Middle grad a key member of D3 Final Four women’s lacrosse team

Posted: May 20th 2026

Middle Township graduate Maddyn McAnaney is a key member of the Salisbury University women's lacrosse team that has reached the Division III Final Four.

By BRIAN CUNNIFF

CapeAtlanticLive.com

Maddyn McAnaney is headed to the biggest stage of women’s lacrosse at the Division III college level.

The 2023 Middle Township High School graduate is a key member of an undefeated Salisbury University (Md.) team that is set to play in the Division III Final Four on Friday.

It is the program’s third Final Four appearance in the last six seasons and 15th overall. Salisbury has won the Division III national title four times, most recently in 2021.

MADDYN MCANANEY

McAnaney, a defender, has seen action in 18 of the team’s 20 games so far, with two starts. She has posted eight ground balls and eight caused turnovers.

Salisbury (20-0), ranked second in Division III by USA Lacrosse Magazine, is set to play No. 3 Wesleyan (Conn.) in the national semifinal Friday afternoon on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. The winner will face Middlebury or Tufts in the national title game on Sunday, also at RIT.

Salisbury was the regular-season and postseason tournament champion of the Coast-2-Coast Conference, defeating Christopher Newport in the C2C Tournament title game. The Sea Gulls went to victories over Union College and York College in the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament before again defeating Christopher Newport, 17-9, in a Regional Final last Sunday.

McAnaney was a standout midfielder as a high school player at Middle Township. She scored 110 career goals, including 55 as a senior. 

(Photos from Salisbury University athletics website)