Six Earn All-NCAC Honors for Women's Lacrosse

All-NCAC Women's Lacrosse Team

Six College of Wooster women's lacrosse players earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors this spring, including sophomore Lizzie Hardy, junior Lexi Sarne, and senior Kenzie Smith, who were all first-team selections. Junior Kenzie Morris earned all-conference honors for the third time as a second-team selection, while sophomore Sidney O'Rourke and sophomore Brynne Snaguski debuted on the All-NCAC team as third-team honorees.

Hardy ranks within the top five in the NCAC in draw controls (90, second), groundballs (48, third), and caused turnovers (24, fifth). Hardy's 90 draw controls this spring are the fourth-most in program history. Two of those came in clutch win-preserving situations where Wooster was protecting a one-goal lead inside the final two minutes. The sophomore won at least seven draw controls in eight games this spring, headlined by 11 in a 20-10 win over Trine University on March 30. Earlier in the season, Hardy had seven draw controls in three consecutive wins over John Carroll University, Marietta College, and Washington & Jefferson College. The two-time NCAC Athlete of the Week caused four turnovers against Marietta and Westfield State University. Offensively, Hardy contributed 24 goals and nine assists.

Sarne, Wooster's top defender, ranked second on the team with 22 caused turnovers and added 30 groundballs to the 2024 stat line. The 30 groundballs matched a career-high for the junior, while the caused turnovers were one shy of her 2023 total. Sarne was a key in Wooster's 13-12 win over NCAA Div. III Championships qualifier Plymouth State University with four groundballs and three caused turnovers. A second four-groundball, three-caused turnover game followed nine days later against Transylvania University. In conference play, Sarne capped the year with a third four-groundball, three-caused turnover game against Oberlin College.

Smith logged a career year on the field with 49 goals, which more than doubled the attacker's total over the first-year, sophomore, and junior campaigns. An active defender on the ride, Smith added 15 groundballs and five caused turnovers to the season stat line. Smith surpassed 100 career points in the career finale. She opened the year with a career-high seven goals in a 17-5 win over Baldwin Wallace University and scored 20 times over six NCAC contests. Smith logged two five-goal games in conference play this spring.

An all-around season netted Morris all-conference laurels for the third time. She logged a second 50-goal season and led the team with 61 points. Morris posted a third straight 60-draw control season and caused 20 turnovers. She moved into the program's top-10 leaderboards in career draw controls and goals, ending the year sixth (184) and ninth (146), respectively. Morris scored seven goals in back-to-back wins over Transylvania and Trine. On the draw, Morris totaled seven games with at least five, including four straight spanning April 10-20, all of which were during conference play.

O'Rourke earned an exponentially expanded role on this year's team and was one of Wooster's top playmakers. The sophomore won 83 draw controls, the fifth-most in program history. O'Rourke tracked down at least six draw controls eight times this season, including back-to-back eight-draw showings against Transylvania and Trine. Her third game with eight draw controls came at Ohio Wesleyan University. O'Rourke's 38 groundballs were a career high as were her 14 caused turnovers.

Snaguski's elevated play on the attacking end saw the sophomore score 34 goals and pass out 14 assists on the year. Snaguski ranked third on the team in scoring, and she more than tripled the scoring output from the first-year season. Snaguski netted multiple goals in the last 13 games of the year and ended the year with a pair of four-point performances. At Trine, Snaguski delivered a career-best performance with three goals and three assists.

Wooster went 11-4 this spring and tied for third-place in the NCAC. Wooster's six all-conference selections are the most since 2021.