ST. MARY’S CITY — Josie Mascolo, a Leonardtown native and St. Mary’s Ryken graduate, was one of seven St. Mary’s College of Maryland field hockey players named to the 2026 All-United East teams, which the conference office released Nov. 10.
Three Seahawks made the first team: senior defender Safi Stimely of Linthicum, junior forward Olivia Schwendeman of Marriottsville and sophomore midfielder Julie Presgraves of Frederick. Mascolo, a sophomore forward, landed on the second team with senior forward Emma Mastrangelo of Riverton, New Jersey, junior goalkeeper Sophia Kent of Chesterville and sophomore forward Morgan Knott of Denton, the college announced.
The honors cap a 10-8 season in which St. Mary’s went 5-1 in conference play, earned the No. 2 seed and reached the United East title game for the third year in a row. The Seahawks lost that final in a shootout, 2-1, at top-seeded Penn State Harrisburg.
A local scorer in the clutch
Mascolo’s first all-conference selection followed a season in which she led the team with three game-winning goals, tied for the most in the United East. She finished second on the roster with seven goals and 16 points, tying for fifth in the league in goals and ranking eighth in points.
The conference named her its Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 28. In October she scored twice in a 5-1 win over Lancaster Bible.
First team
Stimely closes her career as a two-time all-conference pick, moving up from the second team in 2024. She led St. Mary’s with four defensive saves, tied for fourth in the league, and anchored a defense that allowed 1.39 goals per game and posted five shutouts. She also scored six goals and added three assists for 15 points, third on the team. Over four seasons she played 66 games, starting 62, with nine defensive saves, eight goals and five assists.
Schwendeman led the Seahawks in scoring with eight goals and 17 points in earning her first all-conference honor. She ranked fourth in the United East in goals and tied for sixth in points.
Presgraves, also a first-time honoree, had four goals and three assists for 11 points. Two of her goals were game-winners, tying her for fifth in the league, and she added a defensive save. She was the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 21.
Second team
Kent’s selection is her third in three seasons. The 2024 United East Rookie of the Year made the first team that fall and the second team in 2025. This year she tied for the league lead with four shutouts, ranked second with a 1.10 goals-against average and third with a .811 save percentage, and went 9-6 in goal. She was named Defensive Player of the Week three times, on Sept. 21, Sept. 28 and Oct. 19.
Mastrangelo started all 18 games in her final season and recorded the first points of her college career, finishing with five goals and three assists for 13 points. She and Kent swept the conference’s weekly awards on Oct. 19.
Knott made the second team for the second straight year. The team’s primary inserter on penalty corners, she led St. Mary’s with five assists and had two game-winning goals, tied for sixth in the conference, along with a defensive save.
St. Mary’s reached the championship game with four second-half goals in the semifinal. Five of the seven honorees are eligible to return next fall; Stimely and Mastrangelo are the only seniors in the group.
