BALTIMORE, Md. – Inside Lacrosse announced its Top 50 Women's Players for 2025 and Navy seniors Emily Messinese and Tori DiCarlo were selected to the list. Messinese was ranked 27th, while DiCarlo came in at No. 44. Additionally, freshman Alyssa Chung, who was named to the ILWomen Power 100 Rankings for the high school Class of 2024 back in October, was featured by the publication for being No. 8 overall among the top 100 incoming freshmen.
 
Messinese and DiCarlo both led the Midshipmen in 2024 with the duo being recognized with First Team All-Patriot League distinction. Messinese also claimed Honorable Mention All-American according to Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse, while DiCarlo was the 2024 Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
In her career, Messinese has 152 points on 122 goals and 30 assists, while adding 138 draw controls, 55 ground balls, and 21 caused turnovers. Last season, she finished with a team-best 86 points on a team-high 68 goals and 18 assists with 64 draw controls, 20 ground balls, and six caused turnovers. Messinese scored at least one goal in all 19 games with 17 multi-goal performances, including 16 hat tricks.
 
DiCarlo has 113 points on 94 goals and 19 assists through there years. She has added 35 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers, while being credited with three game-winning goals. The Rosemont, Pa. native finished the 2024 season with 72 points on 58 goals and 14 assists with 16 ground balls and eight caused turnovers. DiCarlo scored at least one goal in 17 straight games with 16 multiple goal performances (in 19 total games) with 14 hat tricks, including multiple goals in all nine Patriot League games with hat tricks in seven conference games.
 
Back in October, Inside Lacrosse announced its ILWomen Power 100 Rankings for Class of 2024 with Chung being selected as No. 8 overall. The rookie spoke with IL reporter Matt Kinnear and the article can be found HERE.
 
The Navy women's lacrosse team recently published its 2025 schedule. The Midshipmen play 17 regular season games, including seven home games. The Mids will play four regular season games against teams that participated in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Navy opens up the season at home as the Midshipmen welcome Saint Joseph's to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday, Feb. 7.