Women's Lacrosse

NMU's Lakosky and GVSU's Nyen garner GLIAC women's lacrosse players of the week honors

GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its awards following the sixth week of play of the 2026 women's lacrosse season. Northern Michigan junior attacker Josie Lakosky was honored as GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week while Grand Valley State junior defender Tatumn Nyen earned GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week recognition. 

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Josie Lakosky, Northern Michigan
Junior attacker Josie Lakosky paced the Wildcats on offense in the victory over Saginaw Valley State over the weekend, tallying an impressive eight goals with three assists for 11 points. Lakosky’s shooting percentage was equally as impressive; her nine shots were all on-target, giving her a 1.00 SOG%, as well as an astonishing .889 SH%, scoring on all but one of her shots. After the weekend, Lakosky paces the nation in goals per game, averaging just north of five at 5.22, as well as total points (65) and points per game (7.22). Lakosky’s total goals (47) are second only to Madison Primeau of Lees-McRae (48). Her shots per game (10.33) and shots on goal per game (9.11) are also second and first in the country. To go along with the offensive totals against SVSU, Lakosky recorded five ground balls, five caused turnovers, and five draw controls in a game where the ‘Cats dominated the Cardinals in all of those categories: 26-9 on ground balls,17-5 on caused turnovers, and 23-3 on draw controls.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tatumn Nyen, Grand Valley State
Grand Valley State junior defender Tatumn Nyen was named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career. The Chanhassen, Minnesota native posted four caused turnovers, four groundballs, and scored her first career goal. Nyen totaled one groundball and caused a turnover on Friday versus Ashland. On Sunday, Nyen caused three turnovers, picked up three groundballs, and scored a goal in the 9-6 victory at Missouri Western.
HONORABLE MENTION
Offense: Marik Shelby (Concordia-St. Paul), Delaney Smith (Grand Valley State)
Defense: Anna Palony (Concordia-St. Paul), Taylor Roberts (Northern Michigan)