Day, Enaire, Hadley and Macy Named to All-Star Roster
LOWELL (Nov. 4, 2010) – Seniors Liz Day (North Andover, Mass.), Katie Enaire (Amesbury, Mass.), Jaime Hadley (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Sammy Macy (Tewksbury, Mass.) have been selected by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association to participate in the 2010 Division II North/South Senior Game, as announced by NFHCA Executive Director Jennifer Goodrich on Thursday.
The annual all-star game honors student-athletes that have greatly contributed to their respective programs over the past four years. This year’s event will take place on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky. at 5:30 p.m. The game will be held in conjunction with the NCAA Division II Championships Festival held that weekend in Louisville.
The North squad is comprised of 19 student-athletes from 10 NE-10 schools. UMass Lowell and Stonehill will each send four representatives, the most from any northern schools, while Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg and Shippensburg each have three student-athletes playing on the South Squad.
The other eight schools represented on the North Squad include Adelphi (1), American International (1), Bentley (1), Franklin Pierce (2), Merrimack (1), Saint Anselm (1), Saint Michael’s (1) and Southern Connecticut (3).
Day has seen action in every contests the River Hawks have played since she first donned a UMass Lowell jersey in the fall of 2007. She has played in 89 games with 79 starts during the span and has amassed 34 goals and 29 assists, ranking her seventh all-time in program history with 97 points. She was named to the 2009 NE-10 All-Tournament team for her efforts at the start of the River Hawks’ post-season run last year, as well.
Enaire has also played in every one of the River Hawks’ games the past three plus years, making 46 starts in 89 appearances. She has tallied 70 goals and 15 assists to date, ranking her third in program history with 155 points. She is just three away from cracking the number two spot. She was named NE-10 Freshman of the Year in 2007 and has twice been selected All-Conference. She was a 2008 NFHCA All-Academic Squad honoree and also a Second Team All-American in 2009.
Hadley has been a consistent force for the River Hawks, playing in 83 games with 70 starts since her freshman year. She has also tallied a team-best six defensive saves during the span, while recording four goals and 16 assists. Her assists rank 21st all-time in the program’s record books and she has been named NE-10 Defensive Player of the Week four times in her career and three consecutive weeks this year. Her efforts on both ends of the field have helped the River Hawks outscore their foes 88-3 this year and hold opponents to just 3.7 shots on goal per contest.
Macy, the defending NE-10 Player of the Year and two-time NFHCA All-American, has made 65 starts and 82 appearances in her career at UMass Lowell. She has broken nearly every offensive record in program history, including points in a single game (11), career points (203) and goals (84). She is currently just four assists away from the top spot in that category, as well. The forward was named to the 2009 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team and to the NFHCA All-Academic Squad in 2007.
The River Hawks (18-0, 8-0 NE-10) are currently ranked second in the Kookaburra/NFHCA Division II National Coaches Poll and first in the NCAA North Region Poll. They have two remaining regular season games before kicking off the post-season, beginning with a home contest against Adelphi on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at home on Cushing Field.
Any questions regarding the event can be directed to the NFCHA office, by e-mailing executivedirector@nfhca.org(.)
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