Brown, Wright Claim Major Awards Among Group of Several Saints All-Conference Honorees
WINTHROP, Mass. – Saints junior Delaney Brown (Agawam, Mass.) and sophomore Madeline Wright (Mattapoisett, Mass.) took home a pair of major awards from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), after being named the Defensive Player of the Year and Midfielder of the Year, respectively, as announced by the GNAC Office on Tuesday and voted on by the 16 head coaches of the conference.
WINTHROP, Mass. – Saints junior Delaney Brown (Agawam, Mass.) and sophomore Madeline Wright (Mattapoisett, Mass.) took home a pair of major awards from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), after being named the Defensive Player of the Year and Midfielder of the Year, respectively, as announced by the GNAC Office on Tuesday and voted on by the 16 head coaches of the conference.
Along with their Player of the Year honors, Brown and Wright were named to the All-Conference First Team at their positions, joined by sophomore Livia Fedele (Spencerport, N.Y.), who made the First Team on attack.
Junior Dejaliyah Srimouksavanh (Portsmouth, N.H.) and sophomore Alexandra Gencarelli (Bradford, R.I.) earned spots on the GNAC Third Team at midfield and defense, respectively, while first-year Hannah Hoenshell (Littleton, Mass.) claimed a place on the All-Rookie squad. Sophomore Halle Miller (Hudson, N.H.) rounded out the All-Conference selections, representing the Saints on the Sportsmanship Team.
Brown adds another GNAC Defensive Player of the Year Award to her resume after claiming the same honor in 2022 as a first-year. The junior defender caused 58 turnovers this season, the third-most in the GNAC, and a new program record for CTs in a single season. She added 66 ground balls, good for seventh in the conference.
Over her three-year career, Brown has 153 ground balls and 123 caused turnovers in 56 career appearances. By mid-season, she became one of two players in team history with at least 100 ground balls and 100 caused turnovers in a career. The 123 CTs are second-most in team history while the 153 grounds are the fourth-most.
Wright, an impact transfer from UMass Dartmouth, was the Little East Conference (LEC) Rookie of the Year in 2023 and is now the GNAC Midfielder of the Year in 2024. Between the LEC and GNAC, Wright becomes a two-time All-Conference First Team selection.
The sophomore midfielder finished the season with 71 goals, eight assists, and 79 points. Her 71 tallies were the second-most in the GNAC and set a new single-season program record for goals in a season. The 79-point season is the fifth-best in program history for a single season. Wright added 90 draw controls, the sixth-most in the conference and third-most in a season in team history.
Fedele goes from the GNAC Third Team as a rookie to a GNAC All-Conference First Teamer in 2024. The sophomore attack finished the season with a team-leading 82 points on 50 goals and 32 assists. Her 82 points were good for sixth-most in the conference while Fedele became the fourth player in team history with at least 80 points in a single season.
After becoming the 16th player in team history to reach 100 career points, Fedele has shot up the career points leaderboard with 151 points on 92 goals and 59 assists. The 151 points place her sixth in team history in career points, needing just 39 games to reach that mark.
Srimouksavanh produced another All-Conference Team season after posting 57 points on 32 goals and 25 assists. The junior midfielder is now a two-time member of the GNAC Third Team after being voted to the Third Team as a rookie in 2022. This season, Srimouksavanh became the fifth player in team history to reach the 100 career goals plateau and is in fourth position in team history in career points with 168.
Gencarelli receives an All-Conference Team selection for the first time in her career after a season of 24 ground balls and 22 caused turnovers in 20 games for the Saints. The sophomore defender was one of four Saints to average at least one ground ball and one caused turnover per game this season.
Hoenshell caps off the All-Conference group with an All-Rookie Team nod. The first-year attack scored all her points against GNAC opponents this season, including a career-high four-point outing against Albertus Magnus and her first career hat trick against Mitchell.
Emmanuel finished the season 15-5 overall and a perfect 11-0 in the GNAC, earning the No. 1 North seed in the GNAC Playoffs. Among the many accomplishments of the Saints, the 11 wins against GNAC opponents is the most in team history in a season. Emmanuel strung together a program-record 12-game winning streak from mid-March until early May. The Saints 15 wins matched the 2014 program for most wins in a season.
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