Lake Forest’s Spellmire and Adrian’s Turner
Claim NCHA Women’s Hockey Weekly Honors
Lake Forest College senior Olivia Spellmire (F - Bloomington, Minn.) is the NCHA Women’s Offensive Player of the Week and Adrian College freshman Kate Turner (G - Houston, Texas) is the NCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Spellmire is the NCHA Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season after contributing to seven of Lake Forest’s nine goals in a pair of victories over visiting Marian University on the weekend. She assisted on the first goal, scored the game-winner, and added another assist in Friday’s 4-1 triumph. All the scoring in Saturday’s 5-0 win occurred in the opening period with Spellmire recording a goal and three assists. She finished the week with 7 points (2G/5A) and leads the NCHA with 33 total (15G/18A).
Turner also earns her second NCHA Defensive Player of the Week honor after her stellar play in a sweep of St. Norbert College. She recorded 33 total saves and tallied a perfect 0.00 goals-against average. The two shutouts brings her total to five on the year and helped the Bulldogs to the weekend road sweep. Every stop was big Friday as the Bulldogs came away with a 1-0 victory and followed that up with a 3-0 win Saturday. Turner held the Green Knights to an 0-for-9 showing on the power play in the two games.
2017-18 NCHA WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS
Calle Bye, Marian
Bye scored the lone goal for Marian over the weekend as the Sabres were swept by Lake Forest. Bye is now tied for the team lead in goals with six.
Maggie Cusey, Northland
Cusey earned two wins over the weekend, recording 24 saves against Trine University on Friday and 19 on Saturday. She has now earned three straight victories and is also currently third in save percentage among NCHA goaltenders.
Kylie Fahmer, Northland
Fahmer scored a pair of power-play goals against Trine University on Saturday. She also recorded an assist against Trine in the opener Friday night.
Tory Harshman, Adrian
Harshman scored two goals - including the game-winner - in Saturday’s 3-0 win over St. Norbert to complete the weekend sweep on the road for Adrian.
Lexi Holman, Concordia
Holman became the Falcons all-time leading goal scorer with a power-play goal against Finlandia Saturday. The senior captain had three points in the game, including an empty net goal. Holman now has 38 goals for her career.
Michaela Isetts-Williams, Northland
Scored the game winning goal against Trine University in game one Friday and also recorded an assist against the Thunder the next night.
Mac Johnson, St. Scholastica
Johnson had another big weekend in a series sweep of Aurora. In Friday night’s victory, Johnson had a career-high four assists and also added a goal. She also had an assist in Saturday’s win. Johnson has matched her career-high for assists in a season.
Lindsay Lewison, Marian
Lewison stopped all 25 shots she saw in two periods of relief action against Lake Forest.
Jacque Rogers, Lake Forest
Rogers was perfect in goal during her only appearance of the weekend, recording 14 saves in Saturday’s 5-0 Forester victory over Marian. It was her fifth shutout of the season and program record ninth of her career.
Abby Sawyer, St. Scholastica
In a weekend sweep of Aurora University, Sawyer recorded a total of four goals and two assists for six points. She had a hat trick and two assists in Friday night’s win, becoming the fifth player in program history to record at least 70 points in a career.
Ellie Woodman, Concordia
Woodman scored the game-winning goal with 38 seconds left in Saturday’s 4-2 win over Finlandia. The junior blueliner scored on the power play, giving the Falcons a 3-2 lead in the final minute. She added an assist on a second-period goal, helping the Falcons secure the weekend sweep.