Corse, Leland and Gagne Earn NECC Weekly Honors

CHICOPEE, MA – Elms College had three student-athletes garner New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) honors for the week of Oct. 19-25 as announced by the league office on Monday.

The women’s soccer team swept this week’s awards as senior forward Krystyna Gagne (Methuen, MA) was named NECC Player of the Week, while freshman goalkeeper Molly Corse (Bernardston, MA) earned rookie of the week honors.

Freshman forward Tavish Leland (Bridgton, ME) was named the NECC men’s soccer rookie of the week.

For the second straight week, Gagne earned player of the week honors. Gagne single-handedly led the Blazers to a 5-1 victory over conference foe Becker netting all five goals. With this feat, Gagne became Elms’ all-time leading goal scorer with 44 career goals.

Corse posted 90 minutes of tough defense to help lift the Blazers to a 5-1 win over Becker. Corse batted away seven of the Hawks’ eight shots on net in the winning effort, helping Elms to its 6-1 NECC record. This is Corse’s third conference accolade of the season.

Leland played a major role in Elms’ 3-2 overtime win over NECC rival Southern Vermont. Leland knotted the game at 2-2 by scoring the team's second goal of the contest which would eventually send the game into overtime. Leland’s score helped lift the Blazers to the win and a split in this week’s action. This is Leland’s first conference honor of the season.