MANCHESTER, N.H. – Following the release of the 2026 Northeast 10 Conference postseason awards, the Saint Anselm College women's lacrosse team placed eight student-athletes on the league's All-Conference teams, highlighted by First Team honors for junior Alyssa Hill and sophomore Ayla McDermod.
Hill started in all 16 regular season contests, notching 33 goals and 51 assists for a team-high 84 points. In conference play, she finished second in assists per game (3.00) and fourth in points per game (4.89). Over the regular season, Hill registered five or more points on 10 occasions, including a six-goal, four-assist performance against Quincy University and a pair of seven-point outings against Bentley University and Franklin Pierce University. She currently has 171 career points to her credit, including 99 career assists.
McDermod posted 49 goals and 11 assists for 60 points over 16 starts, along with 58 draw controls, 36 ground balls, and 19 caused turnovers. She went 11-for-18 on free-position tries and posted multi-point performances in all but two games this year. She posted five-goal performances in wins over Rollins College, Bentley, and American International College. McDermod finished tied-fifth in the NE10 in ground balls per game and 11th in draw controls per game.
Senior Elyse Scales earned Second Team All-Conference accolades following another strong campaign. A starter in all 16 regular season contests, Scales accrued 37 ground balls, 19 caused turnovers, and five draw controls. Her consistent play made her one of the Hawks' top defenders throughout the 2026 season and was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Week for week six of the campaign.
Saint Anselm saw three players named to the Third Team, as juniors Julia Rowley and Lucy Mawn, and senior Julia Marsden each received conference recognition.
Rowley totaled 32 goals and 33 points, averaging two goals per game. She was efficient offensively as well, placing 48 of her 61 shots on target for a .787 shot-on-goal percentage, while also contributing 10 ground balls, eight caused turnovers, and seven draw controls.
Mawn was an all-around contributor for the Hawks. She appeared in 15 games and totaled 20 goals with six assists for 26 points. She added one game-winning goal and two free-position tallies. Beyond the offensive numbers, she secured 14 ground balls, caused 14 turnovers, and secured 54 draw controls.
With disciplined play on the back line, Marsden contributed heavily on the defensive end with 18 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers and also recorded one goal on two shots.
Freshman Kendall Herrick was honored twice, collecting Third Team All-Conference recognition while also being named to the NE10 All-Rookie Team. Herrick made an immediate impact in her first collegiate season and quickly established herself as one of the conference's top newcomers, earning four NE10 Rookie of the Week selections. Over 16 games, Herrick posted 43 goals and eight assists for 51 points. She tacked on 29 draw controls, 16 ground balls, and eight caused turnovers. Her 2.89 goals per game ranked sixth in the NE10, while she finished 13th in the league in points per game (3.44).
Freshman Grace Howard also earned a spot on the All-Rookie Team after a strong debut season for the Hawks. She started twice but appeared in every regular season contest for the Hawks as a rookie, and recorded 17 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers, and five draw controls.
The Hawks finished the regular-season as the fifth seed in the NE10 Championship and knocked off No. 4 Assumption University in the quarterfinal round to advance to face top-seeded Adelphi University on Wednesday, April 29. The opening draw from Motamed Field is slated for 4 p.m.
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