Women's Lacrosse

NMU's Lakosky and GVSU's Rothe awarded GLIAC women's lacrosse players of the week honors

GLIAC -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) has announced its awards following the eighth 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 senior defender Karleigh Rothe was named GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week. 

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Josie Lakosky, Northern Michigan
Junior attacker Josie Lakosky has earned her third GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week honor. A native of Victoria, Minnesota, Lakosky put up her fourth game of the year where she scored eight goals, guiding the ‘Cats to a 16-7 win over Concordia-St. Paul over the weekend. Her eight goals were accompanied by three assists for 11 points, marking her third 11-point performance of the season, along with 11 shot attempts with 10 of those on target. Lakosky was all over the field, including defensively and not in posession, where she recorded a career-best 10 draw controls to go with three caused turnovers and three ground balls. Nationally, Lakosky remains among the best of the best at goal scoring and offensive talent: her p/g (7.00) leads the nation and her 84 points is second, her 62 goals is one shy of the national lead (in three fewer games played) and her g/g mark of 5.17 is second, and her shots per game (10.33) and shots on goal per game (8.83) averages are both second. In the conference this season, the only offensive statistic that she doesn’t lead is assists and assists per game, where her 22 assists is second.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Karleigh Rothe, Grand Valley State
For the second time this season, Grand Valley State senior defender Karleigh Rothe was selected as the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week. Over two Laker victories, Rothe compiled seven groundballs and caused four turnovers. It started on Wednesday in the 11-8 victory over Davenport, where Rothe totaled four groundballs and three caused turnovers. She then had three more groundballs and caused one turnover in the 20-4 win at Saginaw Valley State. Rothe has played a key role in the Lakers’ 4-0 start in conference play, totaling 22 groundballs and 15 caused turnovers this season.
HONORABLE MENTION
Offense: Briar-Rose Mackey (Saginaw Valley State)
Defense: Sophie Langsdale (Northern Michigan), Avery Lockwood (Saginaw Valley State)