FH: Six lasers take home GNAC honors

Newton, MA

The Lasell University field hockey team had six of their players earn honors as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced their post-season honors, All-Conference team, and All-Sportsmanship team.

Senior McKensie Lennon (Jamestown, RI) and Junior Lily Stark (Saco, ME) earned first team honors. Lennon started in all games this season and recorded one assist. Stark led the team with 23 goals and 8 assists. With those 23 goals, she set the new program record for goals in a season. Stark also set the single season points record for Lasell with 54.

Junior Johanna Snyder (Somerset, MA) and Senior Sheridan Blaha (Waltham, MA) earned second team honors. Snyder started in fourteen games this season and facilitated her teammates greatly. Blaha played in every game this season. She found the net nineteen times this season and recorded four assists.

Freshman goalkeeper Abby Boudreau (Wakefield, MA) earned all-rookie team honors. Boudreau played in ten games this season and she recorded a total of forty saves.  She also took home GNAC rookie of the week twice this season.

Junior Kaitlin Bedell (Londonderry, NH) earned all sportsmanship honors. Bedell played in sixteen games this season and she recorded two goals and one assist.

The Lasers finished 11-8 this season under first year coach Jess Paulin.

FIRST TEAM
GK - Madison Flaxington, Johnson & Wales (RI)
F - Aoife Daly, Colby-Sawyer
F - Jillian Miele, Johnson & Wales (RI) 
F - Lily Stark, Lasell 
F - Sydney Gonyea, Simmons
M - Aleah Murph, Colby-Sawyer 
M - Katie Sloan, Johnson & Wales (RI)
M - Riley Lambert, Simmons 
D - McKensie Lennon, Lasell
D - Morgan Dalton, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
D - Haley Dover, Simmons 

SECOND TEAM
GK - Serena Montague, Albertus Magnus
F - Margaret Johnson, Johnson & Wales (RI)
F - Sheridan Blaha, Lasell 
F - Maya Waryas, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
F - Alexa Gutowski, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
M - Johanna Snyder, Lasell
M - Madison Bovill, Rivier 
M - Molly McCluskey, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 
D - Sabrina Lippold, Colby-Sawyer 
D - Madison Streeter, Rivier 
D - McKenzie Fairfax, St. Joseph (Conn.)

THIRD TEAM
GK - Sarah Arenberg, Simmons
F - Taylor Gaudette, Colby-Sawyer 
F - Sydney Spenard, Rivier 
F - Hannah Groves, Simmons
F - Anna Tedeschi, Simmons
M - Mackenzie Wolf, Johnson & Wales (RI)
M - Ariana Komonaj, St. Joseph (Conn.) 
M - Aimee Adams, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 
D - Madison-Marie Romano, Anna Maria
D - Haley Budenas, Johnson & Wales (RI)
D - Kaitlyn Freeman, Johnson & Wales (RI)

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Serena Montague, Albertus Magnus 
Taylor Gaudette, Colby-Sawyer
Cecilia Ponzini, Colby-Sawyer 
Zofia Bangs, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Mei Tobin, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Madison Young, Johnson & Wales (RI)
Abby Boudreau, Lasell 
Madison Bovill, Rivier 
McKenzie Fairfax, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Maya Waryas, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 
Zoe Schmaling, Simmons

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Sydney Gonyea, Simmons
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Aleah Murph, Colby-Sawyer
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - Madison Flaxington, Johnson & Wales (RI)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Maya Waryas, Saint Joseph's (Me.)
COACH OF THE YEAR - Lisa Lopes, Johnson & Wales
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD - Dean College

ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Bella Silva, Colby-Sawyer 
Riley Lambert, Simmons 
Zoe Coleman, Dean 
Sadie Tirrell, Saint Joseph's
Kaitlin Bedell, Lasell 
Ashley Garcia, Anna Maria 
Jacklyn O'Connor, Rivier 
Isabella Pelletier, St. Joseph (Conn.) 
Daisy Sharrow, Johnson & Wales 
Kaitlin D'Agostino, Albertus Magnus 
Ava Costello, Regis College