Women's Soccer | 11/11/2026 7:36:00 PM

TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - The 2026 All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) women's soccer teams and yearly award winners were released Wednesday evening, with the teams initially revealed during an announcement show through the PAC Sports Network. The all-conference teams and award winners are voted on by the league's 13 head coaches.

Four-time PAC champion Grove City College and Saint Vincent College split the four major awards. The Offensive Player of the Year was earned by Saint Vincent senior forward Emma Koller while Bearcat junior goalkeeper Rilyn Warner was selected as the PAC Defensive Player of the Year. Earning recognition for Grove City was freshman defender Taylor Leary as the PAC Newcomer of the Year and Wolverines head coach Melissa Lamie was voted as the league's Coach of the Year.

Koller and Warner are the first Saint Vincent players to earn the conference's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year awards and their efforts helped the Bearcats reach the PAC Tournament title match for the first time in program history. Koller led the PAC this season with 18 goals, nine assists and 45 points. She had a point in 12 of SVC's 20 matches this season, including five with multiple goals. 

Half of Koller's goals came in PAC matches, highlighted by a hat trick in a win over Bethany Oct. 3rd and that was followed by a brace the next game in a 3-0 victory over Waynesburg on Oct. 6th. She also had a goal and an assist in back-to-back victories over Thiel and W&J to close out the regular season and clinch the third seed in the PAC Tournament for the Bearcats.

Warner played a large role in Saint Vincent's success, allowing just 13 goals this season, including only nine in 18 regular season matches. She tied for the PAC-lead with 11 shutouts and made 54 saves for a .806 save percentage for the year.

Warner had two runs with four consecutive shutouts through the year, which included four straight clean sheets in PAC wins over Waynesburg, Geneva, Westminster and Hiram between Oct. 6-17. She added two shutouts in the PAC Tournament, making four saves in a 5-0 win over W&J in the quarterfinals and then stopping three shots in a 1-0 blanking of Allegheny on the road in the PAC semifinals.
 
Stellar defensive work also led to Leary being named the PAC Newcomer of the Year, the second consecutive year a Grove City player has earned the honor and third time in the eight years the award has been given. With Leary playing a key role on the staunch back line, the Wolverines gave up only 17 goals in 20 matches, including only five in 13 PAC regular season and Tournament games. The Wolverine defense recorded 12 shutouts and made it difficult for opponents to generate scoring opportunities, allowing fewer than nine shots per game.

Leary also picked up one assist during the year, setting up the game-winning goal in a 2-1 Grove City victory over Waynesburg back on Sept. 26. 

Lamie, who is in her 34th season as the Grove City head coach, has now been named PAC Coach of the Year two consecutive years and 14 times overall. The 14-2-4 overall record posted by the Wolverines this year is the 12th in a row the program has won 10 or more matches. On Oct. 20th, the Wolverines, who have won a PAC-high 11 conference titles, earned its 400th all-time victory with a 1-0 shutout over W&J.

By capturing the PAC Championship Tournament, Grove City also secured the conference’s automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Championship, marking the Wolverines’ ninth NCAA Tournament appearance. Grove City will face Centre (Ky.) in the first round of the 64-team tournament Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Grand Rapids, Mich., at Calvin University. The winner will advance to Saturday afternoon’s second round to face either host Calvin or Milwaukee School of Engineering.

The PAC also released its 2026 PAC Sportsmanship Team. The PAC Sportsmanship Teams were established to recognize student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through demonstrated acts of sportsmanship and ethical behavior and are an ongoing effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among all PAC teams.

PAC Award Winners
PAC Offensive Player of the Year: Saint Vincent senior forward Emma Koller
PAC Defensive Player of the Year: Saint Vincent junior goalkeeper Rilyn Warner
PAC Newcomer of the Year: Grove City freshman defender Taylor Leary
PAC Coach of the Year: Grove City head coach Melissa Lamie
 

All-PAC First Team
Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown/High School
Emma Koller	Saint Vincent	F	Sr.	Baltimore, Md./Eastern Tech
Tori Stevenson	Grove City	F	Sr.	Butler, Pa./Butler
Emily Horst	Grove City	F	So.	Leesburg, Va./Loudoun County
Katherine Surdykowski	Allegheny	M	Sr.	Chesterfield, N.J./Northern Burlington County Regional
Meghan Tischler	Grove City	M	Sr.	Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park
Addie Fisher	Saint Vincent	M	Sr.	Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley
Madison Rose	Washington & Jefferson	M	Jr.	Butler, Pa./Butler
Hannah Mitchell	Grove City	D	Sr.	Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg Christian
Abby Ngugi	Waynesburg	D	Jr.	Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson
Catherine DeWolf	Franciscan	D	Jr.	Haymarket, Va./Seton
Rilyn Warner	Saint Vincent	G	Jr.	Granville, Ohio/Watkins Memorial

 

All-PAC Honorable Mention
Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown/High School
Madeline Schneider	Allegheny	F	Jr.	Poolesville, Md./ Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Amelia Brose	Westminster	F	Fr.	Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston
Delaney David	Allegheny	F	Sr.	Cleveland, Ohio/Brooklyn
Imogen deBlois	Thiel	F	Jr.	Hubbard, Ohio/Howland
Elise Winogradoff	Franciscan	M	Sr.	Stormville, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes
Serena Carnahan	Allegheny	M	So.	Plum, Pa./Plum
Ryan White	Waynesburg	M	So.	Lewisburg, W.Va./Greenbrier East
Sarah Vescio	Chatham	D	Sr.	Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley
Bella Corley	Franciscan	D	Sr.	Kansas City, Mo./Faith Christian Academy
Ally Zidek	Washington & Jefferson	D	So.	New Kensington, Pa./Kiski Area
Cassidy Stopchick	Geneva	D	So.	Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley
Kaelyn Deblois	Hiram	D	Fr.	Hubbard, Ohio/Howland
Jordan Palmer	Bethany	D	Sr.	East Liverpool, Ohio/Beaver Local
Natalie Foster	Geneva	G	So.	Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg

 

PAC Coaches Honors
Name	School	Position	Year	Hometown/High School
Meredith Artz	Saint Francis	M	So.	Monroe Township, N.J./Monroe Township
Reagan Truxillo	Saint Francis	F	Fr.	Fort Mill, S.C./Charlotte Catholic
Mercedez Paino	Saint Francis	M	Sr.	Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy