WePlayed Sports Players of the Week - Mar. 16

Men's Lacrosse

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week for games played during week six of the 2026 season. Wingate's Kyle Spence was named the Offensive Player of the Week and his teammate Trey O'Callaghan was named the Defensive Player of the Week, while Anderson's Aiden Dixon was named the Specialist of the Week.

Spence, a senior from Suwanee, Ga., registered five points Saturday, leading No. 8 Wingate to a 14-10 win over No. 11 LR in the Crown Classic. Spence had two goals and three assists, adding three ground balls on the day.

O'Callaghan, a freshman from Huntingtown, Md., anchored the Wingate defense in the victory over nationally-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne. In that contest, he notched three caused turnovers while also collecting a ground ball.

Dixon, a junior from Forest Hill, Md., went 18 of 20 from the X in Anderson's win over Emmanuel. He also tallied 13 GBs, one goal, one assist, and one CTO.

2026 SAC Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Feb. 9 – Ben Royer, Tusculum
Feb. 16 – Radyn Badraun, Anderson
Feb. 23 – Gage Vigar, Newberry
Mar. 2 – Ryan Bitterman, Anderson
Mar. 9 – Bradley David, Newberry
Mar. 16 – Kyle Spence, Wingate

Defensive Player of the Week

Feb. 9 – Graham Tillett, Wingate
Feb. 16 – Lennon Connolly, Coker
Feb. 23 – Owen Conway, Catawba
Mar. 2 – Chris Czulada, Anderson
Mar. 9 – Ryan Morrison, Newberry
Mar. 16 – Trey O'Callaghan, Wingate

Specialist Player of the Week

Feb. 9 – AJ Rush, Anderson
Feb. 16 – Adin Laughlin, Anderson
Feb. 23 – Jayden Herman, Lincoln Memorial
Mar. 2 – Ben LoPiccolo, Catawba
Mar. 9 – Houston Horton, Newberry
Mar. 16 – Aiden Dixon, Anderson 

Women's Lacrosse

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its WePlayed Sports Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week for games played during week six of the 2026 season. Tusculum's Elisha Stack was named the Offensive Player of the Week while Newberry's Skylar Duval-Lewis was named the Defensive Player of the Week.

Stack, a sophomore from Lockport, Ill., set a program single-game record with nine assists and tied her own program record with 12 points in a 22-4 victory over Thomas More. Her nine assists are the most in a game this season in Division II.

Duval-Lewis, a sophomore from Cardon, Ohio, anchored the defensive unit for Newberry across two games, totaling six ground balls, four caused turnovers, and a draw control. In the Wolves' 19–4 win over Mars Hill, Duval-Lewis recorded five ground balls and four caused turnovers while helping limit the Lions' offensive opportunities. She added another ground ball in Newberry's matchup with Flagler College to round out the week.

2026 SAC Women's Lacrosse Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Feb. 9 – Ellie Wilkins, Anderson
Feb. 16 – Ellie Wilkins, Anderson
Feb. 23 – Julia Garvin, Wingate
Mar. 2 – Ava Skeffington, Anderson
Mar. 9 – Stacy Glover, Wingate
Mar. 16 – Elisha Stack, Tusculum

Defensive Player of the Week

Feb. 9 – Kathryn McCabe, Wingate
Feb. 16 – Chloe Huston, UVA Wise
Feb. 23 – Olivia Schmidt, Coker
Mar. 2 – Krysta Churns, Wingate
Mar. 9 – Sophie Pavlick, Wingate
Mar. 16 – Skylar Duval-Lewis, Newberry

Tennis

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Catawba's Sofia Antolini has been named the South Atlantic Conference WePlayed Sports Women's Tennis Player of the Week and Carson-Newman's Louis Keenan has been named the Men's Tennis Player of the Week for matches played during week five of the 2026 season, the Conference announced today.

Antolini, a senior from Montebello Vicentino, Italy, led Catawba to wins over nationally-ranked foes in No. 26 UIndy and No. 13 UT Tyler last week. She went 2-0 at second doubles, with a 6-0 win over UIndy's pair and a 6-3 triumph over UT Tyler. In singles action, she topped UIndy's Maelys Thiery-James at first singles 6-1, 6-3. Catawba won by final scores of 4-0 and 4-0 over those two ranked programs.   

Keenan, a sophomore from St. Helier, Channel Islands, was the final match on court against UVA Wise, and with both teams watching on, the sophomore clinched the first conference win for the Eagles, snapping a five-match losing streak for C-N. He went 2-0 at first singles on the week and 2-0 at first doubles for the Eagles.

2026 SAC WePlayed Sports Women's Tennis Players of the Week

Feb. 9 – Salome Sierra, Coker
Feb. 16 – Claudia Vallejos, Wingate
Feb. 23 – Ilona Hernandez-Sanchez, Coker
Mar. 2 – Nellie Wahlberg, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 9 – Rin Igarashi, Catawba
Mar. 16 – Sofia Antolini, Catawba

2026 SAC WePlayed Sports Men's Tennis Players of the Week

Feb. 9 – Ethan Hirons, Lincoln Memorial
Feb. 16 – Vicent Fenollar, Anderson
Feb. 23 – Ruben Lebron, Wingate
Mar. 2 – Samuil Sivinov, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 9 – Luca Bergonzi, Catawba
Mar. 16 – Louis Keenan, Carson-Newman

Baseball

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Lenoir-Rhyne's Matt Procopio was named the South Atlantic Conference WePlayed Sports Baseball Player of the Week, while his teammate Paul Toovalian was named Pitcher of the Week for games played during week seven of the 2026 season, the conference office announced today.

Procopio, a junior infielder from Horseheads, N.Y., went 9-for-14 (.600 average) for Lenoir-Rhyne who went 4-0 on the week with a SAC sweep of Anderson on the weekend. In his four games, he drove in seven runs, scored four times and had a double, triple and home run. He added a stolen base and got on base at a .625 clip with a slugging percentage of 1.000.

Toovalian, a freshman from Commerce, Mich., dominated in the Bears win over Anderson on March 13. In that victory, he tossed a complete game, shut out over seven innings. He allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out 11 batters. His 0.43 WHIP and 14.14 K/9 were overpowering as LR moved up to fourth in the league standings.

2026 SAC Player of the Week
Feb. 3 – Bowen Powell, Wingate
Feb. 10 – Braeden Harrison, Anderson
Feb. 17 – Matthew Connolly, Catawba
Feb. 24 – Seth Christmas, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 3 – Brandon Crabtree, Catawba
Mar. 10 – Landon Dockery, Tusculum
Mar. 17 – Matt Procopio, Lenoir-Rhyne

2026 SAC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3 – Chad Harvey, Wingate
Feb. 10 – Kellen Gradisar, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 17 – Chad Harvey, Wingate
Feb. 24 – Kaleb Owens, Anderson
Mar. 3 – Jacob Nester, Emory & Henry
Mar. 10 – Kolt Nelson, Wingate
Mar. 17 – Paul Toovalian, Lenoir-Rhyne

Softball

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Mars Hill's Sadie Cecil was named the South Atlantic Conference WePlayed Sports Softball Player of the Week, while Emory & Henry's Malorie Reeves was named Pitcher of the Week for games played during week four of the 2026 season, the conference office announced today.

Cecil, a freshman from Mebane, N.C.., went 9-for-14 for Mars Hill who had a 3-1 week. In the four games, she scored six runs and had two home runs to go with nine runs batted in. She had two doubles and a triple as well, giving her a 1.357 slugging percentage. She added a walk and a stolen base and got on base at a .667 clip. She also had a 1.000 fielding percentage defensively.

Reeves, a senior from Galax, Va., tossed 32 innings and went 5-1 for the Wasps and pitched them to wins over Lincoln Memorial and Wingate on the week. She threw four complete games and struck out 23 batters while posting a 1.75 ERA. She pitched in both ends of a doubleheader sweep over the Railsplitters, allowing just three runs in her 10 innings of work with 11 strikeouts. She threw eight scoreless over Lee in a sweep and allowed one run in seven innings as E&H topped Wingate to close the week.    

2026 SAC Player of the Week
Feb. 10 – Ella Majchrzak, Tusculum
Feb. 17 – Grace Flynn, Catawba
Feb. 24 – Madison Primm, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 3 – Macauley Bailey, Carson-Newman
Mar. 10 – Hannah Booth, Emory & Henry
Mar. 17 – Sadie Cecil, Mars Hill

2026 SAC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 10 – Katie Morris, Anderson
Feb. 17 – Olivia Shockley, UVA Wise
Feb. 24 – Chelsey Stonesifer, Tusculum
Mar. 3 – Madison Wilson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 10 – Chelsey Stonesifer, Tusculum
Mar. 17 – Malorie Reeves, Emory & Henry

Golf

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The South Atlantic Conference announced its Golfers of the Week for tournaments played during the third two weeks of the spring season. Lincoln Memorial's Harry Dickins was named the Men's Golfer of the Week, while Wingate's Olivia Meinecke earned Women's Golfer of the Week honors.

Dickens, a freshman from Salisbury, England, earned medalist honors at the 2026 First Federal Southeastern Collegiate on March 9-10. The freshman shot a 67-64-72 to win the event, recording a stroke average of 67.6 for the week. He helped the Railsplitters to a third-place team finish .

Wingate University sophomore women's golfer Olivia Meinecke earned her first career medalist honor, leading the No. 1 Bulldogs to the team crown in the fifth annual Jerry Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate tournament at Stonebridge Golf Club Tuesday, March 9. Meinecke shot a career-low round of five-under-par 67 Tuesday to finish 54 holes at 11-under-par 205, three shots better than her nearest competitor. Wingate won its fifth Surratt Memorial in five tries, setting a new tournament scoring mark with its 10-under-par 854. The previous low score was 876 in last year's event. The Bulldogs finished 16 strokes ahead of second-place and NCAA No. 2 Dallas Baptist.

2025-26 SAC Golfers of the Week

Women's
Sept. 17 – Amely Bochaton, Wingate
Oct. 1 – Amely Bochaton, Wingate
Oct. 15 – Amely Bochaton, Wingate
Oct. 29 – Danielle Bekker, Lenoir-Rhyne
Feb. 18 – Amely Bochaton, Wingate
Mar. 4 – Amely Bochaton, Wingate
Mar. 18 – Olivia Meinecke, Wingate

Men's
Sept. 17 – Morgan Cain, Lincoln Memorial
Oct. 1 – Harrison Price, Tusculum
Oct. 15 – Brandon Skidmore, Wingate
Oct. 29 – Alfie Storer, Wingate
Feb. 18 - Alfie Storer, Wingate
Mar. 4 – Sean Finan, Lenoir-Rhyne
Mar. 18 – Harry Dickins, Lincoln Memorial