Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average.
Owls' athletics recognized its major award winners, including the Senior Scholar Athlete Awards, the Peter Mazza Athletic Award, the Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year, and the John Kurty Award, the department's highest award for four-year contributions to athletics, and inducted 33 new members of Chi Alpha Sigma, the national honor society for college athletes.
At the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2023-24 Howard C. Smith Cup standings as the best athletic program in the MASCAC.
Owls sophomores Maddy Barry (Norwood, Mass.) and Kaleigh Murphy (Pembroke, Mass.), and first-year Lee Gould (Southborough, Mass./Algonquin) were recognized for the award, which honors undergraduate student-athletes who have exhibited exceptional academic excellence, achieving a cumulative grade-point average of 3.9 or higher throughout the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.
The clinic will run from 10:00 a.m. to -1:30p.m., and includes a 2-hour clinic with the Westfield State coaching staff, a campus tour, and team lunch in dining hall.
58 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2023 Fall Sportsmanship Team.
After the conclusion of the fall season, Westfield State athletics holds the lead in the 2023-24 Howard C. Smith Cup standings, awarded to the top athletics institution in the MASCAC.
Senior back Morgan Wichmann (Granby, Conn.) was named to the first team, while senior back Bre Foley (South Hadley, Mass.) and senior midfielder Emily Martin (Southwick, Mass.) were selected for the second team.
Ashley Malmquist (Braintree, Mass.) scored the game winning goal in the second overtime period to lift #3 Framingham State to 2-1 win over #2 Westfield State in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference field hockey semifinals at Alumni Field on Friday afternoon.
The Owls have a busy Friday at Alumni Field as they host a tripleheader of MASCAC semi-finals matches, beginning with women’s soccer at 12:00 P.M., then field hockey at 3:30 P.M., and finishing with men’s soccer at 7:00 P.M.
Westfield State senior Bre Foley tipped in the game-winning goal with 5:25 remaining in the game to lift the Owls to a 2-1 victory over Framingham State on Senior Night in the MASCAC regular season finale on Saturday night.
Westfield State field hockey secured their fifth straight win of the season, defeating Bridgewater State 3-1 in a MASCAC clash from Alumni Field on Tuesday night.
Westfield State senior defender Bre Foley earned conference recognition this past week as the MASCAC Defensive Player of the Week after a 2-0 week for the Owls.
Westfield State senior defender Bre Foley (S. Hadley, Mass.) knocked in a rebound with 7:32 left in the game to lift Westfield State to a 2-1 win over Worcester State in a key Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game at Alumni Field on Wednesday evening.
Westfield State junior Taylor Creech scored the opening goal of the game, but Framingham State would rally to defeat the Owls 2-1 in overtime on the road Saturday afternoon.
Westfield State’s Taylor Creech (Kennebunk, Maine) scored a pair of first-half goals to lead the Owls to a 3-1 win over Western Connecticut State University in a non-conference field hockey game at Alumni Field on Tuesday afternoon.
Bre Foley (S. Hadley, Mass.) and Madison Oullette (Uxbridge, Mass.) each tallied a goal and an assist as Westfield State University field hockey sank Salem State, 5-0, in a MASCAC Conference game on Tuesday evening at Alumni Field.
Westfield State Athletics is set to host a triple header on Tuesday, September 26th featuring women’s soccer at 4:00pm, then field hockey and women’s volleyball at 7:00pm.
Taylor Creech (Kennebunkport,, Maine) scored one goal and assisted on another, and Paige Reisman (Milford, Mass.) and Emma Gniadek (Worcester, Mass./Doherty) combined to pitch the shutout in goal as Westfield State field hockey blanked Fitchburg State, 6-0 in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action from Elliot Field.
Carly-Anna Barba’s first quarter goal proved to be enough for Western New England field hockey, as the Golden Bears tacked on two more in a 3-0 win over Westfield State in a non-conference game at Golden Bear Stadium on Thursday evening.
Players in grades 9-12 are invited to attend. The day includes a clinic run by the Westfield State coaching staff, and a campus tour led by current members of the Owls' team.
Westfield State field hockey was unable to find the back of the net, falling to Keene State 1-0 in a defensive affair from Alumni Field in Westfield, Mass. on Tuesday night.
The Westfield State field hockey team were shut out by Worcester State, 4-0, in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference game from John F. Coughlin Field in Worcester, Mass. on Friday night.