BEVERLY, Mass. - On Thursday, Conference of New England (CNE) released its women's soccer major award winners and all-conference teams with Hartford women's soccer having nine members selected. 

Senior Mia Mangalji (Toronto, Ontario) and freshman Madelyn Nunnemacher (Sutton, Mass.) were both major award winners with Mangalji being named the CNE Defensive Player of the Year and Nunnemacher being named the CNE Goalkeeper of the Year. 

Five Hawks would be named to the All-Conference First Team including Mangalji, Nunnemacher, senior Kathleen Brush (Wethersfield, Conn.), junior Angela Chávez (Glastonbury, Conn.) and senior Reese Sadler (Newington, Conn.). 

Sophomore Anastasia Nerney (Glocester, R.I.) was the lone member of Hartford on the Second Team All-Conference, while freshman Taylor Freimuth (Terryville, Conn.), senior Morgan Egan (East Granby, Conn.) and freshman Alyssa Koczak (Canton, Conn.) all made Third Team All-Conference honors. 

Mangalji becomes the fourth Hawk in program-history to win the conference defensive player of the year honors with the latest coming in 2024. Mia also claims First Team honors after being a Third Team selection last season. Mangalji played in 1,327 minutes for the Hawks as the lead center back and was a huge part in all six shutouts this season. 

Nunnemacher is the fourth conference goalkeeper of the year in program history and the first since Jessica Jurg won in 2026. Madelyn also was award First Team All-Conference honors for her play in net. Nunnemacher was a star in her first season making 52 saves with the six shutouts and a 0.80 goals against average. 

Brush makes her first All-Conference First Team in her senior season as the captain would score eight goals along with three assists. Kathleen would add four game-winners across 1,128 minutes. 

Chávez makes her All-Conference debut on the First Team after a breakout junior season. Angela scored two goals while dishing out five assists in 959 minutes. 

Sadler makes her first All-Conference First Team choice after being on the Second Team in 2025 and the Third Team in 2024. Reese ended the regular season with three goals and three assists in 1,280 minutes on the pitch. 

Nerney made the All-Conference Second Team after contributing two goals and six assists in the regular season. 

Freimuth debuts on the All-Conference Third Team in her first season with the Hawks. Taylor would score 10 goals to go with an assist and a game-winner in her freshman season. 

Egan finishes off the year being named to the All-Conference Third Team. Morgan would score a goal and an assist from a right back position and played a huge role in the team in her senior year. 

Koczak rounds out the Hawks selected being selected to the Third Team. Alyssa ended the regular season with two assists in 1,130 minutes as the starting left back.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OF NEW ENGLAND: 
Originally founded in 1984 as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) and reconstituted as the Conference of New England (CNE) in 2024, the CNE is an NCAA Division III Athletic Conference composed of 11 full member and five associate member institutions throughout the New England region. Its membership aims to provide student-athletes with a positive experience in their pursuit of excellence through high academic standards, quality competition, and a meaningful student life. The Conference administers championships in 20 intercollegiate sports. 
 
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