CANTON, Ga. (April 24, 2025) – On the eve of the postseason tournament, the Southern Athletic Association has announced its 2025 women’s lacrosse All-Conference teams and major award winners.
SAA regular season champion Sewanee boasted the Offensive Athlete of the Year in Marlin Price and the Coaching Staff of the Year, led by head coach Michele Dombrowski. Rhodes Bari Pinkett was voted the Defensive Athlete of the Year for the second-straight season and Berry’s Maddie Dahl is the Newcomer of the Year.
The SAA All-Conference teams were selected by the league’s six head coaches.
Marlin Price (Junior/Carrollton, Va.) led the conference with 35 points in league play, ranking second in both goals (25) and assists (10). Overall, the junior tallied 77 points on the season with 55 goals and 22 assists. Price twice scored seven goals in a game, including a seven-goals, two-assists night against Rhodes. She had five goals each against Oglethorpe, Berry, and Hendrix while handing out a season-best five assists in the season finale against Centre. Price is the third Sewanee Tiger to be named Offensive Athlete of the Year, joining Sally Anne Greenwood in 2014 and Ellie Murphy in 2015.
Bari Pinkett (Senior/Baltimore, Md.) is the first back-to-back SAA Defensive Athlete of the Year and the second two-time winner (Natalie Marek of Centre in 2016 and 2018). The senior piloted the Lynx defense that was second in goals allowed. Pinkett was second in the SAA with 4.8 ground balls per conference game and fourth with three caused turnovers an outing. She had a huge game against Berry in the regular season finale with 11 ground balls, six caused turnovers, and two draw controls.
Maddie Dahl (First Year/Lexington, Va.) made an immediate impact for the Vikings with 11 goals and four assist on the season. She tallied four goals in conference play. The first year totaled three ground balls in conference and racked up six caused turnovers, including three against Centre. She also came up big in draw controls, ranking second in the conference with six per game. Dahl is the third Viking to be voted Newcomer of the Year, joining Dani Taraska in 2023 and Claire Voltarel in 2017.
Led by Michele Dombrowski in her 18
th-season, Sewanee was named the SAA Coaching Staff of the Year. The Tigers are a perfect 15-0 on the year, the No. 1 ranked team in the region and currently 13
th nationally in NPI. Dombrowski mentored nine All-Conference selections this season, including five on the First Team. She has won the SAA Coach of the Year honor three other times (2013, 2015, 2019) and has the 2025 squad seeded No. 1in the upcoming SAA Tournament.
Offensive Athlete of the Year: Marlin Price, Sewanee
Defensive Athlete of the Year: Bari Pinkett, Rhodes
Newcomer of the Year: Maddie Dahl, Berry
Coaching Staff of the Year: Sewanee (Michele Dombrowski)
FIRST TEAM
Attack:
Makenna Bowens, Oglethorpe
Marlin Price, Sewanee
Haley Rice, Centre
Brooke Sigmon, Sewanee
Midfield:
Maddie Dahl, Berry
Anna Erskine, Rhodes
Kennedy Harcourt, Sewanee
Sophia Richardson, Centre
Dani Taraska, Berry
Ella Townsend, Sewanee
Defense:
Winnie Pajcic, Sewanee
Bari Pinkett, Rhodes
Isabella Sklena, Rhodes
Goalkeeper:
Tori Perez, Oglethorpe
SECOND TEAM:
Attack:
Molley Cross, Berry
Sally Herrington, Sewanee
Caroline Kardian, Rhodes
Midfield:
Savannah Freeman, Oglethorpe
Addie Lewis, Centre
Peyton Refling, Hendrix
Katie Claire Smith, Berry
Payton Stevens, Rhodes
Sally Whitehead, Sewanee
Defense:
Amber Fuentes, Oglethorpe
Kat Herrero, Berry
Sydney Howard, Berry
Elizabeth Mitchell, Centre
Goalkeeper:
Myskina Bolavong, Berry
Honorable Mention:
Addey Bolz, Hendrix
Anna Conza, Oglethorpe
Claire Dillard, Sewanee
Mary Haley, Centre
Alex Kelly, Sewanee
Delaney O’Mailey, Rhodes
Daryn Raleigh, Rhodes
Anna Ramsden, Oglethorpe
Eliza Thacker, Hendrix
Elisabeth Vickrey, Berry
Catherine Zeek, Centre
All-Sportsmanship Team:
Annakate Estock, Berry
Leah Jackson, Centre
Kinley Robinson, Hendrix
Anna Ramsden, Oglethorpe
Olivia Wood, Rhodes
Mallory Magee, Sewanee