COLONIA, N.J. – Mercy University Women's Soccer freshman Connor Leahy (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) has been named the East Coast Conference (ECC) Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for Week Eight, senior Femke Demets (Avelgem, Belgium/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) has been tabbed Defensive Player of the Week, and freshman Astrid Borglund (Stockholm, Sweden/Hersby Gymnasium) has received Rookie of the Week.

Leahy scored a game- and career-high two goals in Mercy's 2-2 draw against Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday. The freshman scored the game-tying goal with five seconds remaining.

Demets had a team-high two assists on the week as Mercy went 1-0-1. The senior opened the week with an assist in the 2-2 draw against Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday. Demets ended the week with an assist and led a Mercy backline that posted a shutout in the Mavericks' 3-0 Senior Day win over D'Youville on Saturday. The senior now has an ECC-best six assists of the year.

Borglund totaled a goal and an assist as Mercy went 1-0-1 on the week. The Mercy freshman opened the week recording an assist in the Mavericks' 2-2 draw against Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday. The forward ended the week recording the game-winning goal and her ECC-leading 10th goal of the season in Mercy's 3-0 Senior Day win over D'Youville on Saturday.

Leahy earns her second award of the season. Demets is named Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this year and has now earned four awards on the year. Borglund is named Rookie of the Week for the second time and has now earned four awards on the year. Mercy has now earned 19 awards on the year.

Head Coach Jack Nicholson and the Mavericks resume action on Wednesday when they host Queens at 12 p.m.