University of New Hampshire Athletics
Four 'Cats Receive America East All-Conference Accolades
10/31/2018 11:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
Bossi and van den Brekel Named All-Conference East Division; Caron Selected to All-Rookie Team; Sliz Voted to All-Academic Team
STANFORD, Calif. -- Rachel Bossi (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) of the University of New Hampshire field hockey team were named to the America East All-Conference East Division Team at the annual conference banquet on Wednesday night. Teammate Finn Caron (Hampton, N.H.) was named to the All-Rookie Team, while Kayla Sliz (Ajax, Ontario) was an All-Academic Team honoree.
Bossi, who received this honor for the second consecutive year, started all 17 regular-season games as a senior midfielder and co-captain. She has recorded eight points on one goal and six assists. Bossi is UNH's leader in assists who ranks eighth in the conference. Against nationally-ranked opponents, she has recorded three assists and tallied a career-high two assists in the final regular-season game against Dartmouth College. Bossi has been a key part of penalty corners, both offensively and defensively, including the stick-stop. She was recently named to the NFHCA Senior Game and the America East Fans' Choice Player of the Year.
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van den Brekel, the reigning America East Offensive Player of the Week and 2017 All-Rookie Team honoree, sits atop the UNH leaderboard in points (14). She is also tied in goals (six) and has two assists on the season. In the last four regular-season games, the sophomore forward has recorded 10 points on five goals, including a career high of three against Dartmouth; the six points vs. the Big Green also marked a personal best. van den Brekel's other season highlights included a three-point effort against Bryant University.
Caron started all 17 regular-season games. She is tied for first in goals (six) and has one assist for 13 points, which ranks second; Caron has also scored three of the team's six game-winning goals to rank sixth in America East in that statistic. She scored her first collegiate and game-winning goal against Bryant. The freshman forward notched a goal against nationally-ranked Albany and has recorded five points in the last five regular-season games.
Sliz, a junior midfielder, was in the starting lineup all 17 regular-season games. She contributed three points on one goal and one assist, with the goal scored in a conference matchup against the University of Vermont. Sliz is a psychology major with a 3.83 cumulative grade-point average.
Bossi, who received this honor for the second consecutive year, started all 17 regular-season games as a senior midfielder and co-captain. She has recorded eight points on one goal and six assists. Bossi is UNH's leader in assists who ranks eighth in the conference. Against nationally-ranked opponents, she has recorded three assists and tallied a career-high two assists in the final regular-season game against Dartmouth College. Bossi has been a key part of penalty corners, both offensively and defensively, including the stick-stop. She was recently named to the NFHCA Senior Game and the America East Fans' Choice Player of the Year.
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van den Brekel, the reigning America East Offensive Player of the Week and 2017 All-Rookie Team honoree, sits atop the UNH leaderboard in points (14). She is also tied in goals (six) and has two assists on the season. In the last four regular-season games, the sophomore forward has recorded 10 points on five goals, including a career high of three against Dartmouth; the six points vs. the Big Green also marked a personal best. van den Brekel's other season highlights included a three-point effort against Bryant University.
Caron started all 17 regular-season games. She is tied for first in goals (six) and has one assist for 13 points, which ranks second; Caron has also scored three of the team's six game-winning goals to rank sixth in America East in that statistic. She scored her first collegiate and game-winning goal against Bryant. The freshman forward notched a goal against nationally-ranked Albany and has recorded five points in the last five regular-season games.
Sliz, a junior midfielder, was in the starting lineup all 17 regular-season games. She contributed three points on one goal and one assist, with the goal scored in a conference matchup against the University of Vermont. Sliz is a psychology major with a 3.83 cumulative grade-point average.
New Hampshire begins postseason play Nov. 1 (4 p.m. Eastern) with an America East quarterfinal game against 22nd-ranked Stanford, the host and West Division top seed.
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