Five players, coaching staff earn NCAC honors

11/9/2026 1:00:00 PM

CLEVELAND -- Monday's release of the 2026 All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Field Hockey Team revealed five Kenyon College student-athletes recognized as all-conference players, as well as Kenyon coaches being voted the NCAC Staff of the Year.

Sophomore forward Hendrika Maher claimed a spot among the First Team selections, while senior midfielder Casey Master was picked for a spot on the Second Team. Third Team awards went to senior midfielder Maren Lawrence, junior midfielder Zady Hasse and junior defender Ariana Rowe.

Maher, a first-time All-NCAC selection, played all 17 games and started 16 of them for the Owls. She led the team in both goals (8) and points (17), which were impressive improvements over her first-year totals of two goals and two assists.

Master, Lawrence and Hasse all added to their All-NCAC counts, with Lawrence making the team for the fourth straight season. Hasse is now a three-time pick and Master collected her second over the last two seasons. Master ranked second on the team with 13 points on five goals and three assists this past season. Lawrence concluded her final campaign with 10 points on four goals and two assists, bringing her career totals to 56 points on 25 goals and six assists in 55 games played.

Hasse and Rowe, a first-time selection, were the standouts within the Kenyon defense. Rowe started all 17 games and Hasse, who missed games early in the season due to illness, started 14 games. They spearheaded a defense that allowed an average of 1.74 goals per game, which was the third-best total in the conference and a significant drop from last season's average of 2.25 goals per game.

Part of that improvement can also be attributed to the coaching staff, which included Head Coach Meridith Thorpe and Assistant Coach Rantz Karousis. Both in their first full season at Kenyon, Thorpe and Karousis guided the program through the coaching transition and steered the team to an 8-9 overall record, which included a 7-3 conference mark and the team's first appearance in the NCAC Tournament since the 2023 season.

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