GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo field hockey team earned three major awards from the Empire 8, highlighting a total of 12 All-Conference honors, announced by the Empire 8 on Monday morning. Ella Greico earned Offensive Player of the Year after her record setting season, and the coaching staff, led by Margaret McConnell, picked up Coaching Staff of the Year recognition.

Greico etched her name in the field hockey record books this season, becoming the program's all-time leading goal and point scorer. She will enter the NCAA Tournament with 70 goals and 164 points through four years on the team. Greico excelled in league play this season, tallying 30 points on 12 goals and six assists in nine games versus E8 foes. She has 4recorded at least one goal in 13 games, with two different hat-tricks and eight multiple-point efforts, including two in the E8 Championship game on Nov. 7. Grieco is the fourth player in E8 history to earn back-to-back Player of the Year accolades.

McConnell and assistant coaches Kristin Gebhart and Meg Reitz led the Knights to a 9-0 league mark in 2026, earning Geneseo's third straight E8 Championship in its second season as a league member. Geneseo out-scored opponents, 48-4 in nine league games this season and 79-18 overall in 19 contests entering the NCAA Tournament with a 16-3 overall record. Eight different Geneseo student-athletes earned All-Empire 8 honors, including four first team selections. Geneseo has won 34 straight games (regular season and postseason) against Empire 8 opponents since joining in 2024.

Joining Greico on First-Team All-Conference is Halle Senfield, Ava Harman, and Sara O'Donnell. Aubree Wenner earned Second-Team honors, while Kyra Giannelli, Bridget Schafer, and Grace Murphy rounded out the All-Conference list with Third-Team honors.

One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2026 Field Hockey Tomorrow's Leaders Team. This team honors a student-athlete who has emerged as a leader not only on the field of play, but in the classroom and in the community. In addition, they "compete with honor and integrity" and have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportswomen, and Molly Bathrick earned the honor for the Knights.

Full release from the Empire 8.