SOUTH EASTON, Mass. - Senior Mike Ball (Salem, NH) of the Southern New Hampshire University men's lacrosse team was named the Northeast-10 Player of the Week, it was announced by the conference office Monday afternoon.  In addition, freshman Andrew Brown (Marshfield, MA) was named the league's Freshman of the Week, and classmate Brendan O'Brien (Hopkinton, MA) was named to the Weekly Honor Roll.

Ball finished with 11 goals and five assists in a 2-0 week for the Penmen last week.  He totaled four goals and a pair of assists in a 12-8 win over Assumption Wednesday, then finished with 10 points on the strength of seven goals and three assists in a 22-11 win against American International Saturday.  In the process, Ball became the 20^th player in SNHU program history to record 100 career points.

Brown registered seven goals and three assists in last week's victories.  He scored three times in the win over Assumption then totaled four goals and three assists in the AIC triumph.

O'Brien recorded a pair of wins in goal last week for the Penmen.  He stopped 12 of the 20 shots on goal in the win over Assumption, then made eight saves in 38:04 of action against American International.  For the week O'Brien compiled a .588 save percentage and 8.57 goals-against average.