Emma Pertuit of Southwestern University a junior midfielder from Seabrook, Texas, has been named the SCAC Women's Lacrosse Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played from Monday, March 21 through Sunday, March 27.

Pertuit had 10 caused turnovers and 16 ground balls in three games last week, helping the Pirates to go 3-0 and achieve a single season program record win total of nine games. For the season, Pertuit sits atop the SCAC in ground balls (42), caused turnovers (19) and draw controls (50).

SCAC Women's Lacrosse
Defensive Players-of-the-Week

Week 1 Tessa Lewis, Southwestern University

Week 2 Natalie Slade, Colorado College

Week 3 Raquel Kurth, Southwestern University

Week 4 Natalie Slade, Colorado College

Week 5 Devon Ortman, Colorado College

Week 6 Emma Pertuit, Southwestern University