COLONIA, N.J. – Mercy University Women's Soccer freshman Astrid Borglund (Stockholm, Sweden/Hersby Gymnasium) has been named the East Coast Conference (ECC) Women's Soccer Rookie of the Week, and senior Sarah Lill Hanks (Skedsmokorset, Norway/High Point University) has been tabbed to the Honor Roll for Week Nine.
Borglund had a team-high five points on the week with two goals and an assist as Mercy went 2-0 to secure their second straight ECC Regular Season Championship. The freshman opened the week, assisting on the game-tying goal, in Mercy's 2-1 win over Queens on Wednesday. The forward ended the week with a game-high two goals, including the game-winning goal in the 86th minute, in the Mavericks' 3-1 win at Staten Island on Saturday, clinching the ECC Regular Season Championship for Mercy.
Hanks scored the game-winning goal in the 76th minute of Mercy's 2-1 come-from-behind win over Queens on Wednesday. The senior helped lead a Mercy backline that allowed just two goals in a 2-0 week, playing all 90 minutes in both games, securing the ECC Regular Season Championship.
Borglund is named Rookie of the Week for the third time this season and has now earned five awards on the year. Hanks receives her second award of the season. Mercy has now earned 21 awards on the year.
Head Coach Jack Nicholson and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday when they host the winner of Roberts Wesleyan/D'Youville in an ECC Championship Semifinal at 1 p.m.