Centennial Conference Field Hockey Notebook 2000

Standings / Week of October 30, 2000 / Statistics

STANDINGS Conf. Overall
Johns Hopkins 9-0 17-4
Swarthmore 7-2 14-6
Washington 6-3 9-9
Muhlenberg 5-4 9-9
Gettysburg 5-4 9-9
Franklin & Marshall 5-4 8-11
Dickinson 4-5 7-9
Western Maryland 3-6 8-9
Haverford 1-8 5-13
Bryn Mawr 0-9 1-16
Conference Player of the Week

Amy Bruschi, Johns Hopkins
(Sr, F, Princeton Junction, NJ / W. Windsor-Plainsboro)

Bruschi scored three goals and five assists as JHU went 4-0 on the week and won the 2000 Centennial Conference crown. She scored the game-winner in overtime against Gettysburg to help secure a perfect 9-0 conference season and totaled three assists and a goal against Franklin & Marshall. In the CC Championships semifinal, she scored the game-winner and posted an assist in a 2-0 win over Muhlenberg. Bruschi assisted on the game-winning tally in the CC final.


Weekly Honor Roll

Anne Maurer, Dickinson (Sr, M, Columbia, PA / Manheim Central) - Maurer tallied her fourth assist of the season in Wedneday's 2-0 win over Hood College. She was also solid defensively as the Devils held the Blazers to just five shots on the day.

Robin Herlands, Haverford (Sr, F, Annandale, VA / Annandale High) - The senior forward scored with 5:48 left in a disappointing season-ending loss to Swarthmore to extend her career total points to 68. In doing so she surpassed Patricia Thomas '86 (64 points) as Haverford's all-time leading scorer.

Kerry Lambert, Muhlenberg (Sr, F, Milmont Park, PA / Ridley) - Lambert recorded her first career hat trick and added an assist in an 8-0 shutout of Bryn Mawr that clinched a CC playoff berth for the Mules.

Kim Cariello, Swarthmore (Jr, F, Hudson, OH / Western Reserve) - Cariello scored the game-winning goal in the Garnet's 2-0 victory over Washington in the Centennial semifinals. She also got Swarthmore off to a quick start scoring just 2:44 into the game in the 5-2 victory over Haverford.

Nicki Maccari, Washington (Sr, F, North East, MD / Rising Sun) - Maccari scored the game-winning goal in the Shorewomen's 2-1 overtime win over Westen Maryland. Maccari finishes her career at Washington with 40 goals and 10 assists.

Shauna Oplinger, Western Maryland (Sr, A, Pottstown, PA / Owen J. Roberts) - Oplinger gave WMC its only goal in a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Washington College.


Around the Conference

JOHNS HOPKINS WINS INAUGURAL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Johns Hopkins, the top seed, won the inaugural Centennial field hockey tournament championship with a 1-0 victory over visiting Swarthmore. Beth Pollock scored the lone goal off a penalty corner nine minutes into the second half. Katie Reytar made seven saves in registering her fifth straight shutout. Hopkins reached the final with a 2-0 victory over Muhlenberg, while the Garnet advanced with a 2-0 triumph over Washington. The Blue Jays (17-4) receive the Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The opening round game will pit Hopkins against last year's defending champion, The College of New Jersey. The game will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Springfield College.

Team-by-Team Notes

Bryn Mawr - Bryn Mawr dropped its final game of the season, 8-0, to Muhlenberg. The Mawrters finish the season 1-16 and 0-9 in the conference.

Dickinson - The Red Devils finished the season on a high note winning their final two games of the year. Freshman Caroline Gouin (Frederick, MD / Frederic) tallied her seventh goal of the season and third game-winner against Hood while Marisa Giorgio (Rehersburg, PA / Tulpehocken) posted her fifth shutout of the year.

Franklin & Marshall - F&M finished the year 8-11, 5-4 in the Centennial Conference following a 5-0 loss to eventual conference champion Johns Hopkins. The 2000 squad's eight wins marks the most wins by a Franklin & Marshall field hockey team since 1992 when the team went 13-6. For the year, Lisa Montana (Bridgeton, NJ / Cumberland Regional) led the team in scoring with 10 goals and two assists.

Gettysburg - In Gettysburg's only game of the week, Aimee Bois (Medfield, MA / Medfield) led the Bullets with three shots in a 1-0 overtime loss to Johns Hopkins on Tuesday. Maureen Giese (Maplewood, NJ / Oak Knoll School) collected four saves on the day, including two in overtime. She broke up a dangerous Johns Hopkins breakaway to keep the game scoreless with nine minutes remaining in overtime. Senior Jen White (Quakertown, PA / Pennridge) led the team in all categories with 68 shots, nine goals, four assists, 22 points and three game-winning goals for the season.

Haverford - Robin Herlands (Annandale, VA / Annandale High) scored with 5:48 left in a disappointing season-ending loss to Swarthmore to extend her career total points to 68. In doing so she surpassed Patricia Thomas '86 (64 points) as Haverford's all-time leading scorer. The Fords finish the season at 5-13 overall and 1-8 in the conference.

Johns Hopkins - Senior goalkeeper Katie Reytar (Laurel, MD / Hammond) recorded 20 saves and posted four shutouts on the week to lead the Blue Jays to a repeat performance as Conference Champions. Junior Beth Pollock (Cleveland Heights, OH / Cleveland Heights) tallied the game-winner against Swarthmore and senior Lauren Carney (Wilmington, DE / Tatnall School) recorded one goal and added a defensive save in the championships. The Blue Jays will open the NCAA Tournament against defending champion The College of New Jersey, Saturday at 11:00 AM at Springfield College. The Lions ended Hopkins season last year with a 3-0 win in the quarterfinals.

Muhlenberg - Muhlenberg blanked Bryn Mawr, 8-0, in the final game of the regular season to earn a berth in the Conference Championship Tournament where it dropped its opening game to Johns Hopkins, 2-0. The eight goals against the Mawrters were the most for the Mules since an 8-0 shutout of Delaware Valley in 1990. Seniors Kelly Gower (New Egypt, NJ / Allentown) and Kerry Lambert (Milmont Park, PA / Ridley) each scored three goals, marking the first time since 1978 that two Muhlenberg players recorded a hat trick in the same game. Gower finished her career with 87 points, good for third place on the Mules' all-time list.

Swarthmore - Sophomore goalkeeper Kate Nelson-Lee (Jamestown, RI / The Wheeler School) turned away a penalty stroke in the final minutes of play to preserve the shutout against Washington in the semifinal of the conference championship. Classmate Meg Woodworth (Lexington, MA / Middlesex) added an insurance goal against the Shorewomen that gave the Garnet a 2-0 advantage. Five different players scored goals in the 5-2 victory over Haverford. Kim Cariello (Hudson, OH / Western Reserve), Katie Tarr (Glen Mills, PA / Garnet Valley), Alison Gaffney (Lewes, DE / Cape Henlopen) and Krista Hollis (Wellesley, MA / Milton Academy) scored and Kristen English (Plymouth Meeting, PA / Plymouth Whitemarsh) converted her fourth penalty stroke of the season to lead the balanced Garnet attack.

Washington - The Shorewomen finished the season at 9-9 after dropping the conference semifinal game to Swarthmore, 2-0. Toby Wilmet (Dalton, PA / Lackawanna Trail) posted three saves in the effort.

Western Maryland - WMC finished the 2000 regular season with a school-record-tying 10 wins, matching the 1995 team's success. The Terror earned its first winning season (10-9 overall) since the 1996 team went 10-6. A total of 18 different players scored at least one goal during the season, showing team balance. The 1999 team, by comparision, saw only nine different goal scorers. The Terror scored a school-record 59 goals this season, breaking the former single-season mark of 36.