Scranton's Slade Earns Landmark Honor
from press release
SCRANTON, Pa. - Katie Slade (Buckingham, Pa./Central Bucks
East), a junior on The University of Scranton women's lacrosse
team, picked up a weekly honor today.
She was named the Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Week
for the period ending Sunday, March 28, after scoring five goals
and assisting on four others in leading the Royals to back-to-back
victories.
Slade opened the period with a career-high 7-point performance on
Wednesday, March 24, at Fitzpatrick Field. She scored three goals
and had four assists in Scranton's 15-4 victory over Neumann
University.
This past Saturday, in a 13-4 victory over SUNY New Paltz in New
Paltz, New York, she scored two goals as the Royals won their third
straight game to improve to 4-4 on the season.
In the latest Landmark Conference statistical rankings, Slade is
first in caused turnovers (2.43), second in draw controls (3.7),
tied for fourth in ground balls (3.0), tied for eight in goals per
game (2.0), and ninth in shot attempts (4.71).
The Royals will play two games this week, taking on Mt. St. Vincent
College on Tuesday, March 30, in New York City and hosting
Montclair State University Thursday, April 1, at Fitzpatrick Field
beginning at 7:00 p.m.
