Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton women's lacrosse team competed in 14 contests including a spring break trip to the greater Philadelphia area in their second season in the SUNYAC in 2026 under Head Coach Adam Todd.

The Roos opened the season with back-to-back road wins at Alfred State and SUNY Poly on February 28 and March 4, respectively. The Roos outscored the host Pioneers 6-1 in the second and third quarters as Ava Bodnar led the offense with two goals and three assists in the win. Canton played stifling defense holding the Wildcats to just a pair of goals over 60 minutes in a 9-2 win. Kate Whitley recorded game-highs of four caused turnovers and nine ground balls in the victory.

Canton picked up its first SUNYAC win of the season with a 10-7 road win at Plattsburgh on March 25 as the Roos scored four unanswered goals in the final five minutes of the first half. Caroline Nappi recorded a game-high five points, Sydney Dunn and Hailey LaShomb scored three goals each, and Sara Aldous had a strong game defensively for the Roos in the win.

After a tough midseason stretch the team finished the year strong with back-to-back victories vs. Morrisville and Potsdam. Laura Falandys tied a season-high with 14 saves (.609 save %) and Dunn and Bodnar recorded four points each against the Mustangs on April 15. The Roos outscored the Bears 5-1 in the fourth quarter to double up Potsdam in a 14-7 Senior Day win on April 22.



Bodnar led the Roos with 42 points and 27 goals during her rookie season while ranking second with 15 assists. Nappi had a team-high 19 assists and ranked second with 33 points. Whitley paced the team with 58 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers while sitting second with 30 draw controls. Falandys led the team in goal recording all five wins and a .401 save % and 12.90 goals against average.
   
During the season a pair of Roos earned weekly honors from the SUNYAC as both Kenadie Garrow (3/2/26) and Whitley (4/27/26) were named SUNYAC Defensive Athlete of the Week. Whitley was named Co-Female Rookie of the Year at the SUNY Canton Athletics end-of-year awards ceremony.  

Dunn was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) At-Large Academic All-District Team for carrying at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA and participating in at least 90% of their teams games or starting at least 66% of contests.

Twelve members (Abbey Albro, Sara Aldous, Karlie Craft, Meghan Cumber, Sydney Dunn, Hailey LaShomb, Madi Miller, Mikela Montes, Caroline Nappi, Ella O'Neil, Nia Shill, Halie Tomlinson) of the women's lacrosse team were named to the SUNYAC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for carrying a 3.30 or higher cumulative GPA for the 2025-26 academic year.
   
The Roos are expected to lose Nappi and O'Neil to graduation.
   

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