COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Lauren Brough (4th Year)
Assistant Coaches: Alexandra Báez Rentas '25 (1st Year),
Joe Gunn (4th Year)
CAPTAIN
RETURNING 2025 STAT LEADERS
- Senior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), 132 kills, .340 hitting %, 87 blocks, 35 aces
- Senior Ashley Marshall (Escondido, Calif./Escondido Charter), 504 assists, 125 digs
- Senior Emily Winefield (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack), 23 aces
- Junior Anna Daggett (Hinesburg, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 287 digs, 20 aces
- Junior Nora Schulze (Hingham, Mass./Hingham), 100 kills
- Junior D'Niaya Settles (Ames, Iowa/Ames), 114 kills
- Sophomore Caitlin Mediate (Portsmouth, R.I./Portsmouth), 222 assists, 201 digs, 29 aces
- Sophomore Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), 138 kills, .294 hitting %, 96 blocks, 22 aces
RETURNING 2025 AWARD WINNERS
- Senior Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa), NE10 All-Conference (2nd Team)
- Sophomore Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), NE10 All-Conference (3rd Team), NE10 All-Rookie Team
FAST FACTS
Under the guidance of fourth-year head coach
Lauren Brough, the first full-time head coach in program history, the Purple Knights qualified for the Northeast 10 Conference Championship each of the last three years after not previously qualifying since 1995 ... Saint Michael's had its best conference finish since 1994 last fall, tying for fifth in the league, before drawing the No. 5 seed in the NE10 Championship ... the Purple and Gold won a total of 12 NE10 matches the last three years, its best three-year run since the mid-1990s ... the Purple Knights' success was keyed by senior
Grace Almeida (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) and sophomore
Rory Tower (Fountain Hills, Ariz./Desert Mountain), the best blocking tandem in the NCAA Division II East Region, as Saint Michael's was fourth in the region in blocks per set (2.1) and registered 186 blocks, its most since 2011. Both middles landed NE10 All-Conference accolades ... 14 veterans are back on the squad, while one of the two newcomers is sophomore transfer
Tessa LaFrenier (Narragansett, R.I./North Kingstown/Adelphi), who saw time for an Adelphi University squad that earned the No. 2 seed in the 2025 NCAA East Regional Championship ... two-time NE10 All-Conference setter
Alexandra Báez Rentas '25 has joined the coaching staff as an assistant.
KEY DATES
- Season Opener: Aug. 27 at Saint Anselm College
- Home Opener: Aug. 29 vs. Felician University and Assumption University
- Northeast 10 Conference Opener: Oct. 3 at Assumption
- 2025 NCAA Tournament Opponents: Oct. 9 at Adelphi University, Oct. 10 at Post University, Oct. 31 at Bentley University, Nov. 7 vs. American International College
- Postseason: Seven-team NE10 Championship begins on Nov. 10 and concludes on Nov. 14
