2018 MASCAC Women's Lacrosse News
When Grace Gamache was in high school, her options for local lacrosse training were limited. The 2016 Dartmouth High graduate would travel 45 minutes to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to compete on a club team.
Five MASCAC teams and 14 student-athletes have been named to the 2018 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Zag Sports Division III Academic Honor Squads and Honor Roll as announced by the organization Monday.
A total of 758 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2018 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann.
With the conclusion of the spring season, we wanted to take a look back at all the exciting happenings around the MASCAC during the spring.
34 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2018 Spring Sportsmanship Teams.
Bridgewater State's Elizabeth Ettridge and Worcester State's Michaila Parent were named to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District Women's At-Large First Team, as selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Framingham State's Grace Gamache and Westfield State's Maria Woodall were named to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Berkshire All-Region Second Team as announced by the organization.
For the fourth year in a row, Westfield State received the most points out of the eight institutions to claim the Howard C. Smith Cup following the completion of the spring season. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the 15 league championship sports.
Alexa Tonelli of Westfield State earns the final MASCAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week honor after helping her team to a first round victory in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Westfield State's sensational women's lacrosse season came to an end on Sunday, as the Owls fell to defending national champion Gettysburg College, 19-4 at Clark Field in Gettysburg, Pa., in the second round of the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse tournament.
Westfield State got three goals and three assists from junior attack Alexa Tonelli as the Owls topped the Morrisville (N.Y.) State College Mustangs, 17-12 at Clark Field in Gettysburg, Pa., in the opening round of the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse tournament.
Junior Maria Woodall of Westfield State has been named the 2018 Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Year and headlines this year’s all-conference team in a vote taken of the eight coaches from around the league.
Westfield State women's lacrosse will play SUNY-Morrisville in the upcoming NCAA tournament, it was announced on Sunday night on NCAA.com.
Maria Woodall of Westfield State grabs the MASCAC Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week honor after earning the Tournament MVP award on Saturday. Alissa Marino of Framingham State is the Rookie of the Week.
Led by junior goalkeeper Maria Woodall, the tournament MVP, top-seeded Westfield State University captured the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Lacrosse Tournament championship with a 17-10 victory over second-seeded Framingham State on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Framingham State and Westfield State will meet on Saturday in the MASCAC Women's Lacrosse Tournament championship game after winning their semifinal games on Thursday night.
