The South Atlantic Conference Announces WePlayed Sports Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week

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 the fourth week of the 2024 season. Newberry's Baker Westmoreland was named the Offensive Player of the Week while teammate Jack Travassos was named the Defensive Player of the Week, and Lenoir-Rhyne's Rob Pensabene was named the Specialist Player of the Week.

Westmoreland, a senior from Charlotte, N.C., led Newberry to a pair of victories last week over Emmanuel (20-2) and Belmont Abbey (18-8). On the road against Emmanuel, Westmoreland scored three goals on three shots and added three assists. Versus Belmont Abbey, he had a career-high six goals on six shots and picked up one ground ball. For the week, Westmoreland had nine goals on nine shots with three assists and a ground ball.

Travassos, a senior from Burlington, Ontario, Canada, caused two turnovers, picked up a ground ball and scored his first goal of the season on the road versus Emmanuel. In Saturday's victory over Belmont Abbey, he caused two turnovers and picked up three ground balls. For the week, Travassos had four caused turnovers, four ground balls and one goal.

Pensabene, a senior from Mount Laurel, N.J., held No. 5 Adelphi to just three goals and made 12 saves for an 80 percent save percentage as the No. 1 Bears moved to 5-0 on the year. The three goals allowed are the least in almost two full years when Lenoir-Rhyne held Coker to three on March 5, 2022.

2024 SAC Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Feb. 5 – Zachary Terry, Limestone

Feb. 12 – Sean Clark, Wingate

Feb. 19 – Tristan Kirkham, Anderson

Feb. 26 – Baker Westmoreland, Newberry

Defensive Player of the Week
Feb. 5 – Michael Jensen, Coker

Feb. 12 – Victor Powell, Lenoir-Rhyne

Feb. 19 – Michael Rogers, Lincoln Memorial

Feb. 26 – Jack Travassos, Newberry

Specialist Player of the Week

Feb. 5 – James Crighton, Catawba

Feb. 12 – Thomas Sullivan, Wingate

Feb. 19 – Rob Pensabene, Lenoir-Rhyne

Feb. 26 – Rob Pensabene, Lenoir-Rhyne

WePlayed Sports is an official corporate partner of the South Atlantic Conference and title sponsor of the Conference's Player of the Week awards program.

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