Conference Honors
Honors continue to roll in for Westfield State's softball team, as four players were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region teams, which were announced on Friday in the midst of the NCAA Regional tournaments.
After 10 trips to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference softball championship game, the top-seeded Westfield State University Owls finally cashed in when first year RF Lyla Dwyer pulled a ball through the hole on the left side infield and sophomore 3B Allyssa Slack scored with a headfirst dive across the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Owls scored a 1-0 extra innings win over #2 seed Worcester State on Sunday.
Westfield State’s Sarah Hough and Angelina Vartuli have been named the 2026 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
Brooke Grassia and Ellie Etemad-Gilbertson of Framingham State and Maddy Teta of MCLA have been named to the 2025 National Fast Pitch Coaches Association All-Regions Teams as announced by the NFCA this week.
After a nine year hiatus, the Worcester State Lancers are once again the MASCAC Softball Tournament Champions after defeating Framingham State 5-3 on Sunday afternoon.
Worcester State’s Emma Lanpher and Westfield State’s Katherine Canty have been named the 2025 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
Gwen Carpenter and Kelsey McGuill of Framingham State, Ab'c'de Patane of Mass. Maritime and Emily Bartlett of Worcester State were named to the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region team.
The Worcester State duo of Emma Lanpher and Emily Bartlett have been named the 2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
Defending league champion Framingham State battled back through the elimination bracket to sweep a pair of games from top-seeded Westfield State by scores of 3-0 and 10-2 in the championship round of the 2024 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference softball championship at the Westfield State softball field on Sunday afternoon.
Framingham State's Camille Desrochers and Ally Moran, Mass. Maritime's Kelsey Booker and Ab'c'de Patane and Worcester State's Bella Gasbarro were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region 2 teams as announced by the organization.
The Framingham State University softball team saw their season come to a close this evening when they fell 9-4 to Williams College in an elimination game of the 2023 NCAA Division III Tournament at the Salisbury Regional.
Massachusetts Maritime’s Ab’c’de Patane and Framingham State’s Ally Moran have been named the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
Gwendolyn Carpenter was 3-for-3 with two doubles, a homer and three RBI as top-seeded and host Framingham State captured its second straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) tournament championship with a 10-2 five inning win over second-seeded Bridgewater State.
Bridgewater State’s Alexandra Ruprecht and Worcester State’s Emily Barlett have been named the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
Led by Tournament MVP Gwendolyn Carpenter, the fourth seed Framingham State University softball team defeated top seed Bridgewater State University twice today to secure the 2022 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Tournament Title at Alumni Park. The Rams took the opener 7-3, forcing the second game which they won 7-0.
Worcester State’s Kaiulani Ennis and Framingham State’s Kelsi Gunarathne have been named the 2019 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
