NEW YORK — For a third straight week, Villanova field hockey earns two selections to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. Forward Colleen Finnan and Back Gemma Lysaght both collected spots on the Weekly Honor Roll, the conference announced Tuesday, 

Finnan and Lysaght's nominations extend the 'Cats to a total of ten BIG EAST Weekly Awards this season. The two also mark the 22nd pair of Wildcats to be selected to the Weekly Honor Roll in the same week. The most recent pair was last week, when Maddi Sears and Finnan were selected after a win over Georgetown. 

For Finnan, the Weekly Honor Roll nod marks her second straight week making the Weekly Honor Roll team and the second of her career. On Friday against Old Dominion, Finnan scored a crucial late goal to tie the game 3-3 and send it to overtime. On Sunday, she followed that up with a four-point performance against Hofstra. The senior helped to set up Katharina Balks for the first goal of the game before finding the net herself for her seventh goal of the season. She then added her second assist of the afternoon on VU's final goal by Ava Borkowski. 

Finnan exits the weekend with six total points on two goals and two assists while scoring in three of the past four games. She currently sits in the Top-10 in the BIG EAST in shots (sixth), goals (seventh), shots on goal (sixth), and points (sixth). 

As for Lysaght, this marks her third career selection to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll and second this season. The senior got the VU offense started in Friday's contest with the Monarchs. Scoring the opening goal just under five minutes into the game and additionally tallied four total shots in the action. Following the performance, Lysaght helped to anchor a strong defensive showing by Villanova's defense in the 4-1 win over Hofstra. VU's defense allowed just six total shots in the action and only one goal. 

With the goal on Friday, Lysaght moved her season mark to eight, which puts her tied for fifth most in the conference. In addition, she added two points to her point total, which now sits at 22, tied for the third most in the conference. 

Lysaght and Finnan, along with the entire Villanova field hockey team, will continue play with a non-conference matchup with St. Joseph's on the road at 12 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, at Ellen Ryan Field.