As the Stony Brook women prepared to begin their playoff run this week, one of their standout players now know where she will be playing next year.
Ellie Masera is going pro. During this week's Athletes Unlimited Pro Lacrosse draft Masera was picked 3rd overall. She will be one of the sixteen collegiate players who are invited to make their professional debut in the league’s fourth season. Masera will head down to the USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Maryland this summer from July 18 to August 11.
the Sea Wolves star was named the 2023 Colonial Athletic Association Midfielder of the Year. She had 71 goals and 95 points on the season, leading the league, while also earning the America East Conference Midfielder of the Year distinction in 2022.
In 2023 she was named to the IWLCA and Inside Lacrosse Second-Team All-American and has a career-high 104 points, including 35 assists and 69 goals in 2024.
Masera led the Seawolves to its second consecutive CAA Championship with three goals against Drexel University and was named Most Outstanding Performing and earned All-Championship Team recognition. Masera has now been recognized as one of the best players in the entire county.