LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Women's Lacrosse All-Conference teams and major award winners on Tuesday afternoon, as Cabrini and sweeps major awards.

For the third straight season Atlantic East Women’s Lacrosse Player of the Year honors go to Olivia Little. The graduate student tallied three goals and three assists per game for second in the conference with six total points per game. Little landed second in for the season with 108 points to lead the Cavaliers to their fifth straight Atlantic     

Caroline Gallagher repeated as Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. The defender ended the season with 2.83 caused turnovers across 18 games for 51 total on the season. Gallagher averaged 2.78 groundballs per game to help lead the defense that allowed just 3.33 goals per game in conference play to lead the league by over five goals. The Cavaliers allowed 20 goals across the six conference games and 7.6 per game across all 18 this season.

Cabrini’s Alena Catka was named Rookie of the Year after a breakout first season with the Cavaliers. Catka tallied 28 goals and six assists in her first season. She also ranked eighth on the season with 75 draw controls for 4.17 per game.

Cabrini coaching staff were awarded Coaching Staff of the year for the third year in a row. They are led by Jackie Neary and assisted by Macaul Mellor, Melissa Michels, Coley Ricci, and Sean Ralph. The team went 14-5 with an undefeated conference record and their fifth straight Atlantic East Title. The Cavaliers will continue with NCAA Tournament Play starting this Saturday, May 13^th against Haverford hosted by Salisbury.

Lastly, the Atlantic East Elite 20 award winner for women's lacrosse, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the Atlantic East's 20 team championships, was awarded to Abbey Fenton of Cabrini for the second straight season. The senior maintains a cumulative 3.99 GPA in Early Childhood Education at Cabrini. For the entire selection criteria and process, click here.

For the full list of All-Conference teams, check out below...

Player of the Year: Olivia Little, Cabrini
Defensive Player of the Year: Caroline Gallagher, Cabrini 
Rookie of the Year: Alena Catka, Cabrini
Elite 20 Winner: Abbey Fenton, Cabrini
Coaching Staff of the Year: Cabrini
 
First Team
Attack
Lindsey Fagan, Neumann 
Olivia Little, Cabrini
Riley Love, Marymount 
Tess Valentino, Marymount 
 
Midfield
Tessa Liberatoscioli, Immaculata
Morgan McClintock, Cabrini 
Avery Meighan, Marywood
 
Defense
Abby Dunn, Marymount 
Amelia D’Urso, Cabrini 
Caroline Gallagher, Cabrini 
Tori Wilson, Marywood
 
Goalie
Abbey Fenton, Cabrini 
 
Second Team
Attack
Alena Catka, Cabrini
Taylor Chepren, Marymount
Kortney Harry, Marywood
Olivia Pace, Cabrini
 
Midfield
Bailey Gehler, Marymount
Jacki Murray, Immaculata
Kaitlyn Smith, Marywood
 
Defense
Taylor Barksdale, Marywood
Ava DeMarco, Gwynedd Mercy
Kyra Powers, Neumann
Moira Ward, Cabrini
 
Goalie
Hannah Smith, Marymount