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One of the elite programs in Division III, the Pride reached the national championship in 2000 and the national semifinals in 1999. For four consecutive seasons, from 1998 to 2001, a Springfield College player garnered New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Year honors, including Melissa Rogers in 2001. Rogers took the head coaching reigns in 2004 from field hockey legend Dottie Potter Zenaty, who retired after 34 years on the SC sidelines.
Since Rogers’ inception four seasons ago, SC has continued its winning ways on the field hockey turf, capturing four straight (2004 through 2007) NEWMAC championships and making four trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament. In two of the last three seasons (2005, 2007), Springfield has reached the Elite Eight. In 2006, Brittany Veazie was named NFHCA Division III First Team All-American, as well as NEWMAC Player of the Year. In addition, Jane Kelleher was named NFHCA Division III Second Team All-American. In 2007, Kelleher was named NEWMAC Player of the Year, and goalkeeper Emma Kaplan was named a First Team All-American.
Springfield College’s Stagg Field hosted the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Division III Field Hockey National Championships. It was the first time in NCAA history that both semifinal games and the national championship had been played at a pre-determined site. Springfield also hosted the 1984 and 1989 Division I National Championships.
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| 1 | Springfield College Recognizes Outstanding Athletic Year At 2008 Annual Sports Recognition Night | 05/06/2008 | | 2 | Kaplan Named To ECAC Division III All-Star Team | 12/14/2007 | | 3 | Kelleher, Veazie, and Kaplan Named All-Americans | 11/19/2007 | | 4 | Five Named to 2007 Longstreth/NFHCA Division III All-Region Team | 11/12/2007 | | 5 | No. 14 Field Hockey Falls in Elite Eight of NCAA Tournament to Salisbury, 2-1 | 11/12/2007 | | 6 | Field Hockey Upsets Christopher Newport, 2-1, in Overtime in NCAA Championship Second Round | 11/10/2007 | | 7 | Five Student-Athletes Named to NEWMAC Field Hockey Academic All-Conference Team | 11/08/2007 | | 8 | No. 14 Field Hockey Advances Past King's (Pa.), 3-1, In NCAA Tourney First Round | 11/07/2007 | | 9 | Five Student-Athletes Named to NEWMAC Field Hockey All-Conference Teams | 11/06/2007 | | 10 | Gameday Central: Field Hockey Takes On King's College (Pa.) in NCAA Tournament | 11/06/2007 | | 11 | Jill Urtz Named NEWMAC Player of the Week in Field Hockey | 11/05/2007 | | 12 | No. 14 Field Hockey Wins Fourth-Straight NEWMAC Title; Tops Wellesley 3-0 to Reach the NCAA Tourney | 11/05/2007 | | 13 | Fourth-Seeded Field Hockey Drops Top-Seeded Babson, 3-1, To Advance to NEWMAC Final | 11/03/2007 | | 14 | No. 14 Field Hockey Tops Mount Holyoke, 3-0, in NEWMAC Quarterfinals | 10/27/2007 | | 15 | No. 14 Springfield College Field Hockey Rallies Past Trinity, 2-1 | 10/25/2007 |
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