Hempstead, NY – In an announcement by the Coastal Athletic Association, Hofstra field hockey student-athletes Sarah Smalley and Malena Bertone were received postseason All-CAA honors on Tuesday. Smalley was named to the All-CAA Second Team, and Bertone was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team.
 
A senior forward from East Islip, New York, Smalley started all 17 games for the Pride after transferring from Syracuse and finished tied for seventh in the CAA with seven goals and contributed four assists to tally 18 points to rank 10th in the conference. Smalley's best outing this season came in the Pride's 5-4 overtime win over Wagner on September 4, where she scored two goals and recorded one assist. She also found the back of the net against Bryant, Providence, Temple, Drexel, and Lehigh, while she assisted twice against UAlbany and also dished out an assist versus Columbia.
 
Bertone played in 14 games in her debut season for the Pride and finished as one of the top-scoring freshmen in the conference, as she concluded 2026 with five goals and two assists for 12 points. Bertone was twice named the CAA Rookie of the Week this past season; her first honor came on August 31 after scoring both goals in the Pride's 2-1 win over Rider, and her second honor came on September 7 after scoring twice – including the game-winning goal – in Hofstra's 5-4 overtime win over Wagner. Bertone also scored against Villanova and she assisted twice against Temple.