Worcester, MA- The Worcester State Softball team came away with two major honors and six named to this years MASCAC All- Conference Teams. Leading this year’s awards was junior Emma Lanpher (Charlton, MA) and senior Emily Bartlett (Lowell, MA) who claimed Player and Pitcher of the Year in the conference.
Lanpher, a junior short stop from Charlton, Mass., closed out the season atop the conference in several statistical categories. She finished with the highest batting average at .434, most hits with 69, runs scored with 44 and doubles with 20 over her 159 at bats. She also knocked in 37 RBI, four triples, four stolen bases, 11 walks along with a .610 slugging percentage and .465 on base percentage. For the week ending May 5, Lanpher was named MASCAC Player of the Week after she batted .538 (7-13) with two doubles, a triple, five RBI, two walks, stolen base and three runs scored with a .600 on-base percentage and .846 slugging percentage in a 3-1 week for the Lancers.
Joining Lanpher as a major award winner, Bartlett earns her second MASCAC Pitcher of the Year honor after receiving it in 2022. The senior from Lowell, Mass. was a strikeout machine for the Lancers, collecting a league-leading 174 (8.46 per game) while also finishing first in the conference with 16 wins, five shutouts, in ERA at 2.28, WHIP at 1.10 and batting average against at .189. She only allowed one triple and six home runs in the season. Bartlett earned Pitcher of the Week five times this season, including three in a row which culminated in the April 8 week where she Bartlett was 3-0 in three appearances, allowing seven hits, six runs (three earned) with a 1.31 ERA, 32 strikeouts and two walks in a 3-0 week for the Lancers.
Joining Lanpher and Bartlett on the first team are Bridgewater State’s Makayla Ansell, Fitchburg State’s Dana Cisowski, Framingham State’s Gwendolyn Carpenter, and Kelsey McGuill, Salem State’s Alaina Giuliano, Westfield State’s Christina Ciampa, Abby Clark, Sarah Hough, Stephanie Scoville and Hannah Wodecki and Worcester State Sophomore Emma Lapoint (Westfield, MA).
Grabbing a spot on the MASCAC second team all-conference are Bridgewater State’s Victoria Becker, Framingham State’s Brooke Grassia, Caroline Hughes, Ally Moran and Shelby Roode, MCLA’s Hailey Peabody, Westfield State’s Sarah Bingham and Jordyn Lummus and Worcester State’s sophomore Bella Gasbarro (Leominster, MA), junior Abigail Koziol (Lunenburg, MA) and sophomore Bailey Tammaro (Fitchburg, MA).
The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s first Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University. Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men’s ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as a football affiliate member in 2013 and Castleton in 2024. Dean College, Eastern Nazarene College, Elms College, Mitchell College and Springfield College joined as men’s golf affiliates in 2019 and New England College in 2021.
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