2024-25 Westfield State Women's Lacrosse News

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Natalie DeMaio drives to net in 20-9 win over Western New England (Cole Grady photo).
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • August 26, 2025

Pre-registration is required by Sept10th to guarantee a spot. Field player spacewill be limited so sign up soon by emailing your registration form to Coach P.

  • August 26, 2025
Goalie Clinic graphic
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • August 14, 2025

The Goalie Clinic will begin with registration at Noon and will run from 12:30-2:30pm.

  • August 14, 2025
11 Owls Student-Athletes Named to CSC Academic All-District At-Large Teams
  • July 16, 2025

11 student-athletes from field hockey, ice hockey, and women’s lacrosse earn CSC academic achievement.

  • July 16, 2025
133 Owls Student-Athletes Named to Winter/Spring MASCAC 2025 All-Academic Team
  • July 10, 2025

133 student-athletes across nine winter and spring sports recognized for their academic achievement.

  • July 10, 2025
Five Owls Selected to MASCAC Spring Sportsmanship Team
  • May 28, 2025

Honored to student-athletes who demonstrate the values of the MASCAC and its Sportsmanship Statement.

  • May 28, 2025
Owls captains and seniors pose with Smith Cup trophy.
  • May 21, 2025

Awarded to top MASCAC institution for best collective sport performance over the course of the year.

  • May 21, 2025
Women’s Lacrosse Places Seven on MASCAC All-Conference Team
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • May 07, 2025

Westfield State women’s lacrosse placed seven players on the 2025 MASCAC All-Conference teams headlined by Owls first-teamers Emma Prattson, Mykenzie Black, Olivia Hadla, and Paige Jelliffe.

  • May 07, 2025
Mykenzie Black drives to net on free position attempt.
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • May 01, 2025

Framingham State senior Hailey Baker (Peabody, Mass.) scored the game-winning goal in the golden goal overtime period as the Rams held off a late comeback effort from Westfield State in a 9-8 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Semifinal game from Alumni Field in Westfield, Mass. on Thursday night.

  • May 01, 2025
Familiar Foes: Owls and Rams Meet Again in the MASCAC Postseason
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 30, 2025

Westfield State women’s lacrosse enters the 2025 MASCAC Tournament in search of a third straight MASCAC Championship title and will host a familiar playoff opponent in Framingham State in a conference semifinal game on Thursday at 7:00 P.M. from Alumni Field.

  • April 30, 2025
Natalie DeMaio (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 26, 2025

Senior attacker Natalie DeMaio (Westwood, Mass.) scored her 200th career goal in Westfield State’s 16-6 regular season finale win over Framingham State in a MASCAC game on the road Saturday afternoon.

  • April 26, 2025
Owls seniors: Morgan Beirne, Mykenzie Black, Sydney Smith, and Emma Prattson honored pregame (Cole Grady photo).
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 22, 2025

Emma Prattson registered a nine-point night as the Owls delivered a commanding performance on Senior Night to overwhelm the Salem State Vikings 18-4 in a MASCAC game at Alumni Field on Tuesday evening.

  • April 22, 2025
Emma Prattson (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 18, 2025

Prattson led the Owls scoring attack with three goals and five assists, giving her 118 in her career.

  • April 18, 2025
Lancers Clip Owls in Conference Clash
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 15, 2025

Westfield State grad student Kylie Buchanan (Westfield, Mass.) and senior Mykenzie Black (Hopedale, Mass.) each scored four goals, but the Owls were unable to overcome a four-goal halftime deficit, falling to Worcester State 11-10 in a MASCAC game from Worcester, Mass. on Tuesday night.

  • April 15, 2025
Black Earns MASCAC Offensive Player of the Week
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 14, 2025

Westfield State senior midfielder Mykenzie Black (Hopedale, Mass.) captured the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor after her performance this past week.

  • April 14, 2025
Mykenzie Black (file photo).
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 10, 2025

Westfield State senior midfielder Mykenzie Black (Hopedale, Mass.) recorded three goals and two assists but a late fourth quarter surge from Springfield College resulted in an 18-11 Owls defeat in a non-conference road game on Thursday night.

  • April 10, 2025
Banagan, Buchanan Claim MASCAC Weekly Honors
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 07, 2025

Westfield State women’s lacrosse players Kylie Buchanan (Westfield, Mass.) and Kara Banagan (Niskayuna, N.Y.), headline the MASCAC Players of the Week honors.

  • April 07, 2025
Kylie Buchanan (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 04, 2025

Westfield State grad student Kylie Buchanan (Westfield, Mass.) scored three goals including both fourth quarter markers and Kara Banagan (Niskayuna, N.Y.) made a season-high 14 saves to lead the Owls past Bridgewater State 8-6 in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game from Bridgewater, Mass. on Friday night.

  • April 04, 2025
Emma Prattson operates behind the goal against WNE on 3-20-2025.
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • April 01, 2025

Emma Prattson finished with five goals and two assists to lead the Owls.

  • April 01, 2025
Samantha Dyer (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 28, 2025

Westfield State grad student Kylie Buchanan (Westfield, Mass.) scored a game-high four goals as the Owls soared past Mass. Maritime Academy in the MASCAC opener from Alumni Field in Westfield, Mass. on Friday night.

  • March 28, 2025
Several Schedule Changes Announced for This Weekend
  • March 27, 2025

The women’s lacrosse game versus Mass. Maritime has been moved to Friday at 7:00 P.M. while both baseball and softball doubleheaders against Mass. Maritime have been moved up to 11:30 A.M. start times.

  • March 27, 2025
Women’s Lacrosse Downed by Conn. College
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 26, 2025

Connecticut College junior attacker Kate Coughlin (Reading, Mass.) scored a game-high four goals to lead the Camels past Westfield State 18-7 in a non-conference game from Alumni Field in Westfield, Mass.

  • March 26, 2025
DeMaio's Offensive Surge Earns Player of the Week Honors
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 24, 2025

Westfield State senior attacker Natalie DeMaio (Westwood, Mass.) has been named the MASCAC Offensive Player of the Week following standout performances throughout the week that helped lead the Owls to a 2-1 record.

  • March 24, 2025
Emma Prattson and Natalie DeMaio celebrate after reaching career milestones against Amherst (Danny Shea photo).
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 23, 2025

Westfield State seniors’ Natalie DeMaio (Westwood, Mass.) and Emma Prattson (Tolland, Conn.) reached significant career milestones on Sunday afternoon with DeMaio topping the 200-career point mark while Prattson reached 100 career assists during the Owls loss to #16 Amherst.

  • March 23, 2025
Full Spring Slate of Games for Owls Athletics this Weekend
  • March 21, 2025

Westfield State athletics is back in action for another spring weekend which features Owls softball and women's lacrosse at home while men's and women's track and field begin the outdoor season and baseball continues its non-conference schedule on the road.

  • March 21, 2025
Westfield State Athletics Maintains Lead in 2024-25 Smith Cup Standings
  • March 20, 2025

After the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2024-25 Howard C. Smith Cup standings, awarded annually to the institution with the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.

  • March 20, 2025
Natalie DeMaio drives to net in 20-9 win over Western New England (Cole Grady photo).
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 20, 2025

Westfield State senior Natalie DeMaio (Westwood, Mass.) moved to third on the program’s all-time scoring list after a five-goal effort which helped the Owls take down Western New England University 20-9 in a non-conference game from Alumni Field on Thursday night.

  • March 20, 2025
Kylie Buchanan (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 18, 2025

Westfield State graduate student Kylie Buchanan (Westfield, Mass.) and senior Natalie DeMaio (Westwood, Mass.) each recorded six goals as the duo carried the Owls to an 18-7 victory over Johnson & Wales in a non-conference game on the road Tuesday night.

  • March 18, 2025
Women’s Lacrosse Adds Game vs Western New England on Thursday at 5:00 P.M.
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 17, 2025

The Westfield State women’s lacrosse team will host Western New England University in a non-conference game from Alumni Field on Thursday at 5:00 P.M. in a recently added game to the 2025 regular season schedule.

  • March 17, 2025
Mykenzie Black (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 13, 2025

Kimmy Creegan and Mia Pantano scored four goals each to power Roger Williams University to a 17-6 women’s lacrosse win over Westfield State at the Spring Fling tournament in Panama City Beach, Fla. on Thursday afternoon.

  • March 13, 2025
Erin Dyckman (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 12, 2025

Westfield State attacker Natalie DeMaio (Westwood, Mass.) scored a game-leading four goals but a late second quarter surge from Bowdoin proved to be the difference in a 14-9 setback for the Owls as part of the Spring Fling Tournament in Panama City Beach, Florida on Wednesday afternoon.

  • March 12, 2025
Arianna Andresen (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 07, 2025

Western Connecticut attacker Madison Ratchford (Ridge, N.Y.) scored four goals and added two assists as the Wolves edged Westfield State 11-9 in the Owls home opener from Alumni Field in Westfield, Mass. on Friday night.

  • March 07, 2025
Natalie DeMaio  (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 05, 2025

Skidmore netted the final three goals of the game to snatch the win, scoring twice in the final three minutes of regulation to force the overtime. 

  • March 05, 2025
Mykenzie Black (file photo).
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • March 01, 2025

MIT junior Annica Lam (Livingston, N.J.) scored a game-leading five goals as the 18th-ranked Engineers defeated Westfield State 16-5 in the Owls season opener on the road Saturday afternoon.

  • March 01, 2025
Kylie Buchanan (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • February 28, 2025

After back-to-back MASCAC championships in 2023 and 2024, the Westfield State Women’s lacrosse team has high hopes yet again in 2025. The Owls are ranked number one in this year’s 2025 MASCAC preseason poll, favoring them to win a third straight championship.

  • February 28, 2025
Westfield State President Dr. Linda Thompson speaks on behalf of the Owls student-athlete body at the Director of Athletics 3.0 Honor Roll.
  • February 14, 2025

Westfield State University Athletics recognized over 300 student-athletes with the celebration of the annual Director of Athletics 3.0 ceremony held on Wednesday night during halftime of the Owls men’s basketball game.

  • February 14, 2025
Women’s Lacrosse Favored to Win Third Consecutive MASCAC Championship
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • February 13, 2025

Westfield State women’s lacrosse is projected to continue on what has been an historic run in program history as the Owls are favored to win a third straight MASCAC Championship according to the 2025 MASCAC Preseason Poll as voted on by the coaches throughout the conference.

  • February 13, 2025
Sydney Smith (file photo)
  • Women's Lacrosse
  • January 21, 2025

This clinic is a must for high school goalies interested in Westfield State and continuing their goaltending career in college.

  • January 21, 2025
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