Paquette/Pfefferle Earn All-MASCAC First Team Honors

SALEM, Mass. –- Seniors Brenna Paquette (M, Hudson, N.H.) and Lily Pfefferle (GK, St. Paul, Minn.) were named to the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Soccer First Team in an announcement by the league on Tuesday. Senior Sydney Durkin (D, Dracut, Mass.) was selected to the second team.  

All three players are making their inaugural appearance on the all-conference team. Paquette started in all 18 games for the Vikings, compiling 12 points (5d. 2a). Her five goals scored ranked 9th in the league. Pfefferle enjoyed a strong senior season, recording a league best 195 saves, which along with her 12.19 saves per game average, ranked sixth nationally in Division III. Durkin had a goal and four assists, recording six points for Salem State while anchoring the Vikings' back line.  

The Westfield State duo of Delaney Parker and Jaida Cochran earned the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year honors and headline the 2023 MASCAC First Team All-Conference squad.

Parker, a junior from Orange, Mass., returns to her award winning ways after being named the MASCAC Player and Rookie of the Year in 2021. This is her third straight All-Conference accolade after registering a league-leading 18 goals, 10 assists and 46 points. Seven times during the 2023 season, Parker netted more than one goal.

She also is the school's career goal scorer with 65 following the end of last week's tournament. For the second straight year, Jaida Cochran of Westfield State is the MASCAC Defensive Player of the Year. The junior from Middleboro, Mass. helped the Owls hold their opponents to only 31 goals and a 1.55 goals against this season while collecting seven shutouts on the season.

This is Cochran's third straight First Team All-Conference accolade after the Owls were the second seed in the tournament and claimed the tournament title on Sunday. Joining Parker and Cochran as a major award winner is Tia Tollis of Westfield State. The freshman from midfielder from Longmeadow, Mass., had a solid first season with the Owls, scoring eight goals and tallying six assists for 22 points. Her goals and assists were both the fourth highest in the conference

After guiding Bridgewater State to a perfect 7-0 record and the top seed in the MASCAC Tournament, Yasmina Carvalho was voted the 2023 BSN Sports Coach of the Year. Sitting on the MASCAC First Team with Parker, Cochran and Tollis are Sydney Dewhurst of Bridgewater State, Ashley Porter of Fitchburg State, Victoria Potter of Framingham State, Paquette and Pfefferle of Salem State, Jenna Hurlburt and Kiana Muratsuka of Westfield State and Erin Condon of Worcester State.

Earning a spot on the 2023 MASCAC Second Team are Logan Levesque, Olivia Robarge and Abigail Shea of Bridgewater State, Taylor Senecal and Adrianna Westcott of Fitchburg State, Jetta Oskirko of Framingham State, Gwendolyn Duggan and Alyssa Porter of MCLA, Taylor Blanton of Mass. Maritime, Durkin of Salem State, Morgan Berthiaume of Westfield State. 

2023 ALL-MASCAC WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM