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2026 Women's Lacrosse Special Awards

Women's Lacrosse: 10 Raiders Named to All-OAC Teams; Four Special Awards

5/4/2026 1:51:00 PM

WESTERVILLE, Ohio--Mount Union women's lacrosse took home four special awards and had 10 student-athletes named to the 2026 All-Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse teams selected by the conference head coaches which is the most in league history.
 
Senior Haylee Handrahan (Hilliard / Hilliard Draby) was named the Offensive Player of the year, freshman Alexa Udovicic (Painesville / Lake Catholic) was named the Defender of the Year and freshman Lizzie Dorley (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Seton LaSalle) was named the Rookie of the Year.
 
Head Coach Bethany Snider picked up the OAC Coach of the Year for her third time earning the award.
 
Joining Handrahan, Udovicic and Dorley on the first team All-OAC list was senior attacker Ella Nejad (Rocky River), senior defender Delany Brown (Butler, Pa. / Butler Area), junior attacker Mae Pawlikowski (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and junior midfielder Emma Labbe (Uniontown / Lake) which is the most in Mount Union's women's lacrosse history besting last years number of six.
 
Earning second team All-OAC was senior goalie Abby Reagan (Westerville / St. Francis De Sales) and junior defender Emma Grell (Mars, Pa. / Mars Area) along with freshman midfield Emma Kielbasa (Amherst, N.Y. / Sweet Home) earning Honorable Mention All-OAC.
 
So far this season Handrahan has led Mount Union in goals (44), assists (23) and points (67). She also has four ground balls, two free position goals and a caused turnover. Handrahan was second in the OAC in goals per game and points per game in conference play with 3.5 and 5.0. This is the first award for Handrahan here at Mount Union.
 
Udovicic led Mount Union in ground balls (43) and caused turnovers (21) this season along with picking up 10 draw controls, four assists and three goals. In conference play the freshman was fourth in the OAC for ground balls per game (3.17) and was third in caused turnovers (1.83).
 
Dorley was second on the team in assists (21), third on the team in draw controls (36), points (45) and fourth on the team in goals (24) and caused turnovers (16).
 
This is Nejad's third OAC award for her earning first team a season ago. Nejad leads the team in draw controls (61), second in goals (39), points (56) and is fourth in assists (17) and caused turnovers (16).
 
This is Brown's third OAC award for her earning first team a season ago. Brown helps anchor the defense which allowed 4.83 goals per game in OAC play which was the best in the OAC. She picked up 15 ground balls and caused six turnovers.
 
This is Pawlikowski's first OAC award. Pawlikowski is third on the team in goals (37), caused turnovers (19) and is fourth in points (42).
 
The is Labbe's second OAC award for her earning second team last season. Labbe finished second in draw controls (54), ground balls (24), third in assists (20), fourth in caused turnovers (16) while scoring 12 goals.
 
The is Reagan's first OAC award for her. Reagan finished the season with 81 saves while allowing just 77 goals in 13 appearances for the Raiders. She was first in the OAC for save percentage at 51.3%.
 
The is Grell's first OAC award for her. Grell finished tied for first in caused turnovers with 21 while picking up 14 ground balls and standing beside Brown and Udovicic on the defensive end.
 
This is Kielbasa's first OAC award for her. Kielbasa had 20 goals including the game winner with three seconds in the OAC championship while adding 24 groundballs and nine caused turnovers.
 
Mount Union's season continues as they now will head into the NCAA Division III Tournament taking on Union (NY) on Saturday at 11:30 AM at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland.
 
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