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UConn Huskies Field Hockey
The UConn Huskies field hockey team represents the University of Connecticut in the sport of field hockey in the NCAA Division I level Big East Conference. The team plays at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex, and is coached by Nancy Stevens, the most successful coach in college field hockey. The Huskies have won five national championships, including 2013, 2014, and 2017, also finished as runner up twice, and appeared in 15 total Final Fours. They have also won 16 Big East Conference Field Hockey Tournament titles, most in conference history. Notable players Internationals ; ; * Cécile Pieper ; * Sophie Hamilton ; * Roisin Upton Head coaches See also *List of NCAA Division I field hockey programs The following is a list of schools that participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I field hockey, according to NCAA.org. In the most recently completed 2022 season, 79 Division I schools competed. Conf ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston. UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two brothers who donated the land for the school. In 1893, the school became a public land grant college, becoming the University of Connecticut in 1939. Over the following decade, social work, nursing and graduate programs were established, while the schools of law and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university has been considered a Public Ivy. UConn is one of the founding institution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roisin Upton
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Roisin may refer to: * Róisín, Roisin or Rosheen, an Irish female given name (including a list of persons with the name) * "Róisín Dubh" (song), an Irish political song * "Róisín Dubh", a track from the Thin Lizzy album '' Black Rose: A Rock Legend'' * ''LÉ Róisín'' (P51), a ship in the Irish Naval Service * Roisin (Honnelles), a village in the Belgian municipality of Honnelles Honnelles (; pcd, Onele) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. The name comes from the two rivers which cross the municipality, Grande Honnelle and Petite Honnelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Hamilton
Sophie Hamilton (born 28 February 2001) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams. Club career Hamilton plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. She joined them after playing in the USA for UConn Huskies The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs. The school is a member of the NCAA's Division I and the Big East Conference. The university's fo ... in 2019 and 2020. Hamilton has also played for Clifton Robinsons and Team Bath Buccaneers. Personal life She has a twin sister, Liv, who plays with her on the national team. References External links * UConn Huskies bio 2001 births Living people English female field hockey players Women's England Hockey League players Twin sportspeople English twins UConn Huskies field hockey players Field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile Pieper
Cécile Sophie Pieper (born 31 August 1994) is a German field hockey player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. , Pieper was studying for a master's degree at the University of Connecticut, where she played on the Connecticut Huskies field hockey The UConn Huskies field hockey team represents the University of Connecticut in the sport of field hockey in the NCAA Division I level Big East Conference. The team plays at the George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex, and is coached by Nancy St ... team. References External links * 1994 births Living people German female field hockey players German female indoor hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Heidelberg Female field hockey midfielders UConn Hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Madl
Diane Madl (born August 31, 1967) is an American former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is in her 20th season as Head Field Hockey Coach at Providence College. Life Madl, a native of Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, was a three-sport stand-out in field hockey, basketball and softball at Crestwood High School (Pennsylvania). Upon completion of her high school career, she went on to play field hockey at the University of Connecticut from 1985-88. While at UConn, she helped the Huskies capture the NCAA Division I National Championship in 1985. She was a two-time All-America selection as a junior and senior (1987, 1988) and earned the prestigious Honda Broderick Award upon the completion of her career, as the top collegiate field hockey player in the nation. Madl also earned Academic All-America honors and graduated magna cum laude, with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989. Madl went on to play for the U.S. National Team and compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa González (field Hockey)
Melissa González (born January 24, 1989) is an American field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national team. She was born in Peekskill, New York. She attended Lakeland High School. González completed her collegiate field hockey career at the University of Connecticut. She gained multiple awards during her collegiate career including First Team All-American and Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year. González has competed in World Championship games since 2014. She was named Best Player of the Tournament at the 2017 World League Semifinals in Johannesburg, South Africa. González's Olympic experience includes the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ..., and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Fuchs
Tracey Claire Fuchs (born November 3, 1966, in Centereach, New York) is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where ''Team USA'' finished in eighth and last position. She also played for the 1994 World Cup team that won the bronze medal. She won a bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games. Fuchs won the NCAA Division I national title as the coach of the Northwestern Wildcats in 2021. Life A former street hockey player on Long Island, she became a force on her high school field hockey team for Centereach Cougars. She was the last of four sisters — Dana, Jill and Lauren were the others — who were all team captains. Fuchs scored 82 goals her senior year, the National Federation record. She finished her high school career with 171 goals, second all-time. She went to the University of Connecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship is an American intercollegiate field hockey tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I national champion. The championship is contested exclusively by women's teams and there is no equivalent NCAA men's championship. The tournament has been held annually since 1981. The most successful team is the North Carolina Tar Heels, who have ten titles. In addition, North Carolina has finished national runner-up an NCAA record eleven times. The most recent championship was won by the North Carolina Tar Heels. Division II and Division III championships are also held each year. History Field hockey was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 (and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and Midwest metropolitan areas. The conference was officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference on August 1, 2013, and since then conference members have won NCAA national championships in men's basketball, women's cross country, field hockey, men's lacrosse, and men's soccer. Val Ackerman is the commissioner. The conference was formed after the "Catholic Seven" members of the original Big East Conference elected to split from the football-playing schools in order to start a new conference focused on basketball. These schools ( DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova) had announced their decision in December 2012. In March 2013, the new conference purchased the Big East Conference na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Stevens
Nancy Stevens is an American field hockey coach, most notable for serving as the head coach of the UConn Huskies field hockey team. She served as head coach for 30 seasons, compiling a 700–189–24 record, the most wins of any field hockey coach in Division I. She has made 17 NCAA Tournaments and won 12 Big East championships, a record. After UConn defeated Louisville 6–0 on October 11, 2013, Stevens passed Beth Anders for most wins all time of any Division I field hockey coach. Stevens won her first national championship in 2013 when the Huskies beat the Duke Blue Devils 2–0 in the national championship game. Stevens and the Huskies would repeat as champions the following year with a 1–0 win over Syracuse in the final. She also coached at Northwestern University for nine years and Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Divisions II and III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition. This level was previously called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower-level College Division; these terms were replaced with Roman numerals, numeric divisions in 1973. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two; the College Division members that offered scholarships or wanted to compete against those who did became NCAA Division II, Division II, while those who did not want to offer scholarships became NCAA Division III, Division III. For colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
