TicketsCINCINNATI – University of Cincinnati senior Monica Borzillo was named the American Athletic Conference Attack Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season, the league office announced Monday.
Borzillo scored a team-high four goals with an assist and three draw controls in Cincinnati's 14-13 win against East Carolina on Sunday, giving the Bearcats the final spot in the American Athletic Conference Championship.
She had a hat trick in the first half to stake Cincinnati to a 6-0 lead and added a key second-half goal to give the Bearcats an 8-6 lead. Borzillo added two goals in 12-11 setback to the Pirates Friday. Borzillo enters the postseason with 37 goals and 24 assists for 61 points.
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No. 4 seeded Cincinnati squares off with No. 1 seeded Florida on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. ET in the first of two AAC Championship semifinals at Donald R. Dizney Stadium in Gainesville.
Temple and Vanderbilt will play in the tournament's second semifinal on May 6, 45 minutes after the completion of the Florida-Cincinnati contest. The schools tied for second in The American's regular-season standings and split their series in Nashville this weekend, but Vanderbilt earned the No. 2 seed, while Temple will be the No. 3 seed, based on head-to-head goal differential.
The 2021 Championship will be The American's second postseason tournament in women's lacrosse. Florida won the inaugural tournament in 2019, while the 2020 championship was canceled.
All three games of The American Championship will be available on ESPN+. The most up-to-date information on the tournament will be available on the conference's Championship Central site.
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Borzillo scored a team-high four goals with an assist and three draw controls in Cincinnati's 14-13 win against East Carolina on Sunday, giving the Bearcats the final spot in the American Athletic Conference Championship.
She had a hat trick in the first half to stake Cincinnati to a 6-0 lead and added a key second-half goal to give the Bearcats an 8-6 lead. Borzillo added two goals in 12-11 setback to the Pirates Friday. Borzillo enters the postseason with 37 goals and 24 assists for 61 points.
UP NEXT
No. 4 seeded Cincinnati squares off with No. 1 seeded Florida on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. ET in the first of two AAC Championship semifinals at Donald R. Dizney Stadium in Gainesville.
Temple and Vanderbilt will play in the tournament's second semifinal on May 6, 45 minutes after the completion of the Florida-Cincinnati contest. The schools tied for second in The American's regular-season standings and split their series in Nashville this weekend, but Vanderbilt earned the No. 2 seed, while Temple will be the No. 3 seed, based on head-to-head goal differential.
The 2021 Championship will be The American's second postseason tournament in women's lacrosse. Florida won the inaugural tournament in 2019, while the 2020 championship was canceled.
All three games of The American Championship will be available on ESPN+. The most up-to-date information on the tournament will be available on the conference's Championship Central site.
FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For all the latest information on Cincinnati Lacrosse, please visit GoBEARCATS.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow Cincinnati Lacrosse (@GoBearcatsLAX) and Head Coach Gina Oliver (@GinaOliverUC) on Twitter. You can also find the Bearcats on Instagram and Facebook.