Holbrook, N.Y., native earns award for first time in career 

EASTON, Mass. (April 24, 2012) – Stonehill College senior All-American Samantha Lynott (Holbrook, N.Y./East Sachem) has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Week by the league office. It marks the first women's lacrosse Player of the Week award for the Skyhawks since classmate Sarah Galligan (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional) collected back to back awards on April 5 and 12, 2010.

Lynott, who earns Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career, led Stonehill to a 2-1 week as she totaled 12 goals and six assists for 18 points, including the 200^th of her career. She also contributed nine ground balls, eight draw controls and six caused turnovers for the week. Lynott led the Skyhawks to a 26-10 win over Southern New Hampshire with a season-high five goals and three assists for a season-best eight points, collecting her 200^th point with her third goal of the contest to put the hosts up a goal with 13:14 to play in the first half. She followed that up with four goals and an assist in Saturday's tough 15-13 setback at 5^th-ranked LIU-C.W. Post and then contributed three goals and two assists in Sunday's 19-9 triumph over 15^th-ranked Queens (N.Y.) College.

Lynott has started 11 games for Stonehill in her senior season and is fourth on the team with 46 points (22^nd NE-10), having registered 32 goals and 14 assists (17^th). She is also second on the team with 37 draw controls (17^th), while adding 21 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers. Lynott has totaled 17 goals and seven assists for 24 points in six NE-10 matches. In nine matches against ranked opponents, she has contributed 23 goals and nine assists for 32 points.

Lynott is a two-time All-America selection by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) also earning All-America honors from womenlacrosse.com her junior season. She has been recognized for her efforts in the classroom and the field of play with Capital One Academic All-District I third team at large honors, having achieved a 3.44 cumulative grade point average as a criminology major at the College. The two-time IWLCA All-Region and All-Northeast-10 honoree has appeared in 63 games over her career and is ranked seventh in program history with her 215 points, while ranking tenth all-time with 151 goals and 64 assists and is one of just 11 200 point scorers in program history.

Stonehill (12-3, 9-1 NE-10) is back in action tonight when it hosts Assumption College for a Northeast-10 matchup on Senior Night at W.B. Mason Stadium at 7 p.m. The Skyhawks close out the regular season at No. 4-ranked Le Moyne College on Saturday at noon with a chance to earn a share of the NE-10 regular season championship with wins over its final two games. The NE-10 Tournament opened next Wednesday, May 2, with first round contests.