FOUR NAMED TO NFHCA ACADEMIC SQUAD March 18: Four members of St. Lawrence University's 2002 field hockey team have been selected to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All Academic team for the 2002 season. Sophomore Erin Lloyd, the Saints' second leading scorer in their ECAC Mid-Atlantic championship season with 11 goals and two assists for 24 points is joined by a trio of first-year players on the all academic squad which called for a grade point average of at least 3.3 to qualify. Lloyd from Corinth, NY, was joined by freshman Carrie Eggleston, also from Corinth, who had two goals and an assist last fall for five points, Logan Rich of Glenburn, Me, who played in eight games for the Saints and midfielder Majken Tranby of South Hero, VT, who appeared in ten games.
CHAMPS AGAIN! HEFFLER IS MVP Nov. 17: Jenny Heffler scored both goals and earned tournament Most Valuable Player honors and St. Lawrence University's field hockey team won its second ECAC Mid-Atlantic Field Hockey Tournament in the last three years with a 2-1 win over Rensselaer at Montclair State Sunday afternoon. The
Saints, who concluded their season with a 13-6 record and are Heffler opened the scoring in the title game as she put the Saints on the board just 4:566 into play off a penalty corner from Nicola Reid and Liz Allison, beating Rensselaer goalie Cathy Hotchkiss off Allison's stop on the perfectly executed corner play. She then extended the lead to 2-0 on another corner at 20:51 of the first half as she collected the ball in front and fired a backhand shot home for her 21st of the season with first year player Tiffany Elsenbeck assisting. While eighth-seeded Rensselaer got one back when Sarah Salinger scored her third of the season in a scramble in front with 19 seconds to go in the first half, Saint goalie Amelia Gomez had four of her nine saves in the game in the second half to preserve the victory. Gomez finished with nine saves in the game while Hotchkiss had six for the Red Hawks. The Saints were outshot 15-13 in the game, but had an 11-9 edge in penalty corners. SAINTS IN FINALS OF TOPSY-TURVEY TOURNEY Nov. 17: St. Lawrence University's field hockey team will look for its second Eastern College Athletic Conference field hockey championship in the last three years Sunday afternoon at Montclair State, but must beware the upset bug. The Saints advanced to the championship game with a 2-1 win over seventh-seeded College of Misericordia late Saturday night, but fourth-seeded Montclair, the only home seed in the first round to survive, was ousted by eighth seed Rensselaer 2-1 in overtime on Saturday to set up an all-UCAA championship game. RPI won its second straight overtime upset in the topsy-turvey tournament, having upset top seed William Smith in the quarterfinals. First year midfielder Kate Yarmowich opened the scoring for the Saints on a penalty shot with 4:14 to play in the first half. Yarmowich scorer her fifth of the season and second penalty shot of the year, beating Misericordia goalie Liz Kovalchik to the left side of the goal. Liz Allison made it 2-0 just 2:12 later as she scored the eventual game winner, tipping Val Angelichio's shot from the left side of the net into the lower corner. Kim Daniel cut the Saint lead to 2-1 for 18-4 Misericordia with her 18th goal of the year on a hard shot 7:38 into the second half, but Saint goalie Amelia Gomez made three saves in the stretch to preserve the Saint win. The Saints outshot Misericordia 16-5 with Kovalchik finishing with 13 saves. SAINTS TOP DREW IN OVERTIME; ADVANCE IN ECAC TOURNEY Nov. 13: St. Lawrence University's field hockey team has advanced to the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Mid-Atlantic Regional Field Hockey Tournament for the second time in three years as a lower seed as the sixth-seeded Saints upset third seeded Drew 5-4 in overtime at Drew on Wednesday. The Saints, who won the 2000 tournament as the fourth seeded team, will advance to the semifinals at fourth-seed Montclair State, the only of the top-seeded teams to win on Wednesday. Seventh seeded Misercordia upset second seed Hartwick 2-0 in one Wednesday quarterfinal and eighth-seeded RPI knocked off first seed William Smith 2-1 in double overtime. Montclair will play RPI in the 6:30 p.m. first game on Saturday with the Saints playing Misercordia in the 8:30 p.m. nightcap. The championship game will be played Sunday.
. The Saints opened the scoring when UCAA Rookie of the Year Tiffany Elsenbeck scored from Liz Allison just three minutes into the game. The Rangers answered 7:53 later on senior Casey Rogers' breakaway to make it a 1-1 game at the half. St. Lawrence gained the lead at 2-1 as Heffler scored the first of her two goals in the game early in the second half, but Kara Fetter retied the game for Drew. Drew took its first lead with 14 minutes to play on a rocket by Colleen Mahon, but the Saints struck right back as Heffler scored two minutes later and Lauren Greene put the Saints in front 4-3 from Heffler. Fetter scored her second from Sarah Bergmann on the penalty corner with time expired to send the game into overtime before Lloyd netted the game winner. Tara Connolly and Emily Casey split time in the Drew net and combined for three saves while Amelia Gomez had five stops for the Saints. SAINTS DRAW DREW IN ECAC TOURNEY The Saints will make their second appearance in the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Tournament in three years Wednesday when they travel to Drew for a quarterfinal game. The Saints, 10-6, were seeded sixth while Drew, 14-6, earned the third seed. The game will be played at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Madison, NJ, which is about 30 miles west of Manhattan. William Smith is the tourney's top seed and will play RPI in the first round. Hartwick, seeded second, plays Misercordia while fourth seeded Juniata meets Montclair. The winners will advance to the site of the highest surviving seed for semifinals and finals on Saturday and Sunday. HONORS ROLL IN FOR SAINTS
SAINTS FALL TO HERONS IN UCAA TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Nov. 9: A return trip to the NCAA Tournament is now unlikely for the St. Lawrence University field hockey team, as the Saints fell to William Smith 2-1 in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals hosted by Skidmore on Saturday afternoon. Erin Weir scored the game-winning goal for William Smith with just 8:56 remaining on the clock, breaking a 1-1 tie. The Saints had the better end of the statistics in all but the most important category ... goals. The Saints outshot the Herons 14-8 and had 13 penalty corners to William Smith’s six. Erin Lloyd scored St. Lawrence’s only goal to tie the game halfway through the first half. Amelia Gomez made five saves for the Saints, while Jessica Kulesa made eight for the Herons, who improve to 14-5. The Saints, who advanced to the quarterfinals in last year’s NCAA Tournament, are now 10-6 on the season and await word on a possible ECAC Tournament berth. CORTLAND WINS 4-0 IN FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME Cortland senior Julie Gentner led the fifth-ranked Red Dragons to a 4-0 win over St. Lawrence in the Saints' final regular season field hockey game Wednesday afternoon. Cortland improved to 15-2 overall, while the Saints, who are idle until the UCAA tournament Nov. 9-10, are 10-5. The Dragons scored the only goal of the first half when Saint goalie Amelia Gomez was called for covering the ball and sophomore Ashley Ostrander converted for Cortland. Gentner then scored three second half goals to put the game out of reach. Her first came off a rebound at 14:23 and she scored her second on a penalty corner with 14:18 to play. She completed the hat trick with a penalty stroke with eight minutes left after another covering the ball call. Goalie Erin Moran had five saves for the shutout for Cortland while Gomez finished with nine saves for the Saints. SAINTS FALL TO WILLIAM SMITH IN FINAL UCAA GAME Oct. 26: The 13th-ranked William Smith College field hockey team defeated visiting St. Lawrence University this afternoon, 3-1. Three different Herons scored in the teams’ final Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association game of the regular season. Lily Gillett opened the scoring early in the first half to give William Smith a 1-0 lead. The Saints answered at the 19:15 mark when Carrie Eggleston finished a feed from classmate Kate Yarmowich. Sarah Silverio drove home the game winner eight minutes before halftime, and Brigid Lynch added an insurance goal with 4:24 remaining in the contest. In goal, junior Jessica Kulesa (Garden City/Garden City, N.Y.) made four saves for the Herons, while junior Amelia Gomez (Millbrook/Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) made six stops for the Saints. The Saints will conclude the regular season at Cortland Wednesday and then will play in the first UCAA tournament on Saturday and Sunday Nov. 9-10. St. Lawrence, William Smith and Rensselaer all finished tied for second behind unbeaten Skidmore in the UCAA standings. William Smith will be the second seed and the Saints the third seed based on tiebreakers. SAINTS COME BACK FROM EARLY DEFICIT, BEAT ROCHESTER Oct. 25: After giving up a goal with just under ten minutes to play in the first half, Kate Yarmowich and Lauren Greene responded with two goals to close out the half to give the Saints the lead at halftime, and the team held on, beating Rochester 3-1 in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association game on Friday afternoon. Jenny Heffler added her 17th goal of the season in the second half to put the game away with less than 20 minutes to play. The Saints only allowed one shot in the game, Kaitlin Poeth’s goal, which gave the Yellowjackets a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute. The win is the seventh consecutive win for the Saints, who improved to 10-3, 5-1 UCAA. Rochester fell to 10-8, 1-5. The Saints will wrap up the conference schedule with a Saturday afternoon game against William Smith. SAINTS TOP HARTWICK 1-0 FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN Oct. 19: Freshman Liz Allison tapped home a rebound of a shot off the goal post with 5:59 to go to lift St. Lawrence University's field hockey team to a 1-0 win over Hartwick and its sixth straight win on a rainy Saturday afternoon on North Country Field. The Saints scored the game's only goal ten minutes after the game resumed following a delay due to a passing thunder storm. Freshman Tiffany Elsenbeck assisted on the goal, Allison's fourth of the season, after a scramble in the circle caught Hartwick goalie Megan Davis out of position. The Saints, now 9-3, outshot Hartwick 15-7 in a game which was played in a steady rain. Hartwick, which saw a three game win streak snapped, dropped to 11-4 on the season. Junior goaltender Amelia Gomez finished with seven saves for the Saints including one on a second half penalty stroke. She received strong support from defenders Rachel Kelley, Mary Amidon and Kate Pellegrini with Kelley contributing a defensive save. It was the fourth shutout of the year for the Saint goaltender. Davis had 14 saves for Hartwick. SAINTS DOMINATE BREWERS FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN (October 12, 2002)—The St. Lawrence University field hockey team made short work of Vassar on Saturday afternoon, scoring five first half goals en route to a 7-0 win over the Brewers on Saturday on North Country Field. After a scoreless 15 minutes, Erin Lloyd scored two goals in under a minute to give the Saints a 2-0 lead with 19 minutes to play in the first half. Kate Yarmowich scored the Saints third goal less than five minutes later, and Jenny Heffler gave the Saints a 4-0 lead with 11:30 to play off an assist from Tiffany Elsenbeck, the last of three consecutive assist for Elsenbeck. Lauren Greene capped the first half with a goal from Val Angelichio just 45 seconds after Heffler's tally. The Saints maintained their lead for the entire second half, then scored two goals in the final minute of play, one by Carolyn Gioia, and another by Liz Allison. Amelia Gomez made three saves in the first half, and Sarah Rohrs and Megan Ramos split time in the second half to record the shutout for the Saints. Tara Trifon made 18 saves for the Brewers. The Saints, who have won five games in a row, improved to 8-3, 4-1 UCAA, while Vassar fell to 4-8, 1-3. The Saints will host Hartwick in a non-league game at 2 p.m. next Saturday on North Country Field. SAINTS DEFENSE INSTUMENTAL IN WIN OVER RENSSELAER (October 11, 2002)—St. Lawrence played a strong defensive game, allowing just eight penalty corners and 10 shots on their way to a 3-1 win over Rensselaer in field hockey action at North Country Field. The Saints jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to improve to 7-3-0 overall and 3-1-0 in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference. Jen Heffler led the offense with two goals and an assist. She got the Saints on the board early, scoring on an assist from Liz Allison just nine minutes into the game. Heffler scored again with 9:14 remaining in the half on assists from Allison and Nicola Reid. Erin Lloyd made it a 3-0 game when she made good on Heffler’s assist with 4:38 left in the half. Jessica Butler scored for Rensselaer (6-3, 2-1) with 1:41 left in the half, but a stalwart Saint defense wouldn’t allow them to get any closer. St. Lawrence gave up just one first half shot and only 10 in the game as Amelia Gomez came up with nine saves. Mary Amidon chipped in with two defensive saves and Reid also had one. The Saints outshot the Red Hawks 23-10 and had 11 penalty corners to eight. Cathy Hotchkiss had 20 saves in net for Rensselaer. The Saints next game is scheduled for Saturday, October 12, as they take on Vassar at 2:00 p.m. at North Country Field. HEFFLER'S GOAL GIVES SAINTS A WIN Oct. 5: Jenny Heffler scored her 13th goal of the season with 10:57 to play in the game to lift St. Lawrence University's field hockey team to a 1-0 win over Geneseo at Geneseo on Saturday. Heffler scored from Liz Allison with 59:03 gone in the game for the day's only goal as the Saints improved to 6-3 overall. Amelia Gomez had three saves to post the shutout while Amanda Carver had two saves for Geneseo. The Saints, who will host Rensselaer and Vassar in UCAA games next Friday and Saturday, outshot Geneseo 6-4 and had a 13-7 edge in corners. LLOYD LEADS SAINTS PAST HAMILTON IN FIELD HOCKEY Oct. 1: St. Lawrence sophomore Erin Lloyd scored two goals to lead the Saint field hockey team past Hamilton College in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association game under the lights at North Country Field Tuesday night.
The Saints, 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the UCAA, held a 2-0 halftime lead as Nicola Reid scored her third of the year from Liz Allison at the 20:28 mark of the first half. Jenny Heffler scored her team leading 12th of the season off a fast break from Tiffany Elsenbeck 2:07 into the second half; Kate Yarmowich scored her second of the season, finishing off a pretty crossing pass from Reid at 545:11 and Allison scored her second from Logan Rich with 11:27 left in the game to complete the scoring. Baldwin had eight first half saves for Hamilton, now 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the UCAA while Penelope Noble had eight second half saves. Amelia Gomez had four saves for the Saints before giving way to Megan Ramos for the final seven minutes in the Saint nets. SAINTS ROUT UNION 7-0, HEFFLER, ELSENBECK SCORE TWO EACH Sept. 28: St. Lawrence University junior field hockey star Jenny Heffler scored two goals and set up a third and first-year standout Tiffany Elsenbeck had her first multi-goal game as the Saints routed Union College 7-0 in an Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association game on North Country Field Saturday afternoon. Heffler, who went into the weekend leading the nation in points per game, scored her 10th and 11th goals of the season and now has 11 goals and five assists for 27 points in seven games. Elsenbeck scored her second and third collegiate goals and the Saints held Union to a total of two shots in registering the shutout. St.
Lawrence, 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the UCAA outshot Union, Elsenbeck opened the scoring when she took a pass from midfielder Val Angelichio and put it past Meissner off a long corner with 4:40 gone in the game. Heffler then scored her tenth of the season in a scramble in front of the goal with 13:55 gone to make it a 2-0 Saint lead at the half. Heffler put back a rebound off a defender's stick off Angelichio's set up with 2:43 gone in the second half to make it 3-0 and the Saints scored two goals just 1:31 apart to blow it open. Elsenbeck redirected Erin Lloyd's shot from the top of the circle with 28:40 to go and Nicola Reid scored from Heffler and Lauren Greene off a penalty corner with 27:09 to go. Blair Bucklin then added her first of the season from Kate Pellegrini with 11:49 to go and Kate Yarmowich scored her first collegiate goal on a penalty stroke with 20 seconds to go in the game. The Saints will host Hamilton in a 6 p.m. UCAA game Tuesday. Skidmore Wins Battle of Ranked Teams in Field Hockey Sept. 27: Junior Carrie Caunter scored two goals, her third and fourth of the season, and senior goaltender Kristine Osmond needed only six saves for a shutout as Skidmore College, ranked sixth nationally, blanked 19th-ranked St. Lawrence 3-0 on rain-soaked North Country Field at St. Lawrence Friday afternoon. Skidmore improves to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association with the win. The Saints are now 3-3 overall and 0-1 in conference play. Caunter scored the game's first goal with 9:38 to go in the first half when she took a pass from Lindsey Measeck and snapped a shot past Saint goalie Amelia Gomez from the center of the attack area. She made it a 2-0 game with 21:38 left in regulation time, scoring off a feed by Colleen Barber on a penalty corner. Annie Ledyard tipped home her second goal of the season on a penalty corner with an assist from Hallory Mogren with 14:07 left in the game to complete the scoring. Gomez finished with 11 saves for the Saints while Osmond had six for Skidmore HEFFLER LEADS SAINTS PAST MANHATTANVILLE Sept. 22: Jenny Heffler continued a torrid scoring pace on Sunday, scoring one goal and setting up three others to lead the Saint field hockey team to a 5-2 win over Manhattanville in the second game of the two-day William Smith Filed Hockey Invitational. Heffler, who has scored in every game for the Saints, now has nine goals and four assists for 22 points in the first five games of the season. The Saints improved to 3-2 on the season with the victory and will open UCAA play with home games against Skidmore and Union on North Country Field Friday and Saturday. The Saints and Valiants traded goals through the first 26 minutes of the game with the Saints grabbing the early lead on Erin Lloyd's third of the season from Heffler as Lloyd tapped a ball over the line after Heffler's shot came inches from going in with 3:13 gone in the game. Kristen Coffey tied for Manhattanville with 15:01 gone, but freshman Carrie Eggleston put away a rebound off the goaltender for her first collegiate goal at 17:36 to give the Saints a 2-1 lead. Ashley Jerome scored on a rebound for the Valiants at 26:02 to tie it again at 2-2, but the Saints needed just 11 seconds to take the lead again as Heffler fed Tiffany Elsenbeck for Elsenbeck's first collegiate goal at 26:13. The Saints iced it with two second half goals, the first coming with 6:07 to play in regulation when Heffler broke away and fed Lloyd with a pretty pass for Lloyd's second goal of the game and the second, Heffler's ninth of the season with 40 seconds to go, came on a one-on-one with the goaltender after another breakaway. Amelia Gomez picked up the win in goal for the Saints, making two saves while April Yeomans had 14 saves for Manhattanville. The Siants had a 28-8 edge in shots and a 14-10 lead in penalty corners. SUSQUEHANNA TOPS SAINTS 3-1 Sept. 21: Susquehanna University scored three goals in the first 8:31 of the game and improved to 5-1 on the season with a 3-1 win over St. Lawrence in the first round of the William Smith Field Hockey Invitational in Geneva on Saturday. The Saints, now 2-2, will take on Manhattanville Sunday morning at 11 in the second game of the two-game tournament. The Saints were outshot 13-6 overall and 12-1 in the first half as Susquehanna built an early lead. Caitlin Meara opened the scoring 2:07 into the game and Lindsey Barr made it 2-0 just under four minutes later with a blast from the top of the circle which beat Saint goalie Amelia Gomez. Jodi Dottery scored her seventh goal of the year on a tip in from Katie McKeever with 8:31 gone in the game for the big early lead. The Saints increased the pressure in the second half, outshooting Susquehanna 5-1 and earning seven penalty corners to two, but did not score until just 20 seconds remained in the game when Jenny Heffler scored her eighth of the season from Lauren Greene. Gomez finished with six saves for the Saints while Katie Hess had two for Susquehanna. HEFFLER SCORES THREE MORE IN SAINT FIELD HOCKEY ROMP Sept. 14: St. Lawrence University junior Jenny Heffler is on a roll for the Saint field hockey team. The Saints will play Susquehanna and Manhattanville in games next Saturday and Sunday at William Smith. Sarah Rohrs made five first half saves and Amelia Gomez, who saw her first action of the year after battling pre-season injury, made one in the second half to combine for the shutout in goal. Laker goalie Ashley Perkins had 18 saves as the Saints had a 23-6 edge in shots on goal, allowing just one Oswego shot in the second half. Heffler scored the lone goal of the first half, coverting from freshman Tiffany Elsenbeck with 19:06 to go in the half. Heffler converted from Mary Amidon off a penalty corner with 29:40 left in the second half for her sixth of the year and added her seventh of the season from Elsenbeck 5:55 later. Erin Lloyd scored her second of the year for the Saints from Carrie Eggleston with 17:12 to go and senior Lauren Greene scored her first of the season from Liz Allison with 5:06 left to complete the scoring for the Saints. ST. MICHAEL'S TIPS SAINTS IN OT Sept. 11: Katie Whiteley redirected a cross from Katie McElroy at 8:04 of overtime to give Division II St. Michael's College a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence in field hockey Wednesday afternoon. The Purple Knights won their third straight and improved to 3-1, while the Saints are now 1-1 heading into a Saturday game at home against Oswego. Jenny Heffler scored her fourth goal of the season off a feed by Erin Lloyd on a rain soaked field to open the scoring with 16:54 to go in the first half. Jilby Danis scored the tying goal with 6:05 to go in regulation time to force the overtime and Whitley scored the game-winner in overtime. Sarah Rohrs had 13 saves for the Saints as St. Michael's had a 19-6 edge in shots on goal and an 18-13 advantage in penalty corners. SAINTS DOWN ONEONTA IN SEASON OPENER, 6-2 September 7, 2002-The St. Lawrence University field hockey team won their season opener 6-2 over Oneonta (1-2 overall), scoring the first six goals of the game on a hot Saturday afternoon at North Country Field. Junior Jenny Heffler led the Saint attack, scoring three goals and assisting on another. The Saints are ranked 17th nationally in Division III after the first national coaches poll. Heffler accounted for the first two goals, scoring unassisted with 17:26 left in the first half and followed that with a score on a penalty corner with first-year student Tiffany Elsenbeck getting the assist, her first career point. Elsenbeck had her hand in on the Saints next goal with 4:41 left in the half, assisting with sophomore Erin Lloyd's score, giving St. Lawrence a 3-0 lead at the break. Heffler was named UCAA field hockey Player of the Week while Elsenbeck earned Rookie of the Week for their performances. The Saints dominated the first half stats, outshooting the Red Dragons 13-3 and earning eight penalty corners. They carried the momentum into the second half, scoring twice in the first 3:56 of the half. Junior Nicola Reid accounted for the fourth Saint goal at 32:13 on a Heffler assist, and just 69 seconds later Heffler was on the opposite end scoring her third of the game on senior Lauren Greene's assist. First-year student Liz Allison scored her first collegiate goal with 15 minutes left in the game on classmate Elizabeth Keyes' assist to give St. Lawrence the 6-0 lead. Brooke Thomson scored two goals in the last 1:49 for Oneonta to cap the scoring at 6-2. Red Dragon's goalie Kelly Mohr made 13 saves in the game with Sarah Rohrs stopping five in the Saints' net. St. Lawrence registered 21 shots in the game while allowing just 10 and also earned 13 penalty corners to seven for Oneonta. The
Saints next game is on Wednesday, September 11, as they travel to Burlington,
Vt., to take on St. Michael's in a 4:00 p.m. game. SAINTS LOOK TO CONTINUE SUCCESS IN FIELD HOCKEY St. Lawrence University's field hockey team graduated only three seniors from a team which went 13-3, the best in SLU history, and earned a spot in the NCAA Atlantic Region finals. With eight starters returning and some promising newcomers on the roster, the Saints are poised to carry on the success they have enjoyed over the past two seasons, going 27-10 in that span. But, there isn't any question that they will miss those three seniors. Stacy Turner graduated as the all-time leading goal scorer in Saint history and was a two-time first team All America. Turner, who scored 18 goals and had seven assists last year, was joined in the graduating class by All America Lindsay Wormwood, the Saints' second leading scorer a year ago with 10 goals and nine assists and by all conference choice Beth Lomanto, an outstanding defensive midfielder. "It certainly is going to seem different without Stacy, Lindsay and Beth," said coach Fran Grembowicz. "But we do have a lot of experience and talent returning, and I think we have some young players with a lot of potential." Leading the returnees offensively are junior Jenny Heffler, who had nine goals and four assists last year, and senior Lauren Greene, who scored eight goals and had six assists. Sophomore Erin Lloyd was UCAA Rookie of the Year and scored four goals to go with two assists and Blair Bucklin and Caitlin Parkinson came off the bench to score two goals each last year. Carolyn Gioia and Kate Pellegrini were also key contributors off the bench last season and will be candidates for a starting role as sophomores. The Saints are proven at midfield, led by junior All America Nicole Reid, who added two goals and seven assists to outstanding defensive play, plus senior Val Angelichio, a three-year regular and backs Mary Amidon and Rachel Kelley, both seniors, also return with three years as starters under their belts. Junior Amelia Gomez was the starting goalie for the Saints last season and had a strong post-season showing while sophomore Sarah Rohrs has had a solid early camp and is pushing for additional playing time. Among the top first year candidates for regular roles are a trio of forwards: Liz Allison, Carrie Eggleston and Tiffany Elsenbeck. Allison, who is from North Creek and played at Johnsburg Central School, and Eggleston, who is from Corinth, were both Adirondack League all stars and Allison was also a Section II All State player and team MVP in field hockey. Kate Yarmowich, a midfielder from Warrensburg was League MVP and a member of the state tournament all star team and back Elizabeth Keyes has also been impressive in early workouts. The Saints will prep for the season with a series of scrimmages at Stowe, VT on Saturday and Sunday and will open at home Saturday, Sept. 7 against Oneonta. |
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The
Saints snapped a six-game Drew winning streak with their overtime victory after
Drew forced the extra period on a penalty stroke with no time remaining on the
game clock at the end of regulation time. Erin Lloyd scored the game winner, her
11th of the year and fourth game winner with 45 seconds to go in the first overtime
off an assist from Jen Heffler (left) who scored two goals and had two assists
in the game.
Lloyd
(left) opened the scoring with her fifth goal of the season and second game winner
with 13:31 gone in the game as she redirected a pass from Mary Amidon past Hamilton
goalie Sarah Baldwin off a penalty corner. She added her second goal, the Saints'
fourth of the game at 47:48, scoring in a scramble at the goal mouth. 
Heffler,
who scored four goals in the first two games of the young season, added three
more Saturday as the Saints rolled past Oswego 5-0 to improve to 2-1 on the season
overall and 2-0 against Division III competition. Heffler, who scored ten goals
in 21 games as a freshman for her career high, is already within three of that
total for the Saints, who are ranked 17th nationally in Division III. 
