Westfield State’s Kinsman Named Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year, MCLA’s Richardson Repeats as Defensive Player of the Year, Headline the 2019 MASCAC Women’s Soccer All-Conference Team

Lydia Kinsman of Westfield State and Megan Richardson of MCLA have earned the 2019 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year honors and headline the 2019 MASCAC First Team All-Conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference

Westfield State’s Kinsman Named Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year, MCLA’s Richardson Repeats as Defensive Player of the Year, Headline the 2019 MASCAC Women’s Soccer All-Conference Team
November 13, 2019
Westfield, Mass. —  Lydia Kinsman of Westfield State and Megan Richardson of MCLA have earned the 2019 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year honors and headline the 2019 MASCAC First Team All-Conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.
 
Kinsman, a junior midfield from Granville, Mass. led the Owls to a 6-1 make in conference action and the number one seed in last week’s tournament. She finished the regular season with 12 goals and six assists for 30 points, all of which ended the year in the top five of the league. She also collected three game-winners. In the wins over Framingham State and Worcester State, Kinsman found the back of the net twice in both victories.     
 
For the second straight year, MCLA’s Megan Richardson earns MASCAC Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league in total saves with 186 while collecting a .816 save percentage, 2.56 goals against average with two wins and a shutout for the Trailblazers. In nine of her 17 games played this season, she registered double digits saves, including 21 against Salem State. 
 
In her first season with the Vikings, Madison Pesce was named the 2019 MASCAC Rookie of the Year. The freshman from Danvers, Mass. helped anchor a Salem State defense that only allowed a 1.73 GAA, 0.96 shooting percentage with seven shutouts on the year.
 
Nicolle Wood of Salem State was voted by her peers as the 2019 Champion’s Choice Coach of the Year after leading the Vikings to a 5-1-1 mark in conference and the second seed in the conference tournament. 
 
Sitting on the MASCAC First Team with Kinsman and Richardson are Kaitlyn Bongarzone, Cassie Brown and Alana Vincent of Bridgewater State, Camryn O’Leary of Framingham State, Emily Boyle of Salem State, Jenn Rennich and Morgan Remington of Westfield State and Maddie Fong and Hannah Foster of Worcester State.
 
Earning a spot on the 2019 MASCAC Second Team along with Pesce are Kellie Souza and Samantha Tomaszewski of Bridgewater State, Cetera Moore of MCLA, Emma McNally of Massachusetts Maritime, Katie Brown, Colleen Hurley and Devyn Malatesta of Salem State and Tsara LeBlanc, Ali Maldonado and Christina Spinos of Worcester State.