Garden City, N.Y. – Freshman Rachel O'Brien has been named the Conference Rookie of the Week for women's lacrosse as announced by the Northeast-10 Conference office earlier this afternoon. This is the third straight award for attacker from Bayport, N.Y.

The #4 Panthers hosted the Warriors of Merrimack College this past Saturday in their first NE-10 contest of the season. The Brown and gold marched to a 20-7 victory in which they had scoring from 10 different players to advance their record to a perfect 5-0 and 1-0 mark in conference play.

O'Brien had an even split of six points in the win; notching three goals while dishing out as many assists. In the first period, she assisted Sara Sangiorgio and Felicia Mills while finding the back of the cage once. In the second, she connected with Sangiorgio once again for her third assist and then beat the Merrimack goalie twice.

Teammate Devan Crimi was also featured on this week's Weekly Honor Roll for her performance as she set single game career highs in points (9) and assists (6). She also accounted for three of the Panther's 20 goals.

The #4 Panthers are back in action on Wednesday, March 20 when they visit the Owls of Southern Connecticut State at at 7pm.