• An eye-opening six of the ODAC's nine field hockey playing members posted .500 or better overall winning percentages in 2024
  • Those six squads went 80-35-1 (.694) combined
  • Shenandoah won a school-record 19 games en route to a league-best 19-3 record
  • Virginia Wesleyan's 12 wins marked the Marlins most six going 13-6 in 2005
• Shenandoah posted its first-ever unbeaten conference season with an 8-0 mark to earn the top-seed in the six-team ODAC Tournament
  • Lynchburg, Bridgewater, Washington and Lee, Virginia Wesleyan, and Roanoke comprised the remainder of the field
  • Quarterfinals: WLU def. VWU, 7-0; BC def. RC, 1-0
  • Semifinals: SU def. WLU, 5-2; LYN def. BC, 3-0
  • Championship: SU def. LYN, 4-1
• Shenandoah won its second ODAC field hockey championship, joining the trophy it hoisted in 2016
  • SU has competed in five ODAC title games, all since 2016 including the past wo
  • Lynchburg, winners of an ODAC-record 22 field hockey championships, has advanced to eight straight conference championship games and 34 overall

• ODAC champion Shenandoah earned the conference's entry into the Division III championship bracket
• Lynchburg joined SU in the 28-team bracket as an at-large qualifier from the NCAA's new NPI selection protocol
• Both squads were selected to host first-round midweek home matches
  • 1st Round: LYN def. Susquehanna University, 2-1 (OT)
  • 1st Round: SU def. Westfield State University, 11-0
  • 2nd Round: Salisbury University def. LYN, 3-0 (at Salisbury)
  • 2nd Round: Messiah def. SU, 2-1 (at Williams College)
• The win for Shenandoah marked the program's first in two appearances, leaving SU with a 1-2 (.333) record on the national stage
• Lynchburg made its 21st appearance in the Division III field, now owning a record of 14-21 (.400) in the tournament
• ODAC teams are 23-40 (.365) in 40 overall berths

• Penn Monto/NFHCA Division III National Coaches Poll
  • The NFHCA announced its annual Division III coaches poll on Tuesday
  • Both Shenandoah and Lynchburg open in the top-25 with SU slotted 11th with 264 points and LYN positioned 17th with 172 markers
• Seven-time defending national champion Middlebury College received 16-of-19 first place votes to top the survey with 472 tallies; 2024 runner-up Tufts University is second (444), while Salisbury University (443) is third having earned the remaining three first place votes

Last season, a rich class of 29 All-ODAC honorees returned to league fields. This year, a majority persists with 23-of-40 all-conference stars back for another run-out in 2025. Still, there is room for growth within the awards lists with just 5-of-13 All-ODAC First Team selections returning. Lynchburg leads the way with a whopping seven of their 10 all-conference standouts back, while Washington and Lee features 5-of-6 All-ODAC Generals.

Two of the individual special award winners are back in the fold. Virginia Wesleyan goalkeeper Berkley Miller played in major part in the Marlins 12 wins last season – their most since 2005 – helping her garner ODAC Rookie of the Year laurels. Shenandoah mentor Ashley Smeltzer-Kraft collected her third ODAC Coach of the Year award in her 12th season in Winchester. Her Hornets won their second ODAC title, claimed their first NCAA Tournament victory, and set a program-record with 19 wins.

• FORWARDS (4-of-11)
  • Anna Dorrestijn – Lynchburg (1st Team)
  • Sydney Baggett – Washington and Lee (2nd Team)
  • Betty Boatwright – Washington and Lee (2nd Team)
  • Landry Meyer – Virginia Wesleyan (3rd Team)
• MIDFIELDERS (8-of-14)
  • Khanyisile Mzizi – Lynchburg (1st Team)
  • Maddie Schutcter – Lynchburg (2nd Team)
  • Claudia Lehman – Shenandoah (2nd Team)
  • Zoe Dolfis – Washington and Lee (2nd Team)
  • Mollie Best – Bridgewater (3rd Team)
  • Aurora Balsamo – Lynchburg (3rd Team)
  • Natalie Moul – Randolph-Macon (3rd Team)
  • Anne Burns Fiveash – Washington and Lee (3rd Team)
• DEFENDERS (9-of-11)
  • Jade Buckles – Bridgewater (1st Team)
  • Allie Freeman – Lynchburg (1st Team)
  • Camryn DeLeva – Shenandoah (1st Team)
  • Olivia Muir – Lynchburg (2nd Team)
  • Madison Short – Shenandoah (2nd Team)
  • Jordan Hoover – Washington and Lee (2nd Team)
  • Riley Chandler – Bridgewater (3rd Team)
  • Avery Watkins – Lynchburg (3rd Team)
  • Katherine Seal – Roanoke (3rd Team)
• GOALKEEPERS (2-of-4)
  • Valentina Ambrogi-Torres – Randolph-Macon (2nd Team)
  • Berkley Miller – Virginia Wesleyan (2nd Team)

The athletes listed below represent the top-three returning statistical leaders for major statistical categories from the 2024 season.

Below are the win-loss records for each coach entering the 2025 season.

• ODAC teams begin play with the rest of Division III on Friday, August 29
• The first set of four conference games are slated for Saturday, October 4
• The first set of conference games are slated for the week of September 30-October 6 with a handful of contests kicking off a full eight-game round-robin schedule for all nine teams
• The ODAC Tournament will feature a six-team field competed in a traditional bracket format
  • Quarterfinals: Tuesday, November 4 at the #3-4 Seeds
  • Semifinals: Thursday, November 6 at the #1-2 Seeds
  • Championship: Saturday, November 8 at the highest remaining seed
• The Division III Field Hockey Championship bracket will be announced on NCAA.com on Sunday evening, November 9
  • First Round: Wednesday, November 12
  • Second/Third Rounds: Saturday-Sunday, November 15-16
  • Semifinals: Friday, November 21 at Trinity College (Robin Sheppard Field) in Hartford, Conn.
  • Championship: Sunday, November 23 at Trinity College (Robin Sheppard Field) in Hartford, Conn.