NAPERVILLE, Ill.-  Junior Zac Taylor (Brighton, Mich.-Brighton) on the Illinois Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Defense/Face-Off Player of the Week, announced on Monday, March 29. This is Taylors first weekly honor in his IWU career and the first Defense/Face-Off honors for the Titans this season. 

The Brighton, Mich. native, aided the Titans to two victories this past week. Including a 12-11 win over Aurora University Wednesday, March 24 and a 21-18 win against Southern Virginia Saturday, March 27. 

Taylor went 5-of-8 at the X and picked up three ground balls during the match between the Titans and Spartans. Against SVU, Taylor was 11-for-13 at the face-off X picking up 11 ground balls from his 11 face-off wins. 

Not only did Taylor have an impressive face-off performance against SVU, the junior also scored two goals for the Green and White, one coming from his own face-off win.

The Titans start CCIW play on the road in Rock Island, Ill. against Augustana College Thursday, April 1. 

2021 CCIW Men's Lacrosse Players of the Week
Offense
Riley Bachinski - North Central (3/29/21)
Colin Poitras - Carthage (3/22/21)
Andrew Johnson - Carthage (3/15/21)
Rick Smith - Illinois Wesleyan (3/9/21)
Noah Lindner - Carthage (3/2/21)

Defense/Face-Off
Zac Taylor - Illinois Wesleyan (3/29/21)
Ryan Gartner - Dubuque (3/22/21)
Jake Delgado - Elmhurst (3/15/21)
Steven Faux - North Central (3/9/21)
Ryan Moran - Elmhurst (3/2/21)