University of New Hampshire Athletics
6/1/2021 3:36:00 PM | Field Hockey
BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Senior Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) of the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Northeast Region First Team on Tuesday. Classmate Isabelle Danahy (Chelmsford, Mass.) and sophomore Jemma Woods (Frimley, England) were named to the NFHCA Northeast Region Second Team.
van den Brekel, who was named to the Spring 2021 America East All-Conference Second Team, is a repeat selection to the Northeast Region First Team. She was an all-region Second Team honoree in 2018.
The senior captain and midfielder started all 11 games in which she played and was on the field for 627 of a possible 664 minutes (94.4%); she played the full 60 minutes twice, played 59 minutes twice and 58 minutes twice.
van den Brekel recorded two goals and two assists for a total of six points. She ranked second on the team in both assists and shots (18), and tied for third in points. van den Brekel recorded a point in back-to-back games at the start of the season with a goal vs. UMass and assist against Merrimack College; she also tallied a point in consecutive road games against Maine (assist) and Vermont (goal).
Danahy is another senior captain and midfielder who started all 11 games that she played. She played 607 of 664 minutes (91.4%) and that included a full 60 minutes at Boston College and four games of 58 minutes.
Danahy recorded one assist for one point and tallied that in the game at Vermont.
Woods played in 10 of 12 games with 10 consecutive starts in goal spanning Feb. 26 to April 11. She stopped 62 of 80 shots – and faced 121 total shots – in 562 minutes, 15 seconds for a 1.92 GAA and .775 save percentage with two shutouts. Those numbers were improvements from her freshman season, when she had a 2.25 GAA and .678 save percentage.
Woods recorded her first career shutout with a one-save effort in the 3-0 win vs. Northeastern University. She also shut out UC Davis with five saves in a 2-0 victory and combined with Nikki Tredwell to shut out Merrimack.
Woods' season highlights included a career-high 11 saves at Maine and 10 saves against both Boston College and Vermont.
This year, 160 Division I student-athletes were named to NFHCA all-region teams. Division I is separated into five regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, South, and West; each region honors 16 on the First Team and 16 on the Second Team.
The all-region team announcement is the first in a series of NFHCA postseason awards. The Regional Player of the Year recipients will be named June 7, followed by the All-America teams National Player of the Year.
van den Brekel, who was named to the Spring 2021 America East All-Conference Second Team, is a repeat selection to the Northeast Region First Team. She was an all-region Second Team honoree in 2018.
The senior captain and midfielder started all 11 games in which she played and was on the field for 627 of a possible 664 minutes (94.4%); she played the full 60 minutes twice, played 59 minutes twice and 58 minutes twice.
van den Brekel recorded two goals and two assists for a total of six points. She ranked second on the team in both assists and shots (18), and tied for third in points. van den Brekel recorded a point in back-to-back games at the start of the season with a goal vs. UMass and assist against Merrimack College; she also tallied a point in consecutive road games against Maine (assist) and Vermont (goal).
Danahy is another senior captain and midfielder who started all 11 games that she played. She played 607 of 664 minutes (91.4%) and that included a full 60 minutes at Boston College and four games of 58 minutes.
Danahy recorded one assist for one point and tallied that in the game at Vermont.
Woods played in 10 of 12 games with 10 consecutive starts in goal spanning Feb. 26 to April 11. She stopped 62 of 80 shots – and faced 121 total shots – in 562 minutes, 15 seconds for a 1.92 GAA and .775 save percentage with two shutouts. Those numbers were improvements from her freshman season, when she had a 2.25 GAA and .678 save percentage.
Woods recorded her first career shutout with a one-save effort in the 3-0 win vs. Northeastern University. She also shut out UC Davis with five saves in a 2-0 victory and combined with Nikki Tredwell to shut out Merrimack.
Woods' season highlights included a career-high 11 saves at Maine and 10 saves against both Boston College and Vermont.
This year, 160 Division I student-athletes were named to NFHCA all-region teams. Division I is separated into five regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, South, and West; each region honors 16 on the First Team and 16 on the Second Team.
The all-region team announcement is the first in a series of NFHCA postseason awards. The Regional Player of the Year recipients will be named June 7, followed by the All-America teams National Player of the Year.
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