NCAC Announces 40th Anniversary Women’s Lacrosse All-Decade Team

By Uncle Tom George

Tue, Apr 30, 2024

 

NCAC 40th Anniversary Women’s Lacrosse All-Decade Team Announced

 

CLEVELAND, OH – The North Coast Athletic Conference is celebrating its 40th playing season by selecting All-Decade teams in all 23 championship sports. Student-athletes that competed in the NCAC between the 2013-14 and the 2022-23 seasons who earned Player of the Year honors, or who earned a minimum of three all-NCAC first-team nods during this time were named to the team.

In women’s lacrosse, 22student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding accomplishments on the field.

The NCAC has seen three different teams earn a league title in women’s lacrosse over the last ten years, including Denison, Kenyon, and Wittenberg. The Tigers opened the decade by earning the program’s first women’s lacrosse title in 2014 and then repeated as champions the very next year. After earning five of nine possible titles in the past decade (2016-19, ’21), the Big Red extended their league lead to 22 overall NCAC crowns. Most recently, the Owls won back-to-back conference titles in 2022 and 2023 for the first time in program history. No champions were crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19.


Founded in 1983, the North Coast Athletic Conference currently consists of nine academically selective NCAA Division III colleges and universities – Denison University, DePauw University, Hiram College, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Wabash College, Wittenberg University, and the College of Wooster along with affiliate members Allegheny College, Earlham College, Transylvania University and Washington & Jefferson College (field hockey). The NCAC sponsors 23 championship sports, 11 for men and 12 for women.

NCAC 40th Anniversary Women’s Lacrosse All-Decade Team (2013-14 – 2022-23)

Name

School

Pos.

Years Competed

Player of the Year

All-NCAC

Other Award

First

Second

Hon. Mention/Third

Mallory Brophy

KEN

M

2022-23

2023 Midfielder

2023

2022

Kat Englert

KEN

A

2015-18

2017, 2016, 2015

Newcomer 2015

Liza Farnham

DEN

A

2018-21

2021 Offensive

2021

2019

Jane Goodspeed

DEN

D

2016-19

2019, 2018 Defensive

2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Newcomer 2016

Susie Gurzenda

KEN

D

2014

2014 Defensive

2014

Sarah Hanley

OWU

D

2019-23

2023 Defensive

2023

2022

Megan Healy

WOO

M

2016-19

2019 Midfielder

2019, 2018, 2017

Cassie Hudson-Heck

KEN

A

2016-19

2019 Offensive

2019, 2018

2016

Ellie Hudson-Heck

WOO

M

2014-16

2016, 2015, 2014

Leah Israel

DEN

M

2015-18

2018 Midfielder

2018

2017, 2016

Carrie Kubasta

WIT

M

2014-16

2016 Defensive

2016

2015

2014

Alexa L’Insalata

OBE

GK

2014-17

2017, 2015 Defensive

2017, 2016, 2015

2014

Claire Ludlow

DEN

A

2014-17

2017 Offensive

2017, 2016

2015

2014

Newcomer 2014

Casey McTague

DEN

M

2019-22

2022, 2021 Midfielder

2022, 2021, 2019

Newcomer 2019

Francine Murzynski

WIT

M

2014

2014 Offensive

2014

Caroline O’Neil

KEN

A

2020-23

2023, 2022 Offensive

2023, 2022

Natalie Rauchle

OBE

A

2015-17

2018 Offensive

2018, 2017

2016

Katie Shideler

WOO

GK

2017-21

2021 Defensive

2021, 2019

Jane Symmes

KEN

M

2014-16

2016 Offensive

2016, 2015

Jessie Thiessen

ALL

M

2014-17

2017 Midfielder

2017, 2016

Alex Tiatia

KEN

D

2021-23

2022 Defensive

2022, 2021

Logan Warye

WIT

M

2014-15

2015 Offensive

2015, 2014

Bold = current student-athlete

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