Deacons Dominate All-American Field Hockey Honors
11/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Nov. 24, 2004
Winston-Salem, N.C. - Four field hockey Deacons were named All-Americans by the NFHCA, announced the organization on Tuesday. Seniors Kelly Dostal and Claire Laubach earned first team honors, Maeke Boreel was named to the second team and sophomore Lauren Crandall garnered third team recognition. The quartet combined for 51 goals, 58 assists, 160 points and five defensive saves in 2004 as the Deacs claimed a third straight national championship.
Dostal, a native of Hatfield, Mass., earns first team honors for the second year in a row. She was named a second teamer in 2002. She joins 2004 Wake Forest graduate and current assistant coach, Kelly Doton as one of only two field hockey players in the history of the program at Wake Forest to earn All-American recognition three years. Dostal's list of accolades from this season continues to grow, as she was named the womensfieldhockey.com Player of the Year on Monday. She was a first team All-American in that poll as well.
Laubach earns All-American honors for the first time in her career. The injector of nearly all of the Deacon penalty corners, the Centreville, Va. product tallied eight goals, 10 assists, 26 points and two defensive saves this season. She was named All-ACC for the second time in as many years and was named to the ACC and NCAA All-Tournament teams in 2004. She earned second team All-South Region recognition as a junior and jumped onto the first team this season. Laubach was named a second team All-American by womensfieldhockey.com.
Boreel was named first team All-South Region in 2003 and again this season, but etches her name in the All-American rankings for the first time in 2004. She is a two-time All-ACC midfielder who, as a junior, is already in second place in the Deacon record books for career assists (44). The Almen, Holland native joined Dostal on the first team All-American list, decided by womensfieldhockey.com. Boreel's ability to maneuver through and around defenders earned her the name "Spin Doctor" according to this year's edition of "The Bully" field hockey magazine. She was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team for the second time in her career.
Crandall is the first Deacon sophomore to earn All-American honors since Doton and Dostal did so in their second years at Wake Forest. A native of Doylestown, Pa., she scored nine goals and nine assists for 27 points this season. She tallied two goals and three assists in the first three games of this year's NCAA Tournament, including the game-winner against Maryland in the semifinals last Friday night. The sophomore midfielder was named to the womensfieldhockey.com third team All-American list as well.
Freshman Tamar Meijer, who played a remarkable NCAA Tournament, was named to the All-Rookie squad by womensfieldhockey.com. Meijer racked up 24 goals and three assists, including seven goals in the last four games of the season. Seven goals was the most ever by a freshman in the NCAA run and the second most ever scored by one athlete. She tallied two in the Deacons 3-0 shut out of Duke in the title game, tying a record for the most by any individual in a championship match.
The ACC claimed six of the 16 spots on the first-team NFHCA All-American list and five of the 16 according to womensfieldhockey.com. The Deacs placed as many as any school on the NFHCA first team and their total of four players overall was matched only by Maryland and the University of Connecticut. For the second straight year, the National Champions owned four All-Americans, the most in one year in school history.
2004 NFHCA All-Americans
First Team
Mariana Creatini, Northeastern University
Rachel Dawson, University of North Carolina
Sarah Dawson, University of Iowa
Kelly Dostal, Wake Forest University
Amanda Eckert, Penn State University
Veerle Goudswaard, Michigan State University
Lauren Henderson, University of Connecticut
Adrienne Hortillosa, University of Michigan
Paula Infante, University of Maryland
Kelsey Keeran, University of North Carolina
Claire Laubach, Wake Forest University
Kristen Madden, Boston College
Abby Ostruzka, University of Connecticut
Lauren Powley, University of Maryland
Javiera Villagra, American University
Barb Weinberg, University of Iowa
Second Team
Annebet Beerman, Michigan State University
Maeke Boreel, Wake Forest University
Candice Cooper, Northwestern University
Liane Dixon, Northeastern University
Kerri Doherty, Boston College
Leah Geib, University of Delaware
Becky Helwig, University of Connecticut
Bekah Hostetler, Penn State University
Allie Howard, University of Richmond
Camila Infante, American University
Hilary Linton, Duke University
Shelley Maasdorp, Harvard University
Natalie Martirosian, Princeton University
Sarah Silvetti, University of Maryland
Betsy Wagner, Syracuse University
Amanda Warrington, University of Delaware
Third Team
Melissa Bostwick, University of Connecticut
Holly Cram, University of Richmond
Lauren Crandall, Wake Forest University
Nicole Dudek, Duke University
Kelly Giles, College of William & Mary
Gabby Gomez, Southwest Missouri State University
Kristin Harris, University of Maryland
Lori Hillman, University of Michigan
Doni-Melissa, Jantzen Hofstra University
Jessica Javelet, University of Louisville
Mia Link, University of Virginia
Jennifer McDavitt, Harvard University
Saskia Mueller, Ohio State University
Lydia Schrott, Indiana University
Dana Sensenig, Old Dominion University
Lauren Vendetti, Boston University
