six goals in the second-half rally against UMBC. She netted a pair of unassisted goals that tied the contest at 12 apiece and scored her sixth, one off the program’s single-game freshman record, for a 14-12 lead. Ladouceur, who has a team-leading 29 goals this season, scored four times versus Longwood. She posted career-highs in draw controls (5) and caused turnovers (3) in that non-league win.

UAlbany (7-3) is off to its best since 1998 when the program competed at the NCAA Division II level. The Great Danes host Syracuse, ranked No. 5 in both national polls, on April 2 at 4:00 p.m.