GREENVILLE, S.C. – The women's lacrosse coaches have picked the University of Mount Olive as champions in the 2025 Conference Carolinas Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll, the conference office announced on Thursday.
The Trojans have won the last four regular season and tournament titles and are picked to take their fifth straight in 2025 with 100 points and all 10 first place votes. Belmont Abbey College received 91 points and the final first place votes as the Crusaders were picked to finish second, ahead of Young Harris College's 79 points. Emmanuel University (70) and Barton College (61) rounded out the top five.
Converse University (57), North Greenville (50), Shorter University (29), Chowan University (27), Southern Wesleyan University (24) and Lees-McRae College (17) rounded out the poll.
The 2025 Conference Carolinas Women's Lacrosse Championship starts with quarterfinal games on campus sites on Tuesday, April 22. The semifinals will take place at the Ray McDonald Sr. Sports Complex at the University of Mount Olive in Mount Olive, North Carolina on Friday, April 25. The championship game will be on Sunday, April 27 in Mount Olive.
The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches and they can't vote for their own school.
2025 Conference Carolinas
Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll
|
School |
Total (First Place) |
| 1 |
Mount Olive |
100 (10) |
| 2 |
Belmont Abbey |
91 (1) |
| 3 |
Young Harris |
79 |
| 4 |
Emmanuel |
70 |
| 5 |
Barton |
61 |
| 6 |
Converse |
57 |
| 7 |
North Greenville |
50 |
| 8 |
Shorter |
29 |
| 9 |
Chowan |
27 |
| 10 |
Southern Wesleyan |
24 |
| 11 |
Lees-McRae |
17 |
2025 Conference Carolinas Women's Lacrosse
Players to Watch
Barton
- Kaya Bartlett, Sr., D, Venice, Florida (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Tamia Marshall, Sr., M, Wilmington, North Carolina (2024 third team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Maddie Hoffman, Sr., ATT, Honeoye Falls, New York
Belmont Abbey
- Summer Eddinger, Jr., GK, Fallston, Maryland (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Olivia Carlino, Sr., ATT, Campbell, California (2023 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Kacey Kubarewicz, Sr., M, Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey (2024 third team All-Conference Carolinas)
Chowan
- Blake Tutman, So., M, Owings Mills, Maryland
- Cameryn Barrow, Sr., M, Augusta, Georgia
- Gracie Timken, Sr., D, Wilmington, North Carolina
Converse
- Hailey Obenchain, Jr., Newburgh, Indiana (2024 and 2023 second team All-Conference Carolinas, 2023 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year)
- Izzy Eby, So., Lutz, Florida
- Becky Reinhard, So., Middle Island, New York
Emmanuel
- Kristie Fisher, Jr., M, Thornton, Ontario, Canada (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Paige Murphy, So., ATT, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas, Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, US Lacrosse All-America)
Lees-McRae
- Hailey Smith, Sr., M, Morrisville, North Carolina
- Genesis Lutsky, Sr., M, Pinehurst, North Carolina
Mount Olive
- Logan Hibbard, Gr., ATT, Rochester, New York (2024 USA Lacrosse third team All-America, IWLCA first team All-Region, Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Year, 2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Madison Dow, Jr., D, White Hall, Maryland (2024 USA Lacrosse All-America honorable mention, IWLCA second team All-Region, Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Year, 2024 first team All-Conference Carolinas, 2023 All-Tournament Team)
- Lena DeFilippo, Sr., M, Waldorf, Maryland (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
North Greenville
- Lauren Crane, So., M, Acworth, Georgia
- Kylie Keen, Sr., M, Edgewater, Maryland
- Antonella Zambrano, Sr., D, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Shorter
- Tori Wolf, So., M, Duluth, Georgia
- Kaitlyn Dwyer-Peppers, Jr., M, Cumming, Georgia
- Alley Jones, Fr., GK, Canton, Georgia
Southern Wesleyan
- Mack Moreau, Sr., M, Simpsonville, South Carolina
- Fianna Steves, Jr., M, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Young Harris
- Ashlyn Fraley, Sr., ATT, Marietta, Georgia (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Mary Troyer, Jr., M, Johns Creek, Georgia (2024 second team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Addy Heiser, Fr., M, Greer, South Carolina