Field Hockey All-Conference Teams Announced
McGowan of Williams Named Player of the
Year
HADLEY, Mass. - Williams sophomore forward
Meighan McGowan (Greenwich, Conn.) has been named the 2006 NESCAC
Player of the Year. McGowan, the 2005 NESCAC Rookie of the Year,
leads the NESCAC in points per game and is among the league leaders
in most offensive categories. McGowan is only the second individual
from Williams to earn Player of the Year honors this decade,
joining former Eph Molly Jennings who won the award in 2002.
After a 2005 campaign where she ranked fourth in
the league in points per game with an average of 1.68 through 19
outings (12-8-32), McGowan is averaging a NESCAC-best 2.38 points
per game through 13 appearances so far this season, scoring nine
goals and adding in 13 assists for 31 points, just one point shy of
her final numbers from 2005. McGowan’s offensive totals lead
the Ephs this season once again, after she paced the attack last
fall as a first year player. In addition to being named the 2006
Player of the Year, McGowan earned NESCAC All-Conference First Team
honors for the second year in a row.
Joining McGowan up front on the 2006 NESCAC
All-Conference First Team are Middlebury junior Reid Berrien
(Westport, Conn.) and Bowdoin sophomore Lindsay McNamara (Milton,
Mass.). For the second-straight year, Berrien came away with
All-NESCAC First Team honors while leading the Panthers atop the
score sheet, ranking third among all conference players this season
with 26 points on 10 goals and six assists through 17 games.
McNamara, one of five sophomores on this year’s
All-Conference First Team, followed up a breakout rookie season
that saw her lead the conference in goals and points by repeating
the feat in 2006. After she accumulated 33 points last season on 16
goals and one assist through 19 games in 2005, McNamara has
collected 15 goals - eight having served as the game-winner for the
15-1 Polar Bears - and seven assists for a league-best 37 points.
A total of five midfielders earned NESCAC
All-Conference First Team accolades this year. Wesleyan senior
Courtney Tetrault (Hatfield, Mass.) received First Team honors for
the second consecutive year, starting all 14 games for the
Cardinals this season while leading her club with 14 points on
three goals and eight assists. Tufts senior Stacey Watkins (St.
Louis, Mo.) and Trinity sophomore Christine Mwaturura (Harare,
Zimbabwe) stepped from the 2005 Second Team to the 2006 First Team.
Watkins started all 16 games for the Jumbos this past fall, scoring
four goals and six assists to place fourth among her teammates.
Mwaturura accumulated six points on two goals and two assists while
helping the Bantams post an unblemished 8-0 record at home in 2006.
Receiving All-Conference honors for the first time in their careers
were Middlebury junior Lacey Farrell (Greenwich, Conn.) and Amherst
sophomore Alyssa Dudzik (Darien, Conn.). Both players started every
contest for their squad this season, with Farrell netting six goals
and five assists for 17 points through 17 games and Dudzik
collecting her first career points at Amherst with five assists in
16 appearances.
Bowdoin junior Valerie Young (Concord, N.H.) and Williams sophomore
Jess Overlander (New Canaan, Conn.) represented the defensive
selections on this year’s First Team. Young, who earned
NESCAC All-Conference Second Team honors a year ago, has four
assists while starting every game in the back so far this season
for the Polar Bears. Young assisted on the lone goal in the final
game of the 2006 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship to help Bowdoin
earn its second-straight NESCAC title last weekend. Overlander is
third among her Eph teammates in scoring, tallying nine goals and
two assists for 20 points while starting all 15 games.
Bowdoin senior goalkeeper Kate Leonard (Eliot, Mass.) rounds out
the 2006 NESCAC All-Conference First Team. Earning First Team
honors for the third consecutive year, Leonard leads the NESCAC in
multiple goaltending categories this season. Her 0.56 goals against
average and seven shutouts are both league-bests while her .859
save percentage ranks second among conference goaltenders.
Tufts first year forward Michelle Kelly (Downingtown, Pa.) earned
NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors. Kelly led the Jumbos in 2006 with
11 goals, five serving as game-winners, while ranking third among
all NESCAC student-athletes and first among rookies in goal
scoring.
Bowdoin head coach Nicky Pearson was the unanimous choice among the
coaches for NESCAC Coach of the Year, earning the award for the
second year in a row after guiding the Polar Bears to their
second-straight NESCAC crown. It is the fifth time that Pearson has
received the honor.
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2006 NESCAC Field Hockey
All-Conference
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| First Team
| Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| F
| Reid Berrien
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Westport, Conn.
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| F
| Meighan McGowan
| Williams
| So.
| Greenwich, Conn.
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| F
| Lindsay McNamara
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Milton, Mass.
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| M
| Alyssa Dudzik
| Amherst
| So.
| Darien, Conn.
|
| M
| Lacey Farrell
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Greenwich, Conn.
|
| M
| Christine Mwaturura
| Trinity
| So.
| Harare, Zimbabwe
|
| M
| Cortney Tetrault
| Wesleyan
| Sr.
| Hatfield, Mass.
|
| M
| Stacey Watkins
| Tufts
| Sr.
| St. Louis, Mo.
|
| D
| Jess Overlander
| Williams
| So.
| New Canaan, Conn.
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| D
| Valerie Young
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Concord, N.H.
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| GK
| Kate Leonard
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Eliot, Maine
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| Second Team
| Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
|
| F
| Ileana Casellas-Katz
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Denmark, Maine
|
| F
| Erin Chandler
| Bates
| Jr.
| Thorton, Pa.
|
| F
| Jill Mauer
| Connecticut College
| Jr.
| Milbrook, N.Y.
|
| F
| Mary Clare Snediker
| Colby
| So.
| New Canaan, Conn.
|
| F
| Katie Williams
| Connecticut College
| Sr.
| Selingrove, Pa.
|
| M
| Rachel Carr-Harris
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Pleasantville, N.Y.
|
| M
| Julia King
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Yarmouth, Maine
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| M
| Ashley Sewell
| Williams
| Sr.
| St. Louis, Mo.
|
| D
| Taryn Petrelli
| Middlebury
| So.
| Harrison, N.Y.
|
| D
| Emily Skipp
| Trinity
| So.
| Middlebury, Conn.
|
| GK
| Meghan McGillen
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| E. Harwich, Mass.
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| Player of the Year
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|
|
| F
| Meighan McGowan
| Williams
| So.
| Greenwich, Conn.
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| Rookie of the Year
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|
|
| F
| Michelle Kelly
| Tufts
| Fy.
| Downingtown, Pa.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Nicky Pearson
| Bowdoin
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