Men’s lacrosse player Eric Pitre and women’s lacrosse player Tawnie Johnson have been named the Western Mustangs Athletes of the Week for the period ending September 15.
Pitre, a fifth-year Social Science student, anchored the Mustangs defence as Western earned two key victories this past weekend over the McMaster Marauders and Brock Badgers. The Toronto native held the Marauders top scorer pointless on Friday night while leading all players with six ground balls and repeated the performance on Saturday against Brock, keeping the Badgers leading scorer to just one goal while again leading all players with four ground balls.
"Eric led us to two wins this weekend by playing consistent, shutdown defence against two of the top offensive players in the league. He forced countless turnovers, led both games in ground balls, and was outstanding in transition. More importantly, Eric's leadership and drive this weekend made the rest of the team better," said Western head coach Jeremy Tallevi.
