PITMAN --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its field hockey weekly honors for the week ending Sept. 6.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ALI STONER • Kean University
Junior • Forward • Branchville, NJ/High Point Regional
Stoner has been named the first NJAC Offensive Player of the Week for the 2026 season after erupting for five goals and two assists across a perfect 2-0 week for the Cougars. She opened with two goals and an assist in a 6-1 win over Wilkes, then followed it up with a three-goal, one-assist performance in a 6-5 win over Drew. Stoner finished the week with 12 points on 24 shots, 15 of which found the cage.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DELFINA VANELLI • Stockton University
Junior • Goalie • Galloway, NJ/Cedar Creek
Vanelli has been named the first NJAC Defensive Player of the Week for the 2026 season after turning in a career-best week between the pipes for the Ospreys. She collected her first career shutout in a 5-0 win over Arcadia in her Stockton debut, then posted a career-high nine saves in a win over Bryn Mawr before holding then-No. 5 Salisbury to just one goal on nine saves. Vanelli finished the week 2-1 with 20 saves, a .909 save percentage and a 0.69 goals-against average across three games.
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
OLIVIA ENT • Montclair State University
Freshman • Forward • Burlington, NJ/Burlington Twp.
Ent has been named the first NJAC Rookie of the Week for the 2026 season after a dramatic debut week for the Red Hawks. The freshman forward scored her first collegiate goal in double overtime to lift Montclair State to a 2-1 win over Wilkes, adding an assist in the same match for three total points as she had a hand in both goals.