SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A key asset on defense, the University of Notre Dame women’s lacrosse’s Keelin Schlageter has been named co-defensive Player of the Week by the IWLCA they announced Tuesday.
The senior midfield/defender helped lift the Irish to their first win over a top-ranked team in program history Friday night as they rolled to a 14-10 win over then-No. 1 Northwestern. Schlageter caused four turnovers in the contest and registered an additional two ground balls en route to the win. A contributor on defense, she helped limit a red-hot Wildcat offense to just 20 total shots, of which only 14 were on goal.
Her two ground balls led to the Irish women’s highly successful clear rate Friday while also finding her fourth goal of the season in the contest.
Schlageter followed up Friday’s performance with a goal, a ground ball and one caused turnover Sunday against Butler, playing in just over a quarter of the contest.
Notre Dame continues its homestand with a second top-10 matchup slated for South Bend in as many weeks when the No. 2 Irish host No. 7 Syracuse on Saturday, February 24 at noon.