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, 22 student-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