Women's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams Announced
Lloyd of Amherst Scores
Player of the Year
HADLEY, Mass. – Junior defender Geneva Lloyd (Calgary,
Alberta) of Amherst has been selected by the conference coaches as
the 2012 NESCAC Player of the Year. Lloyd, one of the most dynamic
players in the league, has helped the Lord Jeffs achieve 20 wins in
a single season for the third time in the last four years along
with a spot in this weekend's NESCAC semifinals. She is the second
Amherst player to ever be named Player of the Year, joining former
Jeff Krystyn Elek, who was honored in 2009.
In addition to earning the
conference's top honor, Lloyd was appointed to the All-NESCAC First
Team for the third consecutive year, a rare accomplishment across
all conference sports. Through 24 games this season, Lloyd leads
all league blue-liners in scoring and ranks second among her
teammates with 23 points on nine goals and 14 assists. Of her nine
tallies, seven have come on the power play. She has netted two
goals in a game on three separate occasions and recorded three
assists, her highest single-game output of the year, in a 6-0
victory over Oswego St. on Dec. 10. As talented as Lloyd is in the
offensive zone with the puck, the junior defender has helped the
Jeffs frustrate opponents in their own end, as Amherst has held
teams to a league-low 1.20 goals per game.
Middlebury led all programs with
three representatives on the All-Conference First Team. Junior
Madison Styrbicki (Edina, Minn.) garnered All-NESCAC honors for the
third year in a row, as she was one of three skaters to repeat on
the First Team. Second only to Lloyd among defenders in points with
20 (4-16-20), Styrbicki plays a vital role on the blue line for the
Panthers on the power play and penalty kill units. Also recognized
from Middlebury were forwards Lauren Greer (North Hampton, N.H.)
and Sara Ugalde (Burlington, Conn.). Greer, a talented two-sport
junior who was selected as the NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the
Year this past fall, is second in the conference in scoring with a
career-best 27 points on 11 goals and 16 assists. The sophomore
Ugalde is not far behind her teammate with 13 tallies and 11
helpers for 24 points (8th NESCAC). Eight of her goals have come on
the man-advantage, tops in the league.
After a breakout sophomore season
that rewarded her with All-NESCAC First Team honors, junior forward
Kayte Holtz (New Berlin, Wis.) of Bowdoin returned to the First
Team for a second tour. Holtz paces the Polar Bears in scoring for
the third-straight year with a league-leading 32 points on 15 goals
and 17 assists through 25 games. Five of her tallies have come on
the power play, while four have been game-winners for Bowdoin.
During the Polar Bears' quarterfinal outing against Williams, Holtz
had a hand in all three goals in a 3-2 overtime victory.
Rounding out the All-Conference
First Team was Trinity sophomore goaltender Alexa Pujol (New
Canaan, Conn.). Pujol has backboned the Bantams during their surge
over the second half of this season. Through 20 appearances, Pujol
has posted a .935 save percentage, second among the netminders in
the NESCAC, along with a 1.73 goals against average heading into
the final rounds of the NESCAC tournament.
Forward Jordan Schildhaus
(Woodbury, N.Y.) of Wesleyan came away as the NESCAC Rookie of the
Year. In her first stint with the Cardinals, Shildhaus led her
squad on the ice with eight goals and five assists for 13 points, a
total that put her sixth among first year skaters in the
conference. Ten of her 13 points came against NESCAC
competition.
Trinity head coach Carson Duggan
was honored as Coach of the Year. An assistant coach for the
Bantams last season, Duggan took over the reins of the Trinity
program a little over a month before the start of the 2011-12
campaign after nine-year bench boss Andy McPhee moved on to Brown.
The Bantams had a slow start to the year but turned things around
after January 1, going 13-4-0 to finish the regular season and
wrapping up the fourth seed in the NESCAC championship. Trinity
advanced to this weekend's NESCAC semifinals for the third
consecutive year following a 3-1 decision over
Hamilton.
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2011-12 NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey
All-Conference
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First Team |
Institution
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Yr. |
Hometown |
F
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Lauren Greer
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Middlebury
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Jr.
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North Hampton, N.H.
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F
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Kayte Holtz
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Bowdoin
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Jr.
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New Berlin, Wis.
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F
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Sara Ugalde
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Middlebury
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So.
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Burlington, Conn.
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Geneva Lloyd
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Amherst |
Jr. |
Calgary, Alberta
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Madison Styrbicki |
Middlebury |
Jr. |
Edina, Minn. |
G
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Alexa Pujol
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Trinity
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So.
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New Canaan, Conn.
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Second Team |
Institution |
Yr. |
Hometown |
F
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Courtney Dumont
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Connecticut College
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So.
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Lewiston, Maine
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F
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Josie Fisher
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Amherst
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Sr.
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Norwich, Vt.
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F
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Katie Zimmerman
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Hamilton
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Jr.
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Plymouth, Mich.
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D
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Ashley Salerno
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Amherst
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So.
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Brunswick, Maine
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D
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Samantha Weinstein
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Williams
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Jr.
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Marblehead, Mass.
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G
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Brianne Wheeler
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Colby
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So.
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Brussels, Ontario
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Player of the
Year |
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Geneva Lloyd
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Amherst |
Jr. |
Calgary, Alberta
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Rookie of the Year |
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F
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Jordan Schildhaus
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Wesleyan
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Fy.
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Woodbury, N.Y.
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Coach of the
Year |
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Carson Duggan
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Trinity
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