PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Little East Conference has announced its All-Conference and major year-end award winners in women's lacrosse and three UMass Dartmouth student-athletes have been recognized as All-Conference honorees. Additionally, sophomore
Keira Bushey was named the conference's Goalkeeper of the Year – becoming the first Corsair in program history to earn the honor – which was established by the LEC in 2023.
Bushey was named to the All-LEC First Team, while junior captain
Maddy Allen and graduate student and captain,
Emma Terino, were All-LEC Second Team selections.
Bushey, a native of Haverhill, Mass., started all 17 games for the Corsairs this season. In 912:51 minutes of action, she recorded 186 saves with a .457 save percentage. She went 4-12 on the season for UMass Dartmouth, recording double-figure save totals in eight of 17 games, including a career-high 20 in a narrow 11-6 loss to Vermont State University Castleton on April 11.
Read more here about Bushey's season and Goalkeeper of the Year honor (
HERE).
Allen, a midfielder out of Whitman, Mass., garnered her first year-end honor after leading the Corsairs in nearly every statistical category. A starter in all 17 games, she posted a team-high 53 goals with 13 assists (third overall) for a team-best 66 points. Allen added 142 shots, including 110 on goal for a .775 shots on goal percentage.
Of her 53 goals on the season, three were game-winners, while eight were free position tallies. Allen also posted a team-high 54 ground balls with a squad-best 29 caused turnovers and 71 draw controls – which ranked second on the team.
Currently, Allen ranks 11th in Division III in shots on goal per game (6.47) and is 12th in the nation in shots per game (8.35). Additionally, she leads the Little East in shots per game, while ranking fourth in goals per game (3.12) and seventh in points per game (3.88).
Terino, an attack out of East Meadow, N.Y., ranked second on the team in scoring during the 2026 campaign with 24 goals and a squad-best 15 assists for 39 points. Of her 24 goals, one was a game-winner, while two came on the free position. She recorded 11 ground balls with four caused turnovers, amassing an incredible 114 draw controls in just nine games played before a season-ending injury.
Her 114 draw controls ranks second all-time in program single-season history, while she currently ranks first in the Little East in draw controls per game with a 12.67 margin. She is also currently second in assists per game (1.67), fifth in points per game (4.33) and sixth in goals per game (2.67) in conference play. Her efforts have helped the Corsairs rank 34th in Division III in draw controls per game (14.35) – a margin which also leads the LEC.
UMass Dartmouth concluded its 2026 season with a 4-13 overall mark. The Corsairs went 1-7 in the Little East.
