SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – First-year Caroline Ranucci was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Year to lead four members of the Union College field hockey earning All-Liberty League honors, the conference office announced on Wednesday morning.
 
Senior Maddie Greco and junior Rowan Dapson both earned All-Liberty League first-team honors for Union, followed by senior Amy Vytopilova on the All-League second team and Ranucci with All-Conference honorable mention.
 
Ranucci is the third player in program history to earn conference Rookie of the Year honors and the first since Greco in 2023. The first-year ranks fourth on the team in points as a rookie, scoring four goals with a team-leading nine assists for 17 points. She is tied for first in the Liberty League and ranks 25th in Division III in assists per game and is tied for second in the country for assists among first-year players.
 
Greco is the first player in Union field hockey history and only the eighth in any sport at Union to earn four consecutive All-League first-team honors. The senior led the Garnet Chargers in points for the fourth straight season with 11 goals and eight assists for 30 points, ranking fourth in the Liberty League in points, tying for fourth in goals and tying for third in assists. In conference play, she led the Liberty League with 14 points in seven games, scoring five goals with four helpers. The senior has started every one of her program-record 79 games played and is Union's all-time leader in goals (60) and points (142), while also tied for first in game-winning goals (13) and second in assists (22).
 
Dapson has been an anchor at both ends of the field for Union during her junior year, leading the charge defensively for the Garnet Chargers while also scoring a career-high seven goals with five assists for 19 points to rank third on the team in all three categories. The junior was named Most Outstanding Player at the Liberty League Tournament after scoring two goals with an assist in the championship game win over RPI. In her first three seasons at Union, the junior has scored 10 goals with 14 assists for 34 points in 60 games.
 
Vytopilova had a breakout senior season for Union, matching Greco with a team-leading 11 goals and adding three assists for 25 points. She is tied for fourth in the Liberty League in goals and tied for third with a team-leading three game-winning goals, in addition to sitting sixth in the conference in points. She has more than doubled her career scoring output this season and has scored 20 goals with nine assists for 49 points in 75 career games entering today.
 
Union's four All-Conference selections will lead the Garnet Chargers into their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history today, as the team faces off with #16 Babson in the first round beginning at 3 p.m.