Grace Joly and Evelyn Goudreau played together on the Maineiax Lacrosse club team and were known as proficient goal scorers. Now, they are both conference rookies of the year at NCAA Division III schools in New Hampshire.

Joly, who attends Colby-Sawyer, was named the top rookie in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference. Goudreau, a Plymouth State freshman, won the Little East Conference honor.

Goudreau, a 2025 Mt. Ararat graduate, got off to a fast start, scoring four goals in a season-opening 10-9 loss to St. Joseph’s College on Feb. 18 in Standish.

“I definitely said just after my first goal, ‘I just felt super confident,’ and my team continued to help me succeed throughout that game,” Goudreau said. “Then I was just like, all right, I’m doing this. I just did my thing, and my team really helped me build up that confidence in our first couple of weeks of practices, going up to that game.”

Goudreau was second on the team in scoring with 41 goals and 11 assists.

Joly, a midfielder, helped Windham win the Class A championship in 2025. She dealt with confidence issues to begin the season.

“But after the first game, when I got my first goal, I was like, ‘OK, I can do this.’ I can contribute more than what I just did,” Joly said. “I took that mindset and switched it and turned it into ‘I’m here for a reason. My coach chooses to put me on the field, and my teammates also trust me and are here for me.’”

Joly finished the season with 39 goals, third-best for the Chargers, and 18 assists.

Other Mainers earn lacrosse awards

St. Joseph’s College senior Celia Melanson, an Oxford Hills grad, was named the GNAC Attacker of the Year after recording 21 goals and 83 assists. Teammate Ella Highbarger of Kennebunk was named first-team all-conference after finishing with 65 goals, 12 assists, 52 draw controls, 42 ground balls and 31 forced turnovers.

Meanwhile, University of Southern Maine graduate student Katelyn D’Appolonia of Yarmouth was named Midfielder of the Year in the Little East Conference. D’Appolonia recorded 59 goals and 35 assists for a program record 94 points this season.

Teammates Elizabeth Pattershall of Readfield and Calista Kinney of Topsham made the all-conference second team, and former Lincoln Academy star Mariam DeLisle was named to the third team.

Owen McDuffie, a senior at Rivier from Gray, was named the GNAC men’s lacrosse Faceoff Specialist of the Year after posting a 70.7 winning percentage.

In the Little East, Marshwood graduate Ty Cougler took Defensive Player of the Year honors. The Keene State junior led the conference with 93 ground balls and 59 caused turnovers.

Former Brunswick boys lax standouts help Western New England to the NCAAs

Brunswick High graduates Thomas Labbe and Max Rudgers and Gorham’s Connor Callahan helped Western New England to an NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse tournament appearance. The Golden Bears suffered a 21-5 first-round loss to SUNY Cortland on Wednesday.

Labbe, a senior midfielder, finished third on the team with 41 points (27 goals, 14 assists). Rudgers, a senior attacker, was fourth with 30 points (17 goals, 13 assists).

Callahan, a short-stick defensive midfielder, scooped up 26 ground balls. He scored three goals.

Gilboy sets records at Saint Michael’s

Former South Portland baseball standout Richard Gilboy shattered the Saint Michael’s single-season record for RBI. Gilboy, whose season ended Tuesday, drove in 46 runs to break the mark of 32 set by Sean Finnell in 1994.

Gilboy’s 31 walks were also a school record, breaking the previous record of 28.

The junior third baseman, who was named to the Northeast-10 all-conference second team, hit .296 with 11 doubles, three triples, two home runs and 28 runs scored.