WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University women's lacrosse team had seven student-athletes receive All-Ohio Athletic Conference recognition for the 2026 season. Junior Academic All-OAC midfielder Clare Alic (Carmel, Ind./Guerin Catholic) was named OAC Midfielder of the Year and freshman goalkeeper Aubrey Berner (Columbus/Dublin Coffman) was named OAC Goalkeeper of the Year.
 
The Yellow Jackets recognized as First-Team All-OAC were Alic, Berner, junior Academic All-OAC attack Emma Northrup (Hudson), and junior defender Sarah Zoul (Strongsville). The Second Team All-OAC honorees were freshman attack Hayley Huston (Strongsville), junior midfielder Annette Doren (Lakewood), and senior Academic All-OAC defender Morgan Massey (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier).
 
Alic became BW's all-time leading scorer this season as she surpassed 159 goals to net 166 in her career. She was named to the OAC All-Tournament Team after scoring three goals to help BW beat Otterbein and advance to the OAC Championship game for the first time in her career. Alic was the team leader in goals with 56, points with 65, caused turnovers with 15, draw controls with 66, shots with 122, and shots on goal with 83. She also led the OAC in goals and goals per game (3.50). In 2026, she was named OAC Offensive Player of the Week once, Women's Yellow Jacket of the Week three times, and was named the Yellow Jacket Women's Athlete of the Month for March.
 
Berner was steady in her debut season in net as she was named OAC Goalkeeper of the Year. Last weekend, she was named to the OAC All-Tournament team after helping her team reach their first OAC title game in nine years. In the 11-9 win over Otterbein in the semifinals, she recorded eight saves for a .471 save percentage and faced 20 shots through 60 minutes. She also faced 24 shots in the championship game and helped in keeping the score close from start to finish. Berner played the most minutes of any OAC goalkeeper at 917:09 and had the second-best goals-against average at 8.44 per game. After one season, she ranks fifth all-time in minutes played, fifth in wins (12), and fifth in saves (102) in program history. She also holds the BW freshman record for most minutes played, most wins, save percentage (.442), and goals-against average. Berner earned her first career OAC Defensive Player of the Week this season on March 2.
 
Northrup was named First Team All-OAC for the first time in her career after leading the team in assists with 16 and being second in points with 40. As one of the most productive offensive players, she had the team's best shots-on-goal percentage at .830, meaning 44 of her 53 shots were on-target. Northrup started in every game for the first time in her career and achieved career-highs in every meaningful category in 2026. She also scored a career-high six points in the game against Marietta where she tallied three goals and three assists.
 
Zoul started every game for BW this season and earned her first all-conference recognition. The First Team All-OAC defender had 14 caused turnovers and collected 21 ground balls to earn career-highs in both categories. Zoul was the defensive leader for BW, helping them to the lowest goals-against average in the OAC of 8.13 goals per game. In the first game against Mount Union, she put on a performance with a career-best four caused turnovers and three ground balls to earn OAC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career.
 
Huston was named Second Team All-OAC as a freshman after starting all 16 games and scoring points in 15 of those matches. The first-year attack helped BW to a 12-4 overall record and 5-1 conference record that earned the second seed in the conference tournament. She had two points off of two assists in the 11-9 win over Otterbein in the OAC Semifinals to propel the team to the OAC Championship game for the first time in nine years. She was second on the team in goals scored with 27, third with 11 assists, and third with 38 total points. Huston also earned her first career OAC Offensive Player of the Week award on April 13 after recording a five-goal game against Otterbein. In that 13-12 road victory, she scored the game-tying and game-winning goal with under five minutes remaining.
 
Massey started all 16 games for the Yellow Jackets to earn her first All-OAC honor in her senior season. She helped BW to be the conference leader by having the lowest goals-against average with 8.13 per game. Massey collected 10 ground balls and had eight caused turnovers in 2026. Off the field, she is a Jacket Scholar, Academic All-OAC honoree, and a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society as a sport management major.
 
Doren was named Second Team All-OAC for the second time in her career. She started in all 15 games that she appeared in and recorded points in 14 games. Doren scored a season-high four goals against Ohio Northern and recorded an assist, leading to her Women's Yellow Jacket of the Week recognition on April 28. The junior led the team with 31 ground balls and was second with 48 draw controls in 2026. She was also third on the team with 26 goals and fourth with 35 points. Her season ended with an OAC All-Tournament recognition after scoring a hat trick in the Yellow Jackets' 10-11 loss to top-seeded Mount Union.