Jozy Allen Named MAC Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week

CLEVELAND — Senior Jozy Allen (Cincinnati, Ohio / Sycamore) was named the Defensive Player of the Week by the Mid-American Conference. Tuesday's announcement marked her first career MAC weekly honor.

The two-time all-conference honoree tied the program's record with 15 draw controls collected in the 14-13 thriller at Canisius last Wednesday, then followed it with 11 more in the conference opener against Kent State Sunday. The week marked her first two career double-digit performances on the draw, as her previous best was nine.

Allen also produced on the offensive end for the second time in her career as she turned a draw control directly into a goal in the middle of a three-goal CMU rally that forced overtime against the Golden Flashes.

She also provided her standard quality in the defensive third, ceding just one goal to her matchup in each contest, causing three turnovers and collecting four ground balls.

The Cincinnati, Ohio-native is second for career caused turnovers (66) at CMU, fourth in draw controls (134). Her five takeaways at Niagara (March 9) tied for second for a single game to go with tying the draw controls record against the Golden Griffins. Allen currently ranks atop the per-game average lists for single-season draw controls (6.88) and third in caused turnovers (1.50).

Allen is the second Chippewa to earn a weekly laurel from the league this season, as senior Alexa Martel (Rochester, N.Y. / Greece Olympia) earned the second week's goalkeeper honor.

Central Michigan Lacrosse heads to Akron for its next MAC bout Sunday at Noon ET. The Chippewas return to host Eastern Michigan the following Sunday, also a Noon ET first draw.

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Players Mentioned

Jozy Allen

Alexa Martel

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