Blue Hens
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE FIELD HOCKEY HISTORY & RECORDS
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
In its first season of collegiate varsity lacrosse, Delaware posted a mark of 7-1, including four shutouts, under head coach Gillian Rattray.
1971 7-1 Head Coach: Gillian Rattray at Western Maryland................. W 1-0 at Millersville.............................. W 2-1 Trenton State.............................. W 4-1 Catonsville................................. W 5-0 at Goucher................................ W 5-0 at Glassboro.............................. W 2-1 West Chester............................... L 1-6 at Essex..................................... W 9-0
Salisbury................................... W 5-0 Glassboro.................................... L 1-2 Goucher.................................... W 7-1 at Towson State.......................... W 5-2 Maryland.................................. W 2-1 Ursinus........................................ T 1-1 at West Chester............................ L 0-1 *Montclair................................. W 4-1 *Rutgers...................................... T 1-1 *Kean........................................ W 2-0 *All College Tournament
1972 6-2-3 Head Coach: Barbara Viera Western Maryland..................... W 2-0 at Trenton State............................ T 1-1 at Catonsville............................. W 6-0 Goucher.................................... W 4-0 Millersville................................... L 0-4 Glassboro.................................... T 1-1 Montclair State........................... W 2-0 William Paterson........................ W 1-0 Fairleigh Dickinson..................... W 4-0 at Towson State............................ T 1-1 at West Chester............................ L 0-4
1975 11-5 Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens
1973 6-2-5 Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens Captains: Debbie Aptt, Marie Episcopo
Franklin & Marshall.................... W 2-0 at Western Maryland................. W 1-0 at Millersville................................ L 1-2 Trenton........................................ T 1-1 at Salisbury............................... W 4-0 at Glassboro................................ T 1-1 at Wesley.................................. W 3-2 Towson State.............................. W 3-0 at Maryland................................ T 1-1 West Chester............................... L 0-3 *Douglass.................................... T 0-0 *Princeton.................................... T 0-0 *Centenary................................ W 1-0 *All College Tournament 1974 10-2-2 Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens Captain: n/a Franklin & Marshall.................... W 2-0 Millersville................................. W 6-2 at William Paterson.................... W 8-0 at Trenton.................................. W 2-0
Captains: Audie Kujala, Diane Christian
Franklin & Marshall.................... W 4-1 Towson State.............................. W 6-0 at William Paterson.................... W 2-0 Trenton State.............................. W 3-0 at Salisbury State....................... W 4-1 Rutgers...................................... W 4-2 at Ursinus.................................... L 0-3 at Millersville.............................. W 2-0 at Maryland.............................. W 4-1 at Glassboro................................ L 0-2 West Chester............................... L 0-1 Montclair................................... W 5-1 #Trenton.................................... W 3-1 #Glassboro........................... W 0-0 ($) #West Chester............................. L 0-2 #Lock Haven................................ L 0-1 #EAIAW Regional (4th place) $Won on penetration time
1976 12-7-1 4th Place • AIAW Nat.’l Tourn. Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens Captains: Laura Chirnside, Audie Kujala, Caroline Geise at Franklin & Marshall................ W 4-1 Ursinus........................................ L 0-1 Paterson.................................... W 5-0 at Trenton.................................. W 1-0 Salisbury State........................... W 5-1 at Towson State.......................... W 2-0 at Rutgers.................................... L 1-3 Maryland.................................. W 2-1 Glassboro.................................. W 3-0 at West Chester............................ T 1-1 at Lock Haven.............................. L 0-2 at Montclair............................... W 2-0 #Gettysburg............................... W 1-0 #Penn State............................... W 1-0 #West Chester............................. L 0-3 #Lock Haven................................ L 0-2 !Springfield...........................W 1-1 (%) !Virginia...............................W 2-2 (%) !Ursinus....................................... L 0-5 !Lock Haven................................. L 0-2 #EAIAW Regional (4th place) !AIAW National Tournament (4th) %Won on penetration time 1977 12-5-5 3rd Place • AIAW Nat.’l Tourn. Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens Captains: Juli Grandell, Patricia Weber
Franklin & Marshall...................... T 2-2 at Ursinus.................................... T 2-2 at William Paterson.................... W 7-0 Trenton...................................... W 5-2 at Salisbury State....................... W 4-0 at Maryland................................ T 1-1 Towson State.............................. W 3-0 Rutgers........................................ T 1-1 Lock Haven.................................. L 1-2 at Millersville.............................. W 4-0 at Glassboro.............................. W 2-1 West Chester.............................. T 0-0 at Penn State................................ L 1-4 Montclair................................... W 5-0 #Lafayette.................................. W 4-0 #Slippery Rock........................... W 4-3
#West Chester............................. L 1-2 #Lock Haven................................ L 1-2 !Massachusetts........................... W 3-0 !Central Michigan...................... W 3-1 !West Chester.............................. L 0-2 !San Jose State........................... W 3-0 #EAIAW Regional (4th place) !AIAW National Tournament (3rd) 1978 16-4-2 AIAW National Runner-ups Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens Captains: Elizabeth Newby, Joan Schimpf Connecticut................................ W 1-0 at Franklin & Marshall................ W 1-0 Ursinus...................................... W 3-1 at Trenton State.......................... W 3-0 Penn State................................... T 1-1 Maryland.................................... L 1-2 at Towson State.......................... W 4-1 at La Salle................................. W 3-1 at Rutgers.................................. W 4-0 at Lock Haven ............................. T 1-1 Millersville................................. W 2-1 at Glassboro.............................. W 4-0 at West Chester............................ L 0-2 Salisbury State........................... W 2-1 #Millersville............................... W 5-1 #Ursinus.................................... W 1-0 #West Chester............................. L 0-4 #Lock Haven.............................. W 3-1 !California................................. W 2-0 !Connecticut............................... W 1-0 !Massachusetts........................... W 2-0 !West Chester.............................. L 0-3 #EAIAW Regional (3rd place) !AIAW National Tournament (2nd) 1979 10-4-2 Head Coach: Mary Ann Hitchens Captains: Martha Dell, Sandy Klein
^Colgate................................... W 2-1 ^Connecticut................................ L 1-3 Franklin & Marshall.................... W 3-2 at Ursinus.................................... L 0-4 at Penn State................................ L 2-5 at Maryland................................ T 2-2 La Salle..................................... W 7-1 Rutgers...................................... W 2-1 West Chester (FF)....................... W 4-1 at Millersville.............................. W 3-0 at Salisbury State....................... W 2-0 Lock Haven.................................. T 0-0 Towson State.............................. W 6-1 Trenton State.............................. W 3-1 at Glassboro.............................. W 2-1 #Ursinus...................................... L 0-4 (FF) - Franklin Field, Philadelphia #EAIAW Regional ^UConn Tournament
The 1978 Blue Hens finished second in the AIAW National Championship. Delaware posted a mark of 16-4-2, with three of those losses coming against eventual National Champion West Chester.
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