LANCASTER, Pa. – Gettysburg has been named the favorite to hoist conference hardware in the 2025 Centennial Conference Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll. In a vote among CC head coaches, the Bullets secured seven first-place votes and 63 points to earn the distinction of preseason favorite.
Two-time defending champion Franklin & Marshall collected the remaining two first-place tallies and totaled 58 points to finish close behind in second place. Haverford was picked to finish third with 50 points, followed by Dickinson (36), Muhlenberg (35) and Washington College (33) as projected playoff teams.
Ursinus finished seventh in the voting with 25 points while Swarthmoree (16) and McDaniel (8) rounded out the voting.
The 2025 campaign begins on Saturday, Feb. 15 with a quartet of Centennial teams in action on opening weekend. Each team is set to open the year by the end of February, with conference play commencing on Saturday, March 22. The CC postseason tournament will take place April 30 and May 2-4 at the home fields of the higher seeded teams in each round.
2025 Centennial Conference Women's Lacrosse Preseason Poll
| Rank | Institution (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1. Gettysburg (7) |
63 |
| 2. Franklin & Marshall (2) |
58 |
| 3. Haverford |
50 |
| 4. Dickinson |
36 |
| 5. Muhlenberg |
35 |
| 6. Washington College |
33 |
| 7. Ursinus |
25 |
| 8. Swarthmore |
16 |
| 9. McDaniel |
8 |
2025 Schedule | 2025 Championship | 2024 All-Centennial Team | IWLCA Preseason Poll
Perennial powers Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg have won every Centennial women's lacrosse title since 2002. Can anyone knock the Diplomats or Bullets off their perch atop the conference this spring? Based on the results of the CC preseason poll, conference coaches once again expect the two rivals to challenge each other once again for the Centennial crown.
The 2024 season witnessed another Final Four run from a Centennial squad, with F&M making back-to-back semifinal appearances for the first time since 2015-16. The Diplomats fell to eventual national champion Middlebury 15-9 in the semifinal round. Gettysburg and Haverford also represented the CC in the NCAA Tournament, with Gettysburg advancing to the third round before being knocked off by William Smith. It marked the second time in the last three seasons (also in 2022) that the CC qualified a trio of teams for the national tournament.
Six All-Americans, 14 All-Region and 26 All-Centennial performers are back this spring, yet again showcasing the depth of talent in the conference on a year-to-year basis.
F&M leads the way with a conference-best four returning All-Americans. Belle Dintino and Lydia Cassilly are two-time All-America honorees for the Diplomats, as is Gettysburg's Lily Macatee. F&M's Lauren Pittman and Lane Lambeth and Haverford's Tiffany Mikulis have each earned one All-America nod in their careers entering the 2025 campaign.
Dintino, Macatee, Pittman, Cassilly and Lambeth were all named to the USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-American Team along with Gettysburg's Julia Daly and Julie Breedveld and Haverford's Brooke Epstein.
F&M (4) and Gettysburg (9) are ranked among the top 10 in the IWLCA Preseason Poll.
Returning All-Americans (6)
Belle Dintino, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., D (2024 First Team, 2023 Third Team)
Lydia Cassilly, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., A (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
Lauren Pittman, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., A (2024 First Team)
Lane Lambeth, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., M (2024 Second Team)
Lily Macatee, Gettysburg, Sr., D (2024 Second Team, 2023 First Team)
Tiffany Mikulis, Haverford, Sr., M (2023 Second Team)
Returning All-Region (14)
Delaney Herbert, Dickinson, Sr., A (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
Lydia Cassilly, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., A (2024 First Team, 2023 First Team, 2022 First Team)
Belle Dintino, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., D (2024 First Team, 2023 First Team)
Lane Lambeth, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., M (2024 First Team, 2023 Second Team)
Lauren Pittman, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., A (2024 First Team)
Lily Macatee, Gettysburg, Sr., D (2024 First Team, 2023 First Team, 2022 Second Team)
Julia Daly, Gettysburg, Jr., A (2024 First Team)
Julie Breedveld, Gettysburg, Jr., M (2024 Second Team)
Tiffany Mikulis, Haverford, Sr., M (2024 Second Team, 2023 First Team)
Eva Baumann, Haverford, Sr., D (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
Brooke Epstein, Haverford, Jr., A (2024 First Team)
Emily Vaughan, Muhlenberg, Sr., M (2024 Second Team)
Julia McCann, Ursinus, Sr., M (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
McKenna Seashole, Washington College, Sr., GK (2024 Second Team)
Returning All-Centennial (26)
Delaney Herbert, Dickinson, Sr., A (2024 First Team, 2023 Second Team, 2022 Second Team)
Sage Whiteside, Dickinson, So., M (2024 Second Team)
Izzy Hall, Dickinson, Sr., D (2024 Second Team)
Peyton VanDorpe, Dickinson, Jr., GK (2023 Honorable Mention)
Lydia Cassilly, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., A (2024 First Team, 2023 First Team, 2022 Rookie OTY & First Team)
Lane Lambeth, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., M (2024 First Team & Co-Midifielder OTY, 2023 First Team)
Belle Dintino, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., D (2024 First Team & Defensive POTY, 2023 First Team)
Lauren Pittman, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., A (2024 First Team, 2023 Honorable Mention)
Lily Macatee, Gettysburg, Sr., D (2024 First Team, 2023 First Team, 2022 Second Team)
Julia Daly, Gettysburg, Jr., A (2024 First Team, 2023 Honorable Mention)
Julie Breedveld, Gettysburg, Jr., M (2024 Second Team)
Emily Crane, Gettysburg, Sr., A (2024 Honorable Mention)
Tiffany Mikulis, Haverford, Sr., M (2024 First Team, 2023 Midfielder of the Year & First Team)
Eva Baumann, Haverford, Sr., D (2024 First Team, 2023 First Team)
Brooke Epstein, Haverford, Jr., A (2024 First Team)
Emily Vaughan, Muhlenberg, Sr., M (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
Jillian Kubikowski, Muhlenberg, Sr., A (2024 Honorable Mention)
Isabela Bloomquist, Swarthmore, Sr., A (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
Mia Holland, Swarthmore, Sr., D (2024 Second Team, 2023 Second Team)
Elizabeth Zack, Swarthmore, Sr., M (2023 Honorable Mention)
Julia McCann, Ursinus, Sr., M (2024 Second Team, 2023 First Team)
Grace Lynch, Ursinus, Sr., A (2023 Second Team)
Maeve Leonzi, Ursinus, Sr., A (2022 Second Team)
Jamie Michaud, Ursinus, So., M (2024 Second Team)
Mia Salvatierra, Washington College, Jr., A (2024 Second Team)
McKenna Seashole, Washington College, Sr., GK (2024 Honorable Mention)
