Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 7/6/26
From Press Release
Recent Ursinus College graduate Sophia Curtis (Pennsbury) was named the 2026 Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Women’s Lacrosse Performer of the Year on the PhillySIDA Women’s Lacrosse Academic All-Area Team.
The Academic All-Area Team, voted on by the sports information offices of 30 institutions in the Philadelphia metro area, requires a student-athlete to be in their second year at the school and hold a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 or better. Curtis became the first Ursinus student-athlete to be named a PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year since Ryan Bodolus earned the football nod in 2023. She is also the first Bears women’s lacrosse player to earn a spot on the team since Julie Cherneskie in 2023.
A Health and Exercise Physiology graduate, Curtis has been reaping in the postseason accolades after completing her final season on the Ursinus Women’s Lacrosse team. Curtis recorded a career-best 41 caused turnovers that tied for second most all-time in a single season in program history and led the Centennial Conference in the regular season. She posted a Centennial-best 2.41 caused turnovers per game and ranked second on the team and is ninth in the Centennial with 40 ground balls. Curtis was named an All-American Honorable Mention pick by USA Lacrosse Magazine while garnering IWLCA All-Metro Region First Team honors and All-Centennial Conference First Team honors for the first time in her career.
Academically, her 4.0 GPA carried her to be named one of the overall Centennial Conference Women’s Scholar Athletes of the Year in addition to already earning the conference’s Women’s Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year nod. Curtis was also named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Women’s At-Large All-District Team for the first time in her career.
Below is the full team:
2026 PhillySIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AREA WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM
Student-Athlete School Cl. Major Hometown
Lauren Anderson (Penn Charter) Haverford Sr. Economics Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Sophia Curtis (Pennsbury) Ursinus Sr. Health & Exercise Science Yardley, Pa
Madeline Edinger (Pennridge) West Chester Sr. Accounting Perkasie, Pa.
Brooke Epstein Haverford Sr. Psychology Hillsborough, N.C.
Kendall Fortune West Chester Jr. Exercise Science Jarrettsville, Md.
Iris Gluck Jefferson (Southern Lehigh) Sr. Health Science-Physician Assistant Coopersburg, Pa.
Fiona Lockhart (Our Lady of Mercy Academy) Rowan Sr. Computer Science Turnersville, N.J.
Jessica Mantz (Southern Lehigh) Widener Jr. Nursing Center Valley, Pa.
Jenna O’Neill (Lower Cape May) Rowan Sr. Accounting West Cape May, N.J.
Madison Rothwein (Kingsway Regional) Rowan So. Health & Physical Education Mt. Royal, N.J.
Annabel Stifler Swarthmore Sr. Political Science/ Classical Studies Tampa, Fla.
Emma Verhoest Villanova Jr. Accounting & Finance Newton, Mass
Sydney Wasdick (Pottsgrove) West Chester Sr. Early Grades Prep Pottsgrove, Pa.
Performer of the Year: Sophia Curtis, Ursinus
