NAC news release

WATERVILLE, Maine--North Atlantic Conference East Division champion Maine Maritime Academy landed three student-athletes on the 2024-25 All-NAC first-, second-, or third women's basketball teams, which were announced on Wednesday by the conference office. Senior guard Erianna Moore (Fitchburg, Mass./Worcester Academy) is the NAC Defensive Player of the Year and joins classmate Sydney Briscoe (Englewood, N.J./Immaculate Conception Montclair High School) on the first team. Junior sharpshooting guard Evelyn Dagan (Castine, Maine/George Stevens Academy) is All-NAC Second Team, while senior guard Kirsten Grindel (Brandon, Fla./Durant, Santa Fe Catholic High Schools) made the sportsmanship team.

In addition, Maine Maritime was selected as the NAC Coaching Staff of the Year. Led by 24-year head coach Craig Dagan, along with assistants Mark Moran and Caitlyn Pavalkis the Mariners won the East Division title with a 13-0 conference record and 88-59 tournament victory over Husson, recorded a 23-4 overall record for their fifth-straight 20-win season (excluding 2021 COVID-19 year), and earned a NAC championship berth for the third season in a row. On Dec. 7, Dagan reached the 400-win plateau with MMA's 67-45 victory over UMaine-Farmington to become the 48th active women's basketball coach in Division III to reach that milestone.

Moore led the Mariners in scoring with 12.5 points per game, which ranks ninth in the NAC, on 43.4 percent shooting from the field (108-249), 39.4 from the three-point line (50-127) and 78.6 from the free throw stripe (33-42). She also is first with 4.5 assists and 11th with 6.4 rebounds per game, as well as topping the assist-to-turnover ratio chart (+2.1). The two-time Scoutware/D3hoops.com National Team of the Week honoree who surpassed 1,000 career points this season collected two NAC weekly certificates (1 POW, 1 DPOW). She is a three-time All-NAC performer including first team in back-to-back seasons. 

Briscoe leads MMA with a NAC-third-best 9.9 rebounding average. A two-time NAC Defensive Player of the Week and D3TOW honoree (Feb. 4), she averages 11.9 points for 10th in the conference. She also is third in the conference with a team-best .804 free throw percentage (82-102). She established career highs for points (320), blocked shots (20), rebounds (267; 26th in NCAA III), free throw and field goal percentage (.578; 119-206), while ranking 37th in Division III with 11 double-doubles.

Dagan, who set a school record with a conference-best 85 three-pointers made this season, leads the NAC with a .436 three-point field goal percentage (85-195)--good for eighth in the nation. Her 85 treys are also fourth in NCAA Division III and only 10 behind the leader. She has posted a career season that includes 11.3 points per game, 60 rebounds, eight blocks, .833 free throw percentage (10-12), field goal percentage (.459; 105-229) and three-point accuracy. 

Grindel has chipped in 1.1 points and 1.2 rebounds in a career-best 23 appearances. She also dished 26 assists and had six steals for personal records this season. As a MMA representative on the NAC Sportsmanship Team, she has exhibited nothing but the upmost respect for her teammates and Mariner opponents each and every day. She is one of the team leaders and has approached each game with the necessary amount of respect in the preparation and especially on game day. She is always respectful of the team we are playing and of the game of basketball itself.

2025 NAC Women's Basketball All-Conference Awards
Senior Scholar Athlete: Taylor Meacham, Sr., G, SUNY Cobleskill
Player of the Year: Logan Thayne, Sr., C, SUNY Cobleskill
Defensive Player of the Year: Erianna Moore, Sr., G, Maine Maritime
Rookie of the Year: Jaydn Pingree, Fr., G, UMaine-Farmington
Coaching Staff of the Year: Maine Maritime
 
FIRST TEAM
Logan Thayne, Sr., C, SUNY Cobleskill
Erianna Moore, Sr., G, Maine Maritime
Antonia May, Sr., G, SUNY Cobleskill
Sage Smith, Sr., G, VTSU-Lyndon
Sydney Briscoe, Sr., F, Maine Maritime
 
SECOND TEAM
Alexis Ireland, Sr., F, UMaine-Presque Isle
Jessica Dow, So., F, UMaine-Farmington
Jordyn Lengle, Sr., F, Husson University
Evelyn Dagan, Jr., G, Maine Maritime
Cara Walker, Sr., G, SUNY Cobleskill
 
THIRD TEAM
Hannah Richards, Sr., G, Husson University
Taylor Meacham, Sr., G, SUNY Cobleskill
Jaydn Pingree, Fr., G, UMaine-Farmington
Sky Kubwalo, Sr., F, Thomas College
Riann Fortin, Sr., F, VTSU-Johnson
 
SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Sarah Davis, Thomas College
Alawnah Dunda, Lesley University
Alexis Engel, UMaine-Presque Isle
Riann Fortin, VTSU-Johnson
Kirsten Grindel, Maine Maritime
Ella Huntingdon, VTSU-Lyndon
Amber MacNeil, SUNY Cobleskill
Trinity Montigny, Husson University
Alexandra Reuss , SUNY Delhi
Emily Small, UMaine-Farmington