WESTFIELD, Mass. – Westfield State's Skyla Harthcock and Emily Martin have been named to the 2022 Little East Conference Field Hockey All-Conference team.
Harthcock, a junior from Martha's Vineyard, Mass., was named to the league's second team, while Martin, a junior midfielder from Southwick, Mass., was chosen for the third team.
Westfield State first-year midfielder Erin Lane was named as the Owls representative for the league's 12th-player award team.
Harthcock enjoyed a breakout 2022 campaign in which she led the team with 30 points and 10 assists, and shared the team lead in goals with Martin with 10. Harthcock's 10 assists were the fourth-best single season in Westfield State program history.
Harthcock ranked sixth in the league in assists and seventh in points. She had three multiple-goal games, tallying hat trick against Elms and Rivier, and scoring a pair of goals in a 3-1 win over UMass-Dartmouth.
Martin finished the year with 10 goals and 6 assists for 26 total points. Her four game-winning goals ranked fifth in the conference. She scored four goals, one shy of the Owls' single game record in a 10-2 win over Elms College, where Westfield matched its most-ever goals in a game.
Lane, a native of Canton, Mass played in 17 games for Westfield with one assist. The LEC Twelfth Player Awards are presented to a student-athlete (from each team) in recognition of their positive contributions to the team both on and off the field, who brings forth their best effort in competition, practice and other team activities that positively contribute to the success of the program.'
Overall, Westfield State finished with a 10-9 record and a 7-5 mark in the Little East Conference under head coach Jessica Bergen. Westfield was the seventh seed in the conference tournament and lost a hard-fought first round LEC Playoff game at Worcester State, 3-2, to end the season on November 1.