BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference today announced its postseason award winners and all-conference teams for the 2024 women’s lacrosse season.
Frostburg State attacker Neila Haney repeated as the MEC Offensive Player of the Year in 2024, while FSU midfielder Maura O’Neill was voted Defensive Player of the Year. Additionally, Bobcat head coach Taylor Cline was named the 2024 MEC Coach of the Year.
Davis & Elkins’ Zoe Mackey is the league’s Freshman of the Year.
Haney, a sophomore from Lino Lakes, Minn., scored 49 goals and passed out 22 assists to lead Frostburg State to an undefeated record in MEC play this spring. Haney has a .769 shots on goal percentage and also totaled 59 draw controls and 28 groundballs this season. She netted three game-winning goals for the Bobcats, who have an 11-5 overall record this season.
O’Neill, a graduate student from Bel Air, Md., totaled 14 goals and 17 assists for the Bobcats, while helping lead a defensive effort that ranks first in the league and 20th in the country in scoring defense (9.00). As a midfielder, O’Neill totaled 35 caused turnovers and controlled 30 groundballs this season. The Bobcat defense also ranks 19th nationally in scoring margin (6.19) and is fifth in caused turnovers (14.19) this season.
Cline, Frostburg State’s fourth-year head coach, earned MEC Coach of the Year honors for the third-consecutive season. Her Bobcats have an 11-5 overall record, including an 8-0 mark in league play this season. The Bobcats enter postseason play on a seven-game winning streak.
Mackey, a freshman from Morgantown, West Virginia, totaled one goal and three assists as a defender this season for the Senators. On the defensive end of the field, Mackey totaled 39 caused turnovers and controlled 37 groundballs. Her lone goal of the season, against Thiel University, was the game-winner back on March 18. She recorded two of her three assists against Felician on Feb. 18.
The All-MEC honorees and All-Freshman Team are listed below. The MEC postseason awards and all-conference teams are selected following a vote of the league’s head coaches.
| 2024 All-MEC First Team | |||||
| Pos. | Name | School | |||
| A | Neila Haney | Frostburg State | |||
| A | Ari Hinton | Davis & Elkins | |||
| A | Madison Partridge | Charleston | |||
| A | Darby Stolz | Charleston | |||
| M | Gianni Blundell | Charleston | |||
| M | Kerri Hayes | Frostburg State | |||
| M | Nicolette Lospitalier | Charleston | |||
| M | Maura O’Neill | Frostburg State | |||
| D | Jessie Bare | Frostburg State | |||
| D | Olivia Esposito | Charleston | |||
| D | Zoe Mackey | Davis & Elkins | |||
| G | Megan Liston | Charleston | |||
| 2024 All-MEC Second Team | |||||
| Pos. | Name | School | |||
| A | Talia Berardo | West Va. Wesleyan | |||
| A | Camden DeMaio | Frostburg State | |||
| M | Makenzi Lewellyn | West Va. Wesleyan | |||
| M | Izzie Sevila | Davis & Elkins | |||
| D | Allyssa Greaver | Charleston | |||
| D | Izzy Kelly | Frostburg State | |||
| D | Raveena Navalgund | West Va. Wesleyan | |||
| D | Kimmy Winoker | Davis & Elkins | |||
| G | Nicole Gray | Frostburg State | |||
| 2024 All-MEC Honorable Mention | |||||
| A: Jessica Dwyer (Davis & Elkins) | |||||
| M: Ella Russano (Charleston) | |||||
| D: Megan Keller (Frostburg State) | |||||
| G: Marissa Cuevas (Davis & Elkins) | |||||
| 2024 MEC All-Freshman Team | |||||
| Pos. | Name | School | |||
| A | Talia Berardo | West Va. Wesleyan | |||
| A | Jessica Dwyer | Davis & Elkins | |||
| D | Zoe Mackey | Davis & Elkins | |||
| A | Erin Mobley | West Va. Wesleyan | |||
| M | Ella Russano | Chaleston | |||
| A | Hayden Slinkard | Charleston | |||
| M | Ke’ya Stevens | Davis & Elkins | |||
| 2024 Women’s Lacrosse Top Honors | |||||
| Offensive Player of the Year: Neila Haney (Frostburg State) Defensive Player of the Year: Maura O’Neill (Frostburg State) Freshman of the Year: Zoe Mackey (Davis & Elkins) Coach of the Year: Taylor Cline (Frostburg State) | |||||
