On Monday and Tuesday morning, three Messiah student-athletes were honored by the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) with the weekly awards for their efforts for the week ending on April 2, 2023.
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Rachel Delate,
Maggie Chinnadurai and
Kylie Walker all earned Player of the Week Honors for their performances this past week.
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MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week
Rachel Delate set a new program record for points in a game with 16 and assists in a game with 9 in a 21-6 win over Alvernia on Wednesday. Delate scored or assisted on 16 of Messiah's 21 goals on the afternoon. She also grabbed six draw controls in the game and scored seven goals. In total she finished two points shy of the all-time Division III single game record for points in a game.
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MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week
Maggie Chinnadurai tossed 13 innings of scoreless ball with 13 strikeouts while allowing just four hits and two walks across three games this week. She earned a pair of wins an a save. She was pair of a combined no-hitter against Widener in Game One on Saturday and then tossed 6.2 innings on no-hit ball until a single in the seventh of Game Two.
MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week
Kylie Walker has been an integral part of the Falcons success over the last week. In two matches her stellar and consistent play pushed the Falcons to two wins. First against PSU Harrisburg, Walker teamed up with
Rebekah Sheaffer and fought through a tiebreak to prevail 8-7(3). Later in the week against Eastern, they cruised to an 8-1 win. In singles, Walker won at No. 3 against PSU Harrisburg, winning 7-5, 6-4 in a back and forth affair. Walker moved up to No. 2 singles later during the weekend, winning once again, this time 6-0, 6-1 against Eastern.
