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A league-record 22
student-athletes have earned all-conference honors in field hockey
for the 2005 season. All selections were determined by a vote of the
league’s seven head coaches.
Montclair State senior forward Alexandria Kelly was named the
league’s Attack Player of the Year. A three-time NJAC Player of the
Week selection, Kelly currently leads the conference in points (37)
and assists (11), and is tied for the league lead in goals (13).
Kelly and the Red Hawks received an at-large bid to the NCAA
Division III National Championship Tournament. Montclair will host
Washington & Lee in an NCAA first round contest on November 9.
Rowan senior midfielder Elizabeth Unger was named the NJAC
Midfielder of the Year for the second consecutive season after
leading the Profs to the 2005 NJAC Championship. A two-time
all-conference selection, Unger currently ranks second in the
conference in assists (10) and fourth in the league in points (26).
Unger and the Profs, recipients of the conference’s automatic
qualification to the NCAA Tournament, will open NCAA play on
November 12 with a second round contest in Salisbury, MD.
A two-time all-conference selection, TCNJ junior back Meg Hess
was named NJAC
Defensive Player of the Year. The 2003 NJAC Rookie of the Year
helped lead TCNJ to its 25th consecutive NCAA Tournament
berth via an at-large selection. Hess and the Lions will begin NCAA
play on November 9 when they will host Keene State (NH) in a first
round game. Hess currently ranks third in the NJAC in assists (9)
and is tied for eighth in the league in points (21).
Richard Stockton junior Caitlin
Nolan was the recipient of the conference’s newly established
Goaltender of the Year Award. The Osprey net-minder currently leads
the NJAC in total saves (199) and saves per game (11.71).
TCNJ freshman forward Jennifer Lubin was named NJAC Rookie of
the Year. In 18 games played for the Lions, Lubin has recorded six
goals and two assists for 14 points.
After leading Rowan to its fifth NJAC Championship in school history
and its third conference crown in the past four years, Prof head
coach Penny Kempf was selected as NJAC Coach of the Year. Now in her
eighth year at the helm of the Rowan program, Kempf has posted a
record of 127-27 in a career highlighted by a NCAA Division III
National Championship in 2002.
2005 NJAC FIELD HOCKEY ALL-CONFERENCE
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