GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina junior forward Erin Matson has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week, while Boston College junior goalkeeper Jonna Kennedy earned Defensive Player of the Week honors.
 
Matson was recognized as the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week for the fifth time this season, while Kennedy earned Defensive Player accolades for the second time.
 
Matson scored all three goals for the top-ranked Tar Heels in a 3-2 overtime win at No. 12 Virginia on Friday. The game-winner came 58 seconds into overtime, on UNC's first possession of the period. On a pass from Paityn Wirth, Matson lofted a shot past the keeper for the road victory. With the six-point game, the Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, native took over third place on UNC's career points list with 190 through 58 games as a Tar Heel.

Kennedy made a career-high 21 saves as No. 11 Boston College slipped past  No. 8 Syracuse for a 2-1 ACC win in double-overtime on Friday. The 21 saves by the Watertown, Massachusetts, native were the third-highest single-game total in BC program history and came two days after Kennedy played 45 minutes in a 5-0 win at UMass, helping the Eagles to their fourth shutout of the spring season.