Adrian College’s White and O’Sullivan
Sweep NCHA Women’s Hockey Weekly Honors

Adrian College sophomore Jacqueline White (F - Royal Oak, Mich.) is the NCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week and sophomore teammate Kelly O’Sullivan (D - Inverness, Ill.) is the NCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

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White is the NCHA Offensive Player of the Week after helping the Bulldogs to a key sweep to keep them one point ahead in the race for the regular-season title, scoring the game-winning goal in both Adrian victories. Her first goal was a power-play goal in the first period of Friday’s game in a 3-0 win. The second goal came in the opening minute of the second period Saturday to put the Bulldogs up 2-1, sparking a three-goal second period that put the game away for Adrian. She also assisted on the second goal during Friday night’s game that gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead as well as tallying the assist on the game-tying goal in the first period of Saturday’s game.

O’Sullivan nabs NCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors after playing a major role in the Bulldogs defense on the weekend. She anchored a unit that allowed just one goal and only 28 total shots over the two games (including zero shots in the third period Saturday). She also tallied four assists on the offensive side of the ice in the pair of wins over CUW. The award adds a unique bookend to the Offensive Player of the Week honors she claimed back in week one of the campaign.

2017-18 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Morgan Bolin, Marian
Bolin had a multi-point game as the Sabres defeated Aurora in the series opener. Bolin scored the first goal in the series opener, the eventual game-winner, before assisting the final goal of the game.

Leigh Grall, St. Norbert
Grall finished with 21 saves in Friday’s 4-2 win at Trine and 17 saves in 7-0 shutout of Trine on Saturday.

Kaleigh Hamann, St. Scholastica
In St. Scholastica’s third consecutive NCHA series sweep over the weekend against Finlandia, Hamann recorded four points. She had two goals in Friday’s win and two assists in Saturday’s victory. One of her two goals on Friday was the game-winner and she assisted the eventual game-winner on Saturday. Hamann now has nine points in the last four games.

Lauren Michael, St. Norbert
Michael scored two goals in Friday’s 4-2 win over Trine and then added one goal in Saturday’s 7-0 win over the Thunder.

Lexi Morgan, Lake Forest
Morgan scored three times against Northland over the weekend to maintain her league lead in goals on the year. She was one of seven players on the team to light the lamp during Friday’s 7-1 triumph before accounting for her team’s first and last scores in a 4-2 victory on Saturday. Her last tally of the weekend was also her first career short-handed goal.

Chiara Pfosi, Aurora
Pfosi posted a shutout in Aurora’s 1-0 win over Marian University on Sunday, stopping all 35 shots sent her way. She made several point-blank saves in the final minute as the Spartans were on a penalty kill and Marian emptied the net for a final 6v4.

Lindsey Strainis, Marian
Strainis only allowed one goal in a pair of games as the Sabres split with Aurora. Strainis shutout the Spartans in the opener and only allowed one power-play goal in the finale as she posted a 0.51 goals-against average to go with a .971 save percentage. Strainis closed out the weekend with 33 total saves.

Julia Unterseher, Lake Forest
Unterseher recorded her first career two-goal game on Saturday to help lead Lake Forest to a 4-2 victory over visiting Northland College. She converted a power play opportunity in the second period to make the score 2-0 and scored again early in the third to put the Foresters up 3-1. Unterseher was also +3 on Friday’s 7-1 triumph and finished the weekend +4.