Spring 2024 Recap

Spring newsletter

C h ec k i t o u t -A Note from coach -Semester Recap -Dale J Bruce awards -sPring PLayday -Incoming class -Graduation -Alumni Game -2024 fall schedule

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LOOKING BACK AT SPRING 2024 In this newsletter…

In this newsletter we will take a look at OWUFH’s 2024 spring semester and dive a little deeper into what is to come moving forward!

We cannot wait to share all the successes we had and the exciting news moving into the summer!

Go Bishops!

A NOTE FROM COACH As the year wraps up, I wanted to take some time to thank everyone for the support of our program. We plan on doing a lot of new things moving forward that would not be possible without your help. We are so grateful for the amazing players, parents, friends and family, that follow along with our journey and always find ways to help elevate our team. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

-Head Coach Brenda Semit

SUMMER 2024- HERE WELCOME! One things that would not be possible without your support is traveling abroad as a team.

For the first time ever, Ohio Wesleyan Field Hockey will be traveling abroad! At the end of July, our team will embark on a journey to the Netherlands!

While there, we will stay in Amsterdam, Haarlem, Maastricht and Utrecht, exploring places like the Anne Frank House, the Kinderdijk Windmills, Royal Palace and the De Haar Castle, while also embarking on a few boat and bike tours! We are beyond excited!

We will also have the opportunity to watch a high-level international match, be coached with a licensed Dutch professional coach and play against 2 Dutch hockey teams! Not to mention, we hope to meet up with a few of our Dutch alumni and one of our incoming Freshmen!!

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SEMESTER RECAP Through the Spring semester, the girls worked hard in the classroom, weight room and on the field.

One of our goals this spring was to make sure that our team GPA stayed above a 3.5, and it did!

We had 18 out of our 25 players above a 3.5! We know how hard our girls work in the classroom and are so proud to see them performing at a high level in every aspect of their lives!

Benchmark Leaders

In the weight room, we improved in every category across the boards for our benchmarks!

Bench Press

Megan Mccarthy

Hang Clean

Dead Lift

Emma Wright, Megan Mccarthy, Emma Morgeson, Olivia Danley, To the right you’ll see our benchmark Quinn Dachisen leaders! Hang cleans had 5 players all hit the same max number!

Olivia Danley

Squat

Megan Mccarthy

Lunge

Annabel Fauver

Megan McCarthy led in 3 different categories!

On the field, we mixed up our schedule a bit this year since we were allowed 8 extra practice days. We did our normal team practices and added in more individuals. Every member of our team was required to do 3. Some took advantage and did as many as they could!

We cannot wait to see how the extra touches and extra feedback impact our players in the fall!

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DALE BRUCE AWARDS Each year, Ohio Wesleyan Athletics host the Dale Bruce Awards to honor exemplary student-athletes and their academic and athlete achievements. We are extremely proud of all our young young women that were honored that evening.

Top 50 Awards: Gabi Dahllof, Olivia Danley, Alyssa Markell Awarded to Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors with the Top 50 highest GPAs. Chi Alpha Sigma:Olivia Danley, Alyssa Markell, Lauren Kunzler, Gabi Dahllof, Allie Crawford, Colleen McMenamin, Megan McCarthy and Zoë Nelson Chi Alpha Sigma is a National Student-Athlete Honor Society which honors Juniors and Senior who have a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher.

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SPRING PLAY DAY

At the end of April, we had hosted our first Spring play day at OWU! We had a great time playing a lot of different competition! We had 7 teams (including ourselves) attend. We played 7v7 games and full field! The teams that attended were, Wittenberg, Denison, Earlham, Kenyon, Mercyhurst and an adult team, filled with former college stars from all levels, Cowtown!

It was a great day of hockey, winning against all teams except cowtown, and tying the Division 1 program, Mercyhurst! There was a lot of growth through the day and everyone was able to get a lot of experience!

We cannot wait for the the fall!

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COMMITTED WEEKEND

We had a wonderful committed player weekend, filled with a celebration and team painting night!

We also had a spring clinic the following day. We reached capacity with 40 registrants!! It was a beautiful day of field hockey!

INCOMING CLASS #1

PAIGE BUCHNESS ✓2x regional champion ✓2nd team all SMAC ✓offensive mvp ✓captain ✓programs second all time leading scorer

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REAGAN SCHIFLETT ✓Third Team All Region ✓2x First Team All Region ✓2x Second Team All State ✓First Team All Metro ✓Second Team All Metro 8

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IZZY FRY ✓2x Second Team All-League ✓2x Team MVP ✓2x Team Sportsmanship Award (League) ✓2022 Ohio Field Hockey Team Sportsmanship Award ✓2023 School Single Season Wins Record ✓Senior Captain

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MADDIE FEDERICO

✓2nd team all region ✓2nd team all district ✓4x state finalist ✓2023 state champion

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EMMA REYNOLDS ✓First team all league ✓Second team all state ✓4 year varsity letter ✓District Champions ✓District Runner-up x2

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MARY POWERS ✓Captain ✓Offensive MVP ✓1st team all district ✓2nd team all district ✓2nd team all region

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AVA ZIMMER ✓4 year varsity starter ✓2x all-section & all-star ✓PA senior cup team ✓Senior captain- club & HS ✓6 NITs attended with Pittsburgh Venom FHC

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SUSIE BENINCASA

✓3 year varsity Letter ✓most dedicated award ✓3x playoffs ✓3X State Final Four contender

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KATIE CONWAY ✓3x conference champion ✓2x final four ✓state finalist - 2023 ✓2x first team all conference ✓2x daily news all star ✓captain ✓daily news all star ✓ Boston herald honorable mention

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NOVA DEKKER ✓2x All-season district champions ✓2x 2nd place All-season ✓2x Fall district champions ✓2x Spring district champions ✓1x Winter district champions ✓1x 3rd place Spring district ✓2x (Indoor) 3rd place Winter district ✓ 2x co-captain

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GRADUATION

To wrap up our school year we watched our four seniors, Allie, Lauren, Megan and Emily, walk across the stage and receive their diploma. We are so thankful for their contribution to OWU and our field hockey team and cannot wait to see all of the amazing things they do after college!

To highlight their amazing careers, in their 3 years of competition, they had an overall record of 44-10. They were 2 time NCAC Champions, a regular season champion and had an undefeated regular season! The also advance to the NCAA twice and completed in the Sweet 16 after winning our first ever NCAA matchup!

Our seniors had some unbelievable statistics over their 3 years! They helped the team scored 162 goals and only allow 27 against! We also led all of Division III NCAA in 4 different categories, for two years straight!

We are unbelievably proud of our seniors and all they have accomplished! As always, GO BISHOPS!

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ALUMNI GAME

Unfortunately, this spring we were unable to hold our Alumni game due to how early Easter was and our recruiting schedule.

We hope to hold it next spring! The past two years we have had amazing turnouts, so please keep your calendars open! We are looking at the end of March or beginning of April again and we hope to see you there!

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FALL 2024 SCHEDULE 2024 Field Hockey Schedule AUG 30 (FRI)

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WESTFIELD STATE @ SMITH

4:30 PM

NORTHAMPTOM, MA

AUG 31 (SAT)

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SMITH/NICHOLS

11 AM OR 1PM

NORTHAMPTON, MA

SEP 7 (SAT)

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GETTYSBURG

12 PM

SELBY STADIUM

SEP 8 (SUN)

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MARIAN

12 PM

SELBY STADIUM

SEP 14 (SAT)

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RHODES @ CENTRE

2:30 PM

DANVILLE,KY

SEP 15 (SUN)

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CENTRE

2:30 PM

DANVILLE, KY

SEP 20 (FRI)

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CNU

4 PM

NEWPORT NEWS, VA

SEP 21 (SAT)

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YORK @ CNU

2 PM

NEWPORT NEWS, VA

SEP 24 (TUE)

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KENYON

4:30 PM

SEP 27 (FRI)

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SEWANEE

7 PM

OCT 1 (TUE)

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DENISON

4:30 PM

.NCAC.

GRANVILLE, OH

OCT 5 (SAT)

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ALLEGHENEY

11 AM

.NCAC.

SELBY STADIUM

OCT 11 (FRI)

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TRANSYLVANIA

4:30 PM

.NCAC.

LEXINGTON, KY

OCT 13 (SUN)

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OBERLIN

12 PM

.NCAC.

SELBY STADIUM

OCT 16 (WED)

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EARLHAM

7 PM

.NCAC.

SELBY STADIUM

OCT 19 (SAT)

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W&J

12 PM

.NCAC.

WASHINGTON,PA

OCT 26 (SAT)

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DEPAUW

5 PM

.NCAC.

SELBY STADIUM

OCT 30 (WED)

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WITTENBERG

7 PM

.NCAC.

SELBY STADIUM

NOV 1 (SAT)

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WOOSTER

12 PM

.NCAC.

WOOSTER, OH

.NCAC.

GAMBIER, OH SELBY STADIUM

NCAC SEMI-FINAL

TBD

TBD

NCAC CHAMPIONSHIP

TBD

TBD

NCAA FIRST ROUND

TBD

TBD

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JUST A LITTLE FUN

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