2025-26 Worcester State University Women's Basketball News

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Worcester State Has Sixed Named to MASCAC Winter Sportsmanship Team
Worcester State Has Sixed Named to MASCAC Winter Sportsmanship Team

WESTFIELD, Mass. – 38 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2026 Winter Sportsmanship Team.

Four Named to 2025-26 CSC Academic All District Basketball Team
Four Named to 2025-26 CSC Academic All District Basketball Team

The 2025-26 Academic All-District® Women’s Basketball teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes women’s basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA.

Lomonaco and Waldron Named to MASCAC Second Team All Conference
Lomonaco and Waldron Named to MASCAC Second Team All Conference

Westfield, Mass. — Framingham State’s Faith Greene was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year while Salem State’s Ernidia Goncalves repeats as Defensive Player of the Year and head up the 2025-26 All-Conference team, which is voted on by the coaches around the conference prior to the conference tournament.

Worcester State Falls in Fourth to Vikings in MASCAC Quarterfinals
Worcester State Falls in Fourth to Vikings in MASCAC Quarterfinals

Worcester, MA- In a hotly anticipated MASCAC Quarterfinal meeting between the #5 seeded Worcester State Lancers (10-15, 7-7) and #4 seeded Salem State Vikings (12-13, 8-6), the two teams each looked to advance to the MASCAC semifinals on Friday. In their previous meetings the Vikings had claimed the wins both home and on the road, with the last meeting at Worcester State a tenacious battle that ultimately determined this final seeding.

Lancers Down Bears in Overtime Battle on Senior Day
Lancers Down Bears in Overtime Battle on Senior Day

Worcester, MA- With the final regular season game of the 2025-26 season, the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (9-15, 6-7) hosted Bridgewater State in a game that would be crucial to determine their location for the quarterfinal round of the MASAC postseason tournament next Tuesday. The Lancers also celebrated their two seniors, Hannah Lomonaco (Northbridge, MA) and Erin Condon (East Bridgewater, MA), before tip-off.

Photo Courtesy of Bob Condon
Lancers Close out Regular Season Road Matches versus AMCATs

Worcester, MA- With the final week of the regular season upon the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (9-14, 6-6), the Lancers are looking to hold their ground and seeding in the final two regular season meetings of the season. Tonight’s matchup had the Lancers journey just up the road to Paxton, MA, to take on the Anna Maria AMCATs in their third meeting, but only the second conference collision of the season.

Photo Courtesy of Bob Condon
Lancers Battle Vikings, Fall in Final Quarter

Worcester, MA- In a crucial matchup on Saturday afternoon the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (9-13, 6-5) hosted Salem State in their annual Alumni game celebration game. Prior to the game the team honored graduate Kate Hurynowicz, class of 2025, for her 1,000th career points honors. The outcome of the afternoon game will likely be a crucial final seed indicator for the two teams with just two further games to play in the regular season.

Lancers Host Rams in Play4Kay Rosen Cancer Pink Out Game
Lancers Host Rams in Play4Kay Rosen Cancer Pink Out Game

Worcester, MA- Looking to claim a home court advantage in the playoffs, the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (9-12, 6-4) kicked off the week hosting the Framingham State Rams in one of their final four games of the regular season. In their last meeting the Rams claimed the 80-52 victory, an outcome the Lancers hoped to change. Tonight’s game was also played in honor of Play4Kay and the Rosen Cancer Awareness Fund.

Smith Named MASCAC Player of the Week
Smith Named MASCAC Player of the Week

Worcester, MA- With thrilling upsets and dominant play, the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team claimed not only a 2-0 week on the schedule, but junior Alana Smith (Chicopee, MA) was named the MASCAC Player of the Week.

Photo Courtesy of Bob Condon
Lancers Fly High in Victory over Falcons

Worcester, MA- Claiming a thrilling win over the Westfield State Owls on Wednesday evening, the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (8-12, 5-4) trekked to Fitchburg State to continue their success and bid for a top four finish for the post season.

Photo Courtesy of Bob Condon
Lancers Runaway with Win over Owls for MASCAC Victory

Worcester, MA- After an exciting conference victory on Saturday over the Trailblazers of MCLA, the Worcester State Women’s Basketball (7-12, 4-4) turned their focus to Westfield State in a bid to go two in a row. 

Worcester State Leads MASCAC Fall/Winter All Academic Team Selections
Worcester State Leads MASCAC Fall/Winter All Academic Team Selections

Westfield, MA — A total of 1,463 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Fall/Winter 2025 All-Academic team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. 

Lancers Show Depth in Victory over Trailblazers
Lancers Show Depth in Victory over Trailblazers

Worcester, MA- With the start of the second wave of conference games kicking off the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (6-12, 3-4) headed to North Adams, MA for a second meeting with the MCLA Trailblazers. Their previous meeting at the start of January found Worcester claiming the 86-19 conference opening victory.

Lancers Unable to Overtake Bears in the Road
Lancers Unable to Overtake Bears in the Road

Worcester, MA- Coming off a crucial win this past weekend, the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team (6-11, 3-3) looked to gain footing in the conference standings with a trip to current top-seated Bridgewater State.

Lancers Stand Strong in Victory over Anna Maria
Lancers Stand Strong in Victory over Anna Maria

Worcester, MA- After another nail biting final seconds ending for the Worcester State Women’s Basketball team ( 5-11, 2-3) the team returned home and focused on the win as they hosted Anna Maria for a second meeting of the season, and the first conference meeting between the teams. In the previous meeting, the Lancers claimed the 72-50 victory in the consolation match of this year’s Worcester City Tournament.

Worcester State Lancers Drop Contest Against Salem State
Worcester State Lancers Drop Contest Against Salem State

Worcester, MA- After a gruelling match with Framingham State this past Saturday, the Lancers Women’s Basketball team (5-10, 2-2) aimed to get back to conference success tonight as they journeyed to the Vikings for their fifth conference game of the season.