ANNVILLE, PA – Two Colonels were selected to the 2022-21 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Team with Abigail Barcless (Hamilton, NJ) winning Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Dave LaBaff earning the Coach of the Year award as announced by the conference this Thursday morning. Barcless was named First Team All-MAC while Bella Kaczorowski (Anchorage, AK) was selected to the Second Team.
 
Barcless is the first women's ice hockey player to win a major award for the Colonels and selected to All-MAC First Team in program history. This is also the third time she has been selected to the All-MAC team as she was on the Second-Team in 2020-21 and an Honorable Mention in 2019-2020.  The senior accomplished this by holding a career-high 37-blocked shot on the season, placing her fourth in the conference, to help Wilkes hold a 3.84 goals-allowed per game. Barcless also had five goals and five assists during her senior season.
 
Kaczorowski earns her first All-MAC selection in her career as a forward. The junior led the team with nine goals on the year, the most in a single season for the program and tied for sixth in the MAC, and added five assists as well. She also had 16 blocked shots and won 139 face-offs this season.
 
LaBaff completes his first season as the head coach of the Wilkes women's ice hockey team by winning the MAC Coach of the Year award. He helped the Colonels achieve milestones in their programs history, which includes: most goals (37), assists (49), shots (612), power-play goals (10), goals-per-game (1.48), assists-per-game (1.96), and shots on goal per-game (24.48) in a single season with most shots-on-goal in a single game (56 vs King's on January 31) added to those milestones as well. LaBaff shares this distinction with his coaching staff, which includes assistant coaches Caty Flagg and Hannah Brady.
 
2022-2023 All-MAC Women's Ice Hockey Team
Offensive Player of the Year – Morganne Dee, Arcadia
Co-Defensive Player of the Year – A. Barcless, Wilkes
Co-Defensive Player of the Year – Julia Beaven, Alvernia
Rookie of the Year – Abbi Komrofske, Arcadia
Coach of the Year – D. LaBaff, Wilkes
 
First Team
Forward: Morganne Dee, Arcadia
Forward: Julia Franklin, Alvernia
Forward: Katrina Strauts, Lebanon Valley
Defense: Sydney Bradley, Alvernia
Defense: A. Barcless, Wilkes
Goaltender: Julia Beaven, Alvernia
 
Second Team
Forward: Tea Ferrara, Stevenson
Forward: B. Kaczorowski, Wilkes
Forward: Karahkwenhawe White, Arcadia
Defense: Olivia Gilida, Alvernia
Defense: Abbi Komrofske, Arcadia
Goaltender: Syd Dahl, King's
Goaltender: Shlby Guinard, Lebanon Valley
 
Honorable Mention
Forward: Karly Aguirre, Stevenson
Forward: Ariel Williamson, Arcadia
Defense: Toanna Christou, Lebanon Valley