SETTING THE SCENE
The Cardinals in 2025 reached double-digit wins for the second time in four seasons under head coach Lauren Scorza, finishing the campaign 10-8 overall with a 7-3 mark in Empire 8 Conference regular-season play. They beat Houghton 5-2 in the first round of the conference tournament before falling to nationally ranked SUNY Geneseo in the semifinals.
St. John Fisher returns all five of its All-Empire 8 selections from last season, a group headlined by first-team forward Mary Kate McPhee and first-team defender Alison Taplin. Attacker Avery McLaughlin earned second-team honors, while defender Jordan Kauffman and attacker Sam Current garnered third-team accolades.
McLaughlin, McPhee and Current paced the Cardinals’ offense in 2025, each tallying at least 20 points. Taplin, Kauffman and Holly Stuart each recorded a pair of defensive saves while leading Fisher on the defensive end.
Morgan Parrinello played in 16 games and started in 15 of them in net for the Cardinals. She turned aside 74 shots, registered a 2.28 goals-against average and recorded three shutouts as St. John Fisher went 9-6 with her between the pipes.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Avery McLaughlin, Jr., A – McLaughlin amassed a team-leading 32 points on 12 goals and eight assists while playing in all 18 games last season as a sophomore. She tallied five points or more in four games, including a career-high eight on three goals and a pair of assists against Alfred.
Mary Kate McPhee, Sr., M – A second-team National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Region selection last season, McPhee enters her senior year with 66 total points on 26 goals and 14 assists. Her 26 goals rank ninth in program history. Last season, she set career highs across the board with 30 points on 11 goals and eight helpers while playing all 18 games.
Alison Taplin, Jr., D – Taplin, a two-time All-Empire 8 selection, has been a stalwart defender for the Cardinals since she arrived on campus, playing and starting in each of the Cardinals’ 37 games over the last two seasons. Taplin has seven career points on two goals and three assists to go with four defensive saves.
Sam Current, Jr., A – Current finished third on the team last season with 20 total points on nine goals and a pair of assists. She led the team in game-winning goals (4) and goals on penalty strokes (3).
DID YOU KNOW?
In 2025, McLaughlin and McPhee became the first pair of Cardinals to record 30 points or more in the same season since Bre Socker (62) and Lindsay Scott (37) did so in 2019.
LINKS
Team Webpage – Schedule, Roster, Coaching Staff, Record Book (Click Here)
St. John Fisher Field Hockey Instagram Page (Click Here)
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