GNAC: Two Lasers earn GNAC weekly honors

Newton, Mass. –Junior Sheridan Blaha (Waltham, Mass.) earned field hockey player of the week and freshman Mckenna McCool (Loomis, Calif.) received women's volleyball rookie of the week honors from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC).

Blaha scored four goals in a 2-0 week for the Lasers, with a pair of two-goal games and both game-winners. She scored both Lasell goals in Wednesday's 2-1 road victory over Anna Maria College, including the overtime game-winner, and she scored Lasell's first and third goals in Saturday's 5-0 shutout over Dean College, including the game-winner on a penalty stroke.

Blaha leads the Lasers in both goals and assists. She is currently tied for fifth in the GNAC in goals and tied for eighth in assists.

McCool averaged 3.56 kills, 3.44 digs and a whopping 2.33 service aces per set with an impressive .441 attack percentage in a 4-0 week (2-0 GNAC) for the Lasers. She recorded a triple-double Saturday in Lasell's 3-0 GNAC win over Anna Maria College with 17 kills (.481 attack percentage), 16 digs and 13 service aces, which was second-most in a match in school history and one ace short of the school record. She smashed seven kills with a .481 attack percentage and added four aces and four digs as well in Saturday's GNAC win over Albertus Magnus. McCool was also good for seven kills, 10 digs and a .400 attack percentage Thursday in a non-conference home win over Bridgewater State.

McCool is ninth in the GNAC in kills and seventh in the GNAC in points.

Blaha and the Lasell field hockey team will be back in action Wednesday, October 13, when they travel to GNAC opponent Simmons for a 7:00 p.m. start.

McCool and the women's volleyball team will travel to Norwich for a GNAC matchup beginning at 6:00 p.m.