MILWAUKEE – The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) has announced the all-conference teams for the 2026 women's lacrosse season, with MSOE having five members, the most in program history.
Chloe Ninmann and
Ashlyn Bode each earned first-team all-conference honors, the second all-conference honors of their careers, with
Vayda Flower earning second-team honors while
Kelsey Albovias and
Arial Lapsa earning honorable mention.
Ninmann, a sophomore from Oconomowoc, leads the team and third in the NACC with 61 goals on the season, while also adding nine assists. Ninmann has scored in all but two games this season, scoring 14 hat-tricks, along with a career-high six goals in a 16-4 victory over Lawrence on April 15
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Bode, a sophomore from Oak Creek, was second on the team in goals (31) and assists (21), while also leading the team in ground balls (57), caused turnovers (31), and draw controls (62). Bode posted multi goal performances in ten games this season and currently on a streak of the last seven games with them. Bode also has tied a career high seven ground balls at Lake Forest on March 25
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Flower, a junior from Oak Creek, led the team and second in the NACC with 27 assists while adding 26 goals. Flower has recorded a point in all but two games this season, setting a career-high six assists in a 19-11 victory at Concordia Wisconsin on April 22
nd, along with six goals in a 19-4 victory over Illinois Tech on March 28
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Albovias, a senior from Round Lake, Illinois, has had a career year on the defensive end in her final season, totaling 19 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers. Albovias set a career-high three ground balls in a 16-3 victory over Elmhurst on March 12
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Lapsa, a sophomore from Knoxville, Tennessee, has become one of the most improved players in the NACC in her sophomore season, having 20 goals with nine assists, adding 24 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers. Lapsa recorded her first career multi-goal game on March 4
th against Wisconsin-La Crosse, setting a career high four in the NACC semifinal yesterday against Lake Forest in a 16-15 upset victory.
Voted fifth in the preseason poll, the Raiders finished fourth in the regular season with a conference record of 6-3. The Raiders pulled away massively in the second quarter to defeat Concordia Wisconsin in the quarterfinal before upsetting the top seed Lake Forest as Bode scored the game-winning goal with 5.9 seconds remaining. The Raiders will face No. 2 seed Aurora in the championship on Saturday, May 2
nd at 12:00 p.m. in Aurora.
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