Four Named to MASCAC Field Hockey All-Conference Team

Westfield, Mass. — Samantha Souza of Bridgewater State and Emma Gniadek of Westfield State have earned  the 2025 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Field Hockey Offensive and Defensive Player of the  Year honors and headline the 2025 MASCAC First Team All-Conference squad which is voted on by the coaches  from around the conference prior to the conference tournament.  

Souza, a sophomore from Dartmouth, Mass., returns to her award winning ways with this year's MASCAC  Offensive Player of the Year honors after earning Rookie of the Year in 2024. Souza was dominate for the Bears  this season who finished in second in the league standings. She tallied 73 points on 33 goals and seven assists.  Her goals and points were first in the MASCAC while also collecting six game-winners which was the second 

best in the conference. Nine times this season, Souza scored two or more goals, including a season-high of four  in back-to-back MASCAC wins. 

Landing the 2025 MASCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors, Gniadek, a senior from Worcester, Mass., was  a force in goal for Westfield State, helping them go 12-0 in MASCAC play and claim the regular season crown.  She finished with a 1.67 goals against average, .805 save percentage and 99 total saves, which included 12  victories and two shutouts for the Owls who are riding a 16 game winning streak.  

Joining Gniadek from Westfield State is Caroline Andrade, the 2025 MASCAC Rookie of the Year. The freshman  from Watertown, Mass. burst onto the scene in her first season with Owls, scoring 13 goals with seven asssts  for 33 points. She also netted two game-winners on the year. Andrade earned NFHCA DIII Offensive Player of  the Week in October after she recorded five goals and two assists for 12 total points in a 3-0 week, including two  goals and one assist in a key 5–4 victory over Bridgewater State.  

After leading the Owls to their first MASCAC Regular Season title since coming under the MASCAC umbrella  and top seed in the tournament, Carden Brown of Westfield State was voted the 2025 BSN Sports Field Hockey  Coach of the Year by her peers. 

Sitting on the MASCAC First Team with Souza, Gniadek and Andrade are Emelia Westwater and Abbie Zuber of  Bridgewater State, Isabella Corcoran, Olivia Narkevicius and Samantha Yates of Fitchburg State, Lee Gould and  Kaleigh Murphy of Westfield State and Kaylie Ciccone and Allison Keenan of Worcester State.  

Earning a spot on the 2025 MASCAC Second Team are Alyse Mutti of Anna Maria, Kendall O'Brien, Nola Patty and  Kallie Rose of Fitchburg State, Finley Hogan of Framingham State, Grace Morey and Izzy Mosley of Salem State,  Maddy Barry and Kacey Curran of Westfield State and Charlotte MacGregor and Maddie Parker of Worcester State. 

2025 MASCAC FIELD HOCKEY ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

Player/Institution Class Position Hometown
Abbie Zuber, Bridgewater State Junior Midfield Westport, Mass.
Samantha Yates, Fitchburg State Senior Midfield Woodstock, Vt.
Kaleigh Murphy, Westfield State Senior Midfield Pembrook, Mass.
Samantha Souza, Bridgewater State Sophomore Forward Dartmouth, Mass.
Olivia Narkevicius, Fitchburg State Senior Forward Phillipston, Masss.
Caroline Andrade, Westfield State Freshman Forward Watertown, Mass.
Kaylie Ciccone, Worcester State First Year Forward Douglas, Mass.
Emelia Westwater, Bridgewater State Senior Defense Attleboro, Mass.
Lee Gould, Westfield State Junior Defense Southborough, Mass.
Allison Keenan, Worcester State Senior Defense Marlborough, Mass.
Isabella Corcoran, Fitchburg State Sophomore Goalie Braintree, Mass.
Emma Gniadek, Westfield State Senior Goalie Worcester, Mass.

SECOND TEAM

Player/Institution Class Position Hometown
Alyse Mutti, Anna Maria Freshman Midfield N. Reading, Mass.
Kendall O'Brien, Fitchburg State Sophomore Midfield Townsend, Mass.
Charlotte MacGregor, Worcester State Senior Midfield Bellingham, Mass.
Kallie Rose, Bridgewater State Sophomore Forward Dartmouth, Mass.
Finley Hogan, Framingham State Sophomore Forward Auburn, NY
Grace Morey, Salem State Sophomore Forward Danvers, Mass.
Kacey Curran, Westfield State First Year Forward Fall River, Mass.
Nola Patty, Fitchburg State Sophomore Defense Ashburnham, Mass.
Maddy Barry, Westfield State Senior Defense Norwood, Mass.
Maddie Parker, Worcester State Junior Defense Leominster, Mass.
Izzy Mosley, Salem State Junior Goalie Middleborough, Mass.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Samantha Souza, Bridgewater State Sophomore Forward Dartmouth, Mass.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Emma Gniadek, Westfield State Senior Goalie Worcester, Mass.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Caroline Andrade, Westfield State Freshman Forward Watertown, Mass.

BSN SPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR
Carden Brown, Westfield State