Softball
Sophomore infielder Rylie Camacho and pitcher Angelina Vartuli, junior pitcher Joss Mettey, and senior infielders Sarah Hough and Hannah Wodecki were all named to the team.
Sarah Hough and Sam Palmer were named Westfield State Athletics’ Coach John Kurty Contributions to Athletics Award, serving as the highest award from the department.
Tremendous success across the year for Owls women's sports leads to the trio of Eliza Lee, Kaleigh Murphy, and Hannah Wodecki earning female athlete of the year honors.
Alfonso, LaTour Earned Second-Team Honors, Hough, Wodecki tabbed for third team
Beth Crahan, Jace Falcone, Eliza Lee, Matt Linehan, and Joss Mettey were the five Owls representatives for their respective spring sports teams.
Cortland State eliminated the Owls with a 2-0 win on Friday afternoon.
With the loss, Westfield moves to the loser’s bracket and will play an elimination game at 4:00 p.m. today
Westfield State’s Rylie Camacho and Hannah Wodecki smashed first inning homers to power the Owls
Owls softball travels to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania as the top seed in the region and will meet Cortland State to begin the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 11:00 A.M.
Westfield State Athletics soar to a sixth consecutive Smith Cup trophy and have now won the most Smith Cups in MASCAC history.
Westfield State University will face SUNY-Cortland in the opening round of the 2026 NCAA Division III Softball tournament in a four-team pod at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa.
The two teams dueled through seven innings scoreless at 0-0, an old-fashioned pitchers duel between the Owls Angelina Vartuli, who was named the tournament MVP, and Worcester’s Peyton Maloney.
Westfield topped Worcester, 9-1; Those Two Meet Again in Sunday's Title Tilt
Sarah Hough and Hannah Wodecki hit record-breaking home runs
Westfield State University softball, ranked 10th in the NCAA NPI rankings and 21st in the NFCA poll, will host the final four of the MASCAC tournament this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Sullivan Field.
Player of the year Sarah Hough, Pitcher of the Year Angelina Vartuli and Coach of the Year Joe Hough lead the Owls' landslide of awards.
