INDIANAPOLIS (10-31-25) – For the third consecutive season, senior midfielder
Abbey Lodato was named #HLWSOC All-League First Team as voted on by the league's head coaches and announced by the league office on Friday. Senior
Soraya Puerto-Khalil was also a Sportsmanship Award finalist.
After being named the 2022 Horizon League Freshman of the Year, the Clawson, Mich. native, becomes the first women's soccer student-athlete to earn three consecutive first-team honors (2023, 2024, 2025) since Alyssa Riley (2012, 2013, 2014).
Lodato was also recently named to the 2025 Valeo #HLWSOC All-Academic Team for the first time in her career, with a 3.27 GPA in Nursing, and is a two-time Horizon League Honor Roll Fall and Spring selection and three-time Detroit Mercy Athletic Director Honor Roll selection.
2025 Highlights:
• Led the team in points (22 – T-2nd HL), goals (8 – T-2nd HL), assists (6 – T-3rd HL), and game-winning goals (2 – T-3rd HL).
• Posted sixth assist on corner kick feed on
Leila Lanier's equalizer in UDM's 2-2 draw against arch-rival Oakland (10/29).
• Recorded fifth assist in 2-1 setback against #HLWSOC leader Milwaukee (10/9).
• Scored two goals in a game three times this season vs CSU (9/18), Madonna (9/11), and Valpo (8/14).
• Posted five points in a game for the second time in her career with two goals and an assist on Senior Night in 8-0 win vs Madonna (9/11).
• Added third assist vs CSU (9/18).
• Recorded first assist of the season at WMU (9/7).
• Posted third goal off a free kick against BGSU (8/28).
• Scored a pair of goals off a free kick, followed by a penalty kick, propelling Detroit Mercy to a 2-1 win over former Horizon League foe Valparaiso (8/14) in the season-opener.
PK Specialist:
• Lodato has scored five of her seven goals on penalty kicks.
• Recorded fifth PK goal at PFW (10/25).
• Added her third and fourth penalty kick goals in a 3-3 draw vs CSU (9/18).
• Posted second PK goal in 8-0 win over Madonna (9/11).
• Scored first penalty kick goal in 2-1 win over former Horizon League foe Valparaiso (8/14).
2025 #HLWSOC Awards Winners
Player of the Year: Mallory McGuire, Milwaukee
Goalkeeper of the Year: Isabella Hollenbach, Milwaukee
Offensive Player of the Year: Mallory McGuire, Milwaukee
Defensive Player of the Year: Ellie Rebmann, Milwaukee
Freshman of the Year: Kamryn Rosa, Youngstown State
Sportsmanship Award: Emma Frey, IU Indianapolis
Coach of the Year: Kevin Boyd, Milwaukee
All-League First Team
Abbey Lodato, Detroit Mercy, Midfielder
Anna Champine, Milwaukee, Defender
Isabella Hollenbach, Milwaukee, Goalkeeper
Mallory McGuire, Milwaukee, Midfielder
Ellie Rebmann, Milwaukee, Defender
Lola Wojcik, Milwaukee, Forward
Meghan Belrose, Northern Kentucky, Midfielder
Alyssa Carnes, Northern Kentucky, Defender
Lilly Yordy, Northern Kentucky, Forward
Ava Trethewey, RMU, Forward
Caitlin Burger, Wright State, Midfielder
All-League Second Team
Mayra Sesmas, Cleveland State, Midfielder
Emma Frey, IU Indianapolis, Midfielder
Jenni Andjelic, Milwaukee, Midfielder
Emily Petring, Milwaukee, Forward
Erykah Cornett, Northern Kentucky, Forward
Megan Gessner, Northern Kentucky, Goalkeeper
Sophia Kapszukiewicz, Northern Kentucky, Defender
Brae Cole, Oakland, Defender
Samara Nunn, Wright State, Forward
Emma Rigone, Youngstown State, Defender
Kamryn Rosa, Youngstown State, Forward
All-League Third Team
Maria Bashardoust, Cleveland State, Defender
Senah Hanes, Green Bay, Forward
Hanna Arvay, Green Bay, Defender
Becca Stoeckmann, Green Bay, Midfielder
Kristina Karlof, Milwaukee, Forward
Natalie Zodrow, Milwaukee, Midfielder
Shauna Gamble, RMU, Defender
Kaitlyn Eyink, Wright State, Defender
Camille Bultel, Youngstown State, Midfielder
Sara Felder, Youngstown State, Forward
Maya Naimoli, Youngstown State, Goalkeeper
Sportsmanship Award Finalists
Maria Bashardoust, Cleveland State
Soraya Puerto-Khalil, Detroit Mercy
Becca Stoeckmann, Green Bay
Emma Frey, IU Indianapolis*
Savannah Sievert, Milwaukee
Natalie Newman, Northern Kentucky
Ella Shapiro, Oakland
Jenna Ellsworth, Purdue Fort Wayne
Ava Trethewey, RMU
Emma Rigone, Youngstown State
