GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Belmont Abbey women's lacrosse team has seven student-athletes earn all-conference honors as the Conference Carolinas league office releases the full teams Wednesday. Four Crusaders — Abbey McCarthy, Triniti Cassidy, Taylor Tobin and Summer Eddinger — were named to the first team. Katelyn Miller earned second team honors while Caitlyn Marone and Faith Piser earned spots on the third team.

The teams were voted on by the league's head coaches.

McCarthy was named to the all-conference team for the first time in her career. The junior had a breakout season for the Crusaders, finishing with a career-high 33 goals and 21 assists and leading the team with 54 points.

Cassidy had a team-high 44 goals to go with nine assists to make her third straight all-conference team. She earned Conference Carolinas Player of the week honors earlier this week and 45 draw controls, 26 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers over the span of the regular season.

Tobin was an impact player in her first year as a Crusader. She led the team with 34 caused turnovers to go with 28 ground balls and 28 draw controls. She also scored two goals on the season.

Eddinger is a four-time all-conference selection and is on the first team for the third time in her career. She is the program's all-time saves leader with over 500 and has started and played in every game this season and made 116 saves over the span of the regular season.

Miller is back on the all-conference team for the third consecutive year as she finished with 29 goals and 16 assists during the regular season. She earned a second-team spot after being on the third team the last two seasons.

Marone is back on the team for the second straight season as she was a key defender for Belmont Abbey. Over the span of the regular season, she caused 14 turnovers and had 27 ground balls. She also earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the conference earlier this season.

Piser is on the team for the first time after finishing her regular season with 13 caused turnovers and 20 ground balls. She was also a key part of the defense for Belmont Abbey.

2026 Women's Lacrosse All-Conference Carolinas Selections
Offensive Player of the Year
Riley Parker, Young Harris

Defensive Player of the Year
Simone McCraw, Mount Olive

Freshman of the Year
Olivia Wallach, Emmanuel

Coach of the Year
Christine Hatton, Young Harris

First Team
Attack – Riley Parker, Young Harris
Attack – Katie Broom, Mount Olive
Attack – Hailey Obenchain, Converse
Attack – Abbey McCarthy, Belmont Abbey
Midfield – Triniti Cassidy, Belmont Abbey
Midfield – Mary Troyer, Young Harris
Midfield – Addison Heiser, Young Harris
Defense – Simone McCraw, Mount Olive
Defense – Taylor Tobin, Belmont Abbey
Defense – Ella Clifford, Young Harris
Defense – Giavahna Gasdia, Mount Olive
Goalkeeper – Summer Eddinger, Belmont Abbey

Second Team
Attack – Olivia Wallach, Emmanuel
Attack – Becky Reinhard, Converse
Attack – Morghan Pollock, Mount Olive
Attack – Katelyn Miller, Belmont Abbey
Midfield – Demi Czynski, Emmanuel
Midfield – Kami Straub, North Greenville
Midfield – Meghan Jennings, Emmanuel
Defense – Nicole Malasky, Barton
Defense – Fianna Steves, Southern Wesleyan
Defense – Hayden Hennessy, Young Harris
Defense – Celia Leonard, Emmanuel
Goalkeeper – McKenna Graf, Young Harris

Third Team
Attack – Cassidy Jones, Shorter
Attack – Zoey Jacobs, Converse
Attack – Regan Fish, Barton
Attack – Taylor Schubert, Emmanuel
Attack – Courtney Bednarz, Lees-McRae
Midfield – Aubree Mayse, North Greenville
Midfield – Berhan Balparda, Barton
Midfield – Madi Primeau, Lees-McRae
Defense – Ainsley Cua, Converse
Defense – Caitlyn Marone, Belmont Abbey
Defense – Faith Piser, Belmont Abbey
Defense – Makaila Veney, Ferrum
Goalkeeper – Ruby Burandt, Mount Olive