Five Named to Softball MASCAC All-Conference, Led by Repeat Player of the Year Emma Lanpher

Westfield, Mass. — Worcester State’s Emma Lanpher and Westfield State’s Katherine Canty have been named the 2025 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Softball Player and Pitcher of the Year and head up the all-conference squad which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference.

Lanpher, a senior short stop from Charlton, Mass., earns her second straight MASCAC Player of the Year honors after batting .458 with 60 total hits, eight doubles, two triples, 24 RBI, 40 runs scored, 11 walks and six stolen bases. She also registered a .550 slugging and .503 on-base percentage this season. 10 times during the regular season, she had a. 600 or better batting average while tallying 20 games with two or more hits from the lead off spot. On the fielding side, she was a perfect 1.000 on her putouts from short stop in 25 games over the regular season. In their win over Mass. Maritime to close out the regular season, Lanpher knocked in her 100th career RBI.

After helping the Owls to a program record for wins so far in a season with 31, Canty, a senior from Natick, Mass. was voted the 2025 MASCAC Pitcher of the Year. At the conclusion of the regular season, Canty led the conference with a 1.70 ERA with a 12-3 record, eight complete games, three saves, 85 strikeouts and a 1.09 WHIP over 82.1 innings pitched. She held opponents to a .235 batting average and only walked 14 batters. Over 10 appearances this year, she didn’t allow an earned run, including a win over Framingham State where she only gave up five hits with seven strikeouts in the Owls’ victory.

Tara Perryman of Salem State is the 2025 MASCAC Rookie of the Year. The freshman utility player from San Juan Capistrano, Calif. led the Vikings with a .429 batting average five doubles, 18 RBI, 13 runs scored, 33 total hits, seven walks and a .494 on base percentage in her first season with the team. In the conclusion of her first season, Perryman went 3-for-3 with two RBI, a walk and a run scored in the win over MCLA.

After leading the Owls to the MASCAC Regular Season title and top seed in the tournament for a second straight year, Joe Hough of Westfield State was voted by his peers as the 2025 BSN Sports Coach of the Year.

Joining Lanpher, Canty and Perryman on the first team are Framingham State’s Brooke Grassia, MCLA’s Maddy Teta, Salem State’s Allison Frost, Westfield State’s Mia Alfonso, Sarah Bingham, Christina Ciampa and Hannah Wodecki and Worcester State’s Bella Gasbarro, Emma Lapoint and Peyton Maloney.

Grabbing a spot on the MASCAC second team all-conference are Bridgewater State’s Olivia Hargreaves, Angelina Lynch, Sydney Schaefer and Sidney Schwartz, Framingham State’s Eliza Carignan, Ellie Etemad-Gilbertson, Audrey Gauthier and Makayla Rooney, MCLA’S Hailey Peabody, Mass. Maritime’s Kelsey Booker, Salem State’s Taylor McDermott, Westfield State’s Kassidy LaTour and Worcester State’s Morgan Keefe.

2025 MASCAC SOFTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

Player/Institution    Class  Position Hometown

Sarah Bingham, Westfield State   Senior  First Base Reno, Nev.

Brooke Grassia, Framingham State  Senior  Second Base Danvers, Mass.

Emma Lanpher, Worcester State  Senior  Shortstop Charlton, Mass.   

Hannah Wodecki, Westfield State  Junior  Third Base Southampton, Mass.

Bella Gasbarro, Worcester State   Junior  Third Base Leominster, Mass. 

Mia Alfonso, Westfield State   Junior  Catcher  Pittsfield, Mass.   

Christina Ciampa, Westfield State  Senior  Des. Player  Vernon Rockville, Conn.  

Maddy Teta, MCLA    Graduate Outfield  Troy, N.Y.

Allison Frost, Salem State   Junior  Outfield  Auburn, Mass.

Emma Lapoint, Worcester State   Junior  Outfield  Westfield, Mass.

Tara Perryman, Salem State   Freshman Utility  San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

Katherine Canty, Westfield State   Senior  Pitcher  Natick, Mass.

Peyton Maloney, Worcester State  Sophomore Pitcher  W. Boylston, Mass.        

SECOND TEAM

Player/Institution    Class  Position Hometown

Eliza Carignan, Framingham State  Sophomore First Base Epsom, N.H.

Morgan Keefe, Worcester State   Junior  Second Base Dracut, Mass.

Makayla Rooney, Framingham State  Graduate Shortstop Peabody, Mass.

Sydney Schaefer, Bridgewater State  Sophomore Third Base Swarthmore, Pa.

Taylor McDermott, Salem State   Graduate Third Base Durham, Conn.

Sidney Schwartz, Bridgewater State  Sophomore Catcher  Chelmsford, Mass.

Angelina Lynch, Bridgewater State  Junior  Outfield  Taunton, Mass.

 Ellie Etemad-Gilbertson, Framingham State Freshman Outfield  Boston, Mass.

Kassidy LaTour, Westfield State   Sophomore Outfield  Lebanon, Conn.

Kelsey Booker, Mass. Maritime   Junior  Des. Player Corning, N.Y.

Hailey Peabody, MCLA    Junior  Utility  W. Springfield, Mass.

Olivia Hargreaves, Bridgewater State  Sophomore Pitcher  Weare, N.H.

Audrey Gauthier, Framingham State  Freshman Pitcher  Dexter, Mich. 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Emma Lanpher, Worcester State  Senior  Shortstop Charlton, Mass.

 PITCHER OF THE YEAR 

Katherine Canty, Westfield State   Senior  Pitcher  Natick, Mass.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Tara Perryman, Salem State   Freshman Utility  San Juan Capistrano, Calif.     

BSN SPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR

Joe Hough, Westfield State