GREENVILLE, S.C. – Six members of the Barton women's lacrosse team earned 2022 All-Conference Carolinas honors, league officials announced earlier today.
Barton junior midfielder
Samantha Diaz (Apex, N.C.) was named to the all-league first team while sophomore attacker
Sydney Quinn (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) and senior defender
Ashley Teilborg (Sneads Ferry, N.C.) garnered all-league second-team accolades.
Diaz leads the team in ground balls (54) and caused turnovers (30) to go along with five goals and earned league defensive player-of-the-week honors once this season. Quinn has a team-leading 40 goals and 69 draw controls and ranks second on the team in assists (16) and total points (56) this spring.
Three Bulldogs earned all-conference third-team accolades: freshman attacker
Kate Matuza (Hampstead, N.C.), sophomore midfielder
Jayden Smith (Winter Garden, Fla.) and freshman defender
Kloe Martin (Dracut, Mass.).
Matuza, the league's freshman of the year for March, is tied for first in the conference with 35 assists in addition to 30 goals and a team-leading 65 points. Smith has 17 goals while Martin has six goals, 33 ground balls, 32 draw controls and 17 caused turnovers. Both Teilborg and Smith earned all-conference honors for the second straight year.
Barton (10-7), the third seed in the 2022 Conference Carolinas Championship, takes on second-seeded Belmont Abbey (10-7) in the semifinal round at 3:00 p.m., on Thursday at North Greenville University's Pepsi Stadium in Tigerville, S.C.
2022 All-Conference Carolinas
Women's Lacrosse Teams
FIRST TEAM
Attack - Riley D'Andrea, Belmont Abbey
Attack - Meagan Maxwell, Mount Olive
Attack - Meaghan Michaud, Mount Olive
Attack - Mackenzie Kaderabek, Belmont Abbey
Midfield - Justine Dorelas, Emmanuel
Midfield - Zoe Dougherty, Mount Olive
Midfield - Emma Pherson, Belmont Abbey
Defense - Chaija Olsson, Mount Olive
Defense - Samantha Diaz, Barton
Defense - Camryn Youngblood, Mount Olive
Defense - Danielle LaPlume, North Greenville
Goalkeeper - Claire Hagen, Mount Olive
SECOND TEAM
Attack - Tabitha Beecher, Southern Wesleyan
Attack - Ali Davis, Mount Olive
Attack - Dani O'Meara, North Greenville
Attack - Sydney Quinn, Barton
Midfield - Faith Flanagan, Erskine
Midfield - Kate Roberts, Belmont Abbey
Midfield - Kylie Keen, North Greenville
Defense - Jairy Sandoval, Southern Wesleyan
Defense - Michelle Leahy, Belmont Abbey
Defense - Alexis Stanley, Mount Olive
Defense - Ashley Teilborg, Barton
Goalkeeper - Michelle Guppy, Belmont Abbey
THIRD TEAM
Attack - Olivia Carlino, Belmont Abbey
Attack - Bria Hamilton, Mount Olive
Attack - Kate Matuza, Barton
Attack - Emma Mayew, North Greenville
Midfield - Margot Coomes, Mount Olive
Midfield - Charity Brown, Chowan
Midfield - Jayden Smith, Barton
Defense - Kloe Martin, Barton
Defense - Caroline Abbott, Mount Olive
Defense - Lexi Helms, Belmont Abbey
Defense - Elizabeth Hommel, Belmont Abbey
Goalkeeper - Kaeleigh McDaniel, Southern Wesleyan
Offensive Player of the Year
Riley D'Andrea, Belmont Abbey
Defensive Player of the Year
Chaija Olsson, Mount Olive
Freshman of the Year
Olivia Carlino, Belmont Abbey
Coach of the Year
Heather Coppola, Mount Olive
Elite 23
Emery Kennedy, Mount Olive
