Field Hockey All-Conference Teams Announced
Brown from Tufts Repeats as Player of the Year
HADLEY, Mass. – For the second year in a row, Tufts senior forward Tamara Brown (Annandale, Va.) has been chosen by the conference coaches as NESCAC Player of the Year. The only Jumbo to ever be honored with the conference’s top award, Brown has helped her squad to another impressive campaign with a 15-2 record and a third consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament.
The heart and soul of the Jumbos’ offense, Brown ranks first among league players in both goals and points for the second-straight fall, tallying 24 goals and seven assists for 55 points. It is the third consecutive season in which Brown has led her team in scoring, putting home the game-winning goal in six of Tufts’ 15 wins. The Jumbos’ all-time leading scorer, Brown needs only four more goals to match her career-best performance of 28 from 2008, a single-season program record. The three-year starter has appeared in all but five games for Tufts during her tenure, amassing 182 point on 78 goals - 21 of which served as the game-winner - and 26 assists. When Brown’s career comes to a close, she will have been a part of one of the most successful periods in school history. The Jumbos own a 63-12 record over the past four years, reached the NCAA title game for the first time in 2008, and won their first NESCAC crown in 2009.
In addition to being named Player of the Year, Brown garnered All-NESCAC First Team honors for the third time in as many years, as she was one of three individuals from her squad named to the First Team. Joining Brown from Tufts was senior midfielder Amanda Roberts (Wenham, Mass.) and junior defender Taylor Dyer (Windham, N.H.). Roberts moved up to the First Team in 2010 after earning Second Team honors in 2008 and again in 2009. While her scoring totals may seem modest, collecting a goal and four assists, the intangibles are what make Roberts stand out. Her athleticism, stick skill, and speed make her valuable to the Jumbo attack and dangerous to foes. Dyer garnered her second consecutive appointment to the First Team and was also chosen as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. The backbone of the Tufts defensive corps, Dyer commands a unit which ranks second in the NESCAC in goals against at 0.58 and shutouts with 10.
On attack with Brown were seniors Abby Hine (Madison, Conn.) of Connecticut College and Robyn Williams (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) of Trinity along with sophomore Lauren Greer (New Hampton, N.H.) from Middlebury. A member of the Second Team in 2008 and the First Team in 2009, Hine paced the Camels in scoring in each of her four seasons, capping her career with a personal-best 13 goals and 31 points (5th NESCAC). She also left her name in the Connecticut College record books, as she became the program’s all-time leading scorer this season with 101 points, tallying 40 career goals. Williams picked up All-NESCAC First Team accolades for the third time, joining Brown as the only other player on this year’s First Team to be recognized on three occasions. Limited to just 12 games because of injury, Williams posted eight goals and five assists for 21 points, third among her teammates. Greer, the 2009 Rookie of the Year, followed an impressive 40-point performance for the Panthers last season with 42 through two fewer games this season, tallying 17 goals and assisting on eight others. She currently ranks third among all conference players in points per game (2.80) heading into this weekend’s NCAA action.
Bowdoin senior Ingrid Oelschlager (Roanoke, Va.) and Amherst junior Carly Dudzik (Darien, Conn.) both returned from last year’s First Team at midfield. A talented two-way player, Oelschlager has a career-best eight assists to go along with six goals, ranking fourth on her team with 20 points. The 2007 Rookie of the Year scored twice in Sunday’s final of the 2010 NESCAC Field Hockey Championship, as the Polar Bears claimed their third conference crown in the past four years with a 3-0 win over Tufts. Dudzik was just as dynamic for the Lord Jeffs this season, contributing to an Amherst squad which ranked among the league leaders in both offense and defense. She finished second among her teammates in scoring with eight goals and seven assists in 16 starts.
Junior defenders Ella Curren (Roxbury, Conn.) of Bowdoin and Meera Sivalingam (Philadelphia, Pa.) of Williams earned First Team honors for the first time. Curren, a member of the 2009 Second Team, has contributed to a Polar Bear defense which has allowed only nine goals in 17 games. She has also added in three goals and four assists on offense. An incredibly quick player with exceptional stick skills, Sivalingam posted three goals and two assists for a career-best eight points in 2010. She also had three defensive saves.
First year defender Sarah Duncan (Dedham, Mass.) came away as this year’s Rookie of the Year. Duncan, who also received recognition on the Second Team, played every minute of every game this season for the Bantams, drawing some of the toughest assignments in the conference along the way.
Wesleyan sophomore goalkeeper Tori Redding (Branford, Conn.) completes the 2010 NESCAC All-Conference First Team. A Second Team selection in 2009, Redding was one of the 10 players on the 11-member First Team who earned All-NESCAC honors in some fashion last year. Redding was second in the NESCAC in save percentage at .826, as she played nearly every minute for the Cardinals and posted a 1.51 goals against average with a 10-5 record and three shutouts.
Head coach Nicky Pearson of Bowdoin was the unanimous choice among the coaches for NESCAC Coach of the Year. It is the seventh time in the last 11 years that the two-time national coach of the year has been selected, most recently receiving the award in 2007. Since the NESCAC became a formal playing conference in 1999, no other coach, regardless of sport, has been recognized as Coach of the Year as many times as Pearson has.
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2010 NESCAC Field Hockey All-Conference
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First Team |
Institution
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Yr. |
Hometown |
| F |
Tamara Brown |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Annandale, Va. |
| F |
Lauren Greer |
Middlebury |
So. |
New Hampton, N.H. |
| F |
Abby Hine |
Connecticut College
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Sr. |
Madison, Conn. |
| F |
Robyn Williams |
Trinity |
Sr. |
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| M |
Carly Dudzik |
Amherst |
Jr. |
Darien, Conn. |
| M |
Ingrid Oelschlager |
Bowdoin |
Sr. |
Roanoke, Va. |
| M |
Amanda Roberts |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Wenham, Mass. |
| D |
Ella Curren |
Bowdoin |
Jr. |
Roxbury, Conn. |
| D |
Taylor Dyer |
Tufts |
Jr. |
Windham, N.H. |
| D |
Meera Sivalingam |
Williams |
Jr. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
| GK |
Tori Redding |
Wesleyan |
So. |
Guilford, Conn. |
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Second Team |
Institution |
Yr. |
Hometown |
| F |
Katie Herter |
Bowdoin |
Jr. |
Topsfield, Mass. |
| F |
Morgan McCauley |
Wesleyan |
Jr. |
Rye, N.Y. |
| F |
Katie McMahon |
Amherst |
So. |
Denville, N.J. |
| M |
Charlotte Gardiner
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Middlebury |
So. |
Mamaroneck, N.Y. |
| M |
Jess Perkins |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Barrington, R.I. |
| M |
Meryl Poulin |
Colby |
Sr. |
Cape Elizabeth, Maine |
| D |
Sarah Duncan |
Trinity |
Fy. |
Dedham, Mass. |
| D |
Shannon Malloy |
Bowdoin |
Sr. |
West Lebanon, N.H. |
| D |
Hilary Nabhan |
Wesleyan |
Sr. |
Rye, N.Y. |
| D |
Payson Sword |
Trinity |
Jr. |
Princeton, N.J. |
| GK |
Emily Neilson |
Bowdoin |
Sr. |
Chatham, Pa. |
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Player of the Year |
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| F |
Tamara Brown |
Tufts |
Sr. |
Annandale, Va. |
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Defensive Player of the Year |
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| D |
Taylor Dyer |
Tufts |
Jr. |
Windham, N.H. |
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Rookie of the Year |
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Sarah Duncan
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Trinity |
Fy. |
Dedham, Mass.
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Coach of the Year |
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Nicky Pearson
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Bowdoin |
