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NESCAC Field Hockey Weekly Release - Nov. 2, 2026

Every Monday during the season, a NESCAC Player of the Week will be selected based on information submitted by the athletic communications offices at member institutions.
 
NESCAC Field Hockey Player of the Week
Addie Chandler – Middlebury – So. – M – Dover, Colo.
Chandler converted a penalty stroke with 48 seconds left to propel No. 3 Middlebury to a 1-0 triumph over No. 16 Amherst in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. Chandler’s tally was the 12th of the season and the fifth of the game-winning variety, which both rank third in the conference.
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Senior Grace Pulchalski (Waxhaw, N.C.) made 10 saves over two games and allowed two goals in a 1-1 week for the Mammoths, who defeated Trinity 4-1 to end the regular season and fell 1-0 at No. 3 Middlebury in the NESCAC Quarterfinals. Puchalski stopped five Panther shots before giving up a penalty stroke goal with 48 seconds left. 
 
Bates – Haley Dwight (West Newbury, Mass.) made another defensive save last Tuesday at Colby in the regular season finale. The senior finished the regular season with seven defensive saves, second-most in the NESCAC.
 
Bowdoin – Senior Emily Ferguson (Shrewsbury, Mass.) scored her team-leading 10th goal of the season to help the Polar Bears to a split for the week as Bowdoin earned a 2-0 win over Wesleyan to advance to the NESCAC Semifinals after falling in the regular season finale 1-0 at No. 1-ranked Tufts on Tuesday.
 
Colby – Ginna Jacoby (Denver, Colo.) opened the week with an 11-save shutout against Bates to secure a 2-0 victory and send Colby to the NESCAC Tournament. In the NESCAC Quarterfinals against undefeated and top-seeded Tufts, the sophomore made 10 saves against heavy offensive pressure and eight penalty corner attempts. Jacoby has five double-digit save performances on the season.

Tufts – Eleanor Helm (Loudonville, N.Y.) scored goals in both games last week as Tufts improved to 16-0 overall. The sophomore scored the only goal in the 1-0 win over Bowdoin on Tuesday, which clinched the first 10-0 NESCAC season in Tufts program history. In the NESCAC Quarterfinal against Colby on Saturday, she scored her league-leading 17th goal of the season, already tied for the fifth-most in a single season in Tufts history, to help the Jumbos win 4-0.
 
Wesleyan – Junior Brooke Miner (Ridgefield, Conn.) scored two penalty stroke goals and assisted another, with a hand in all three goals in a 3-0 win over Conn. College on Wednesday.
 
Williams – Senior Claire Colvin (Winchester, Mass.) of the No. 8-ranked and fourth-seeded Ephs assisted on the game-winning goal in the 11th minute and added an insurance goal in the 41st minute in a 2-0 triumph against No. 6-ranked and fifth-seeded Hamilton in the NESCAC Quarterfinals on Williamson Field.