Algonquin Regional's Grace Chiota and Bella Roman have been voted the High School Girls Lacrosse Players of the Week.
The duo combined to receive over 11,000 votes. Chiota, a junior, had 5 points, including No. 100 of her career, in an 11-9 win over Leominster. Roman chipped in 5 goals and an assist in that victory. Roman had another 5-goal game, including No. 100 of her career, in a 10-8 win over Shrewsbury. Chiotta had 2 goals and an assist in that one.
Maggie Keller, Sr., Silver Lake: Keller made 12 saves in a 7-1 win over Fairhaven. She made 9 saves in a 12-2 win over Plymouth North.
Avery Valicenti, Soph., Archbishop Williams: Valicenti exploded for 10 goals in an 18-9 win over Hull.
Taylor McAndrew, Sr., Oliver Ames: McAndrew tallied 7 goals in a 22-5 win over Middleboro.
Noelle Finucane + Gabby Reardon, Marshfield: Finucane scored 6 goals (to go with 1 assist) and Reardon had 9 points (3 goals, 6 assists) in an 18-11 win over North Quincy.
Caroline Burtch, Jr., Norwell: Burtch had 6 points (5 goals, assist) and 6 draw controls in a 17-4 win over Dover-Sherborn.
Caroline Connolly, Jr., Hingham: Connolly struck for 6 goals in a 19-9 win over Hanover.
Grace Connor, Sr., Quincy: Connor scored her 100th career goal in a 14-4 win over Pembroke.
Elle Murphy, Jr., Cardinal Spellman: Murphy scored 6 goals in a 9-6 win over Arlington Catholic.
Gabby Fisher, Fr., Duxbury: Fisher scored the winning goal in a 9-8 triumph over Billerica.
Megan Doyle, Sr., Weymouth: Doyle tallied 9 points and 17 draw controls in a 15-8 win over Walpole. Walpole entered the game as the No. 2 seed in the Div. 2 state-tournament power rankings.
Shannon Balfe + Bailey Kelly, Whitman-Hanson: Balfe scored 5 goals and Kelly had 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists) in a 16-6 win over Oliver Ames.
Clare Joyce, Sr., Braintree: Joyce scored her 100th career goal in a 13-6 win over Mansfield.
Sofia Grasso, Sr., South Shore Tech: Grasso scored 6 points (5 goals, assist) in a 15-7 win over Abington. She became the second player in program history to reach 100 career goals, joining her classmate Peyton Mathisen.
Autumn O'Campos, Sr., North Quincy: O'Campos dropped 11 points (8 goals, 3 assists) in a 17-14 loss to Malden Catholic.
Grace Chiota, Jr., Algonquin: Chiota recorded a hat trick for the Titans in a 6-4 win over Nashoba. She also scored six goals in a 13-5 triumph over Medway.
Cayla Ehrlich, Sr., Westborough: Ehrlich pumped in five goals with two assists for the Rangers in a 16-8 win over Bromfield. She also piled up eight points with four goals and four assists in a 12-7 win over Tyngsborough.
Ella Hobin, Jr., Marlborough: Hobin netted two goals in a loss to Lunenburg and scored four goals and brought in six draw controls in a 12-11 win over Shepherd Hill.
Jayden Lilburn, Soph., Nipmuc: Lilburn accumulated eight points with six goals and two assists for the Warriors in a 17-6 win over Mount Greylock.
Ella Ryan, Jr., Lincoln-Sudbury: Ryan put away her third goal in the game to end a thrilling 8-7, overtime win over Hingham for the defending Division 1 state champion Warriors. In an 11-2 win over Wayland, Ryan (one assist, one ground ball, three draw controls) scored three goals.
Paige Tripp, Jr., Ashland: Tripp collected eight points with three goals and five assists for the Clockers in a 16-6 win over Grafton on Saturday. Tripp also had a goal and an assist in a loss to Medfield earlier in the week.
Votes are unlimited. Voting closes on Wednesday, May 15 at noon. Emailed votes will not be counted. Send future nominations to cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com. Our player of the week stories are meant as a way to highlight local high school athletes in the area. Making the list is an achievement in itself. Congratulations to all our athletes
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