CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Boston University senior Allie Dolce (Jamestown, R.I./North Kingston) earned the America East Field Hockey Player of the Week with solid performances in both a home coming and a home opener last week, while Albany's Daphne Voormolen (Rotterdam/The Netherlands) had a memorable collegiate debut to win her first Rookie of the Week award. Both awards were for the week ending September 5.
Dolce, the reigning America East Midfielder of the Year, registered six points on two goals and two assists in two games last week, helping the Terriers remain undefeated in 2010. In her home state of Rhode Island facing Providence, the senior scored in the third minute, then assisted on a tally less than nine minutes later to help the Terriers win, 3-0.
In Boston U.'s home opener against UMass, Dolce once again opened the scoring just 50 seconds into the game, then assisted off a corner on the deciding goal in a 2-1 victory for the Terriers.
Once Voormolen scored her first collegiate goal just four minutes into Albany's game against Bucknell on Saturday, she just kept rolling as she went on to record a hat trick in the 3-2 victory. The freshman forward gave the Great Danes a 2-0 lead in the 14th minute, and then tallied the third score in the 44th minute of Albany's lone game of the week. Voormolen hit the back of the cage on each of her team-high three shots on goal.
Both Albany and Boston U. vaulted into the NFHCA National Division I Poll this week. The Terriers found themselves at #15 when the organization released the poll earlier today, while the Great Danes were ranked #18. Both teams were receiving votes in the previous poll.
Team Notebooks:
Freshman forward Daphne Voormolen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) scored all three goals for the Great Danes to lead #18 Albany (3-0 overall, 0-0 America East) to a 3-2 win over Patriot League foe Bucknell in the only game of the week on Saturday... Albany has started the season at 3-0 for the second consecutive year... Voormolen got assists from Christina Patrick (Reading, Pa. /Reading Catholic), Corinne McConville (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton) and Alysia Hough (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton)... Senior Christine Hoffman (Mertztown, Pa./Brandywine Heights) earned her first win in the cage for the Great Danes after making three saves... Sophomore Kristi Troch (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton) also stopped three shots for Albany... The Great Danes will return to action on Sunday, Sept. 12, hosting Connecticut at Alumni Turf Field at 2 p.m.
#15 Boston U. (4-0, 0-0 AE) is off to a 4-0 start for just the third time in program history, joining the inaugural 1978 squad and the 1987 team...The Terriers posted a 3-0 shutout road victory over Providence on Saturday before holding off UMass by a score of 2-1 in their home opener on Sunday... Senior Allie Dolce (Jamestown, R.I./North Kingstown) recorded a goal and an assist in each victory... Junior Andrea Greene (Santiago, Chile/Universidad Diego Portales) tallied her team-leading fourth goal of the season and senior Maryette Stuart (Cumberland, Maine/Greely) added her first goal of the year in the triumph over the Friars...After scoring in the third minute of play against PC, Dolce got the Terriers on the board even quicker on Sunday, scoring 50 seconds into the UMass contest... Sophomore Jacinda McLeod (Whangarei, New Zealand/Whangarei Girls) gave Boston U. a 2-0 lead against the Minutewomen with her first tally of the season... Sophomore Rachael White (Norfolk, Va./Maury) picked up her first point of the season with an assist on McLeod's goal... Senior Amanda Smith (Avon, Conn./Avon) picked up both wins in goal, while sophomore Julie Collins (Toledo, Ohio/Ottawa Hills) stopped five of the six shots she faced playing the second half of both contests... Looking to move to 5-0 for the first time in program history, Boston U. will face a pair of crosstown rivals this weekend, beginning with a match-up at Boston College, who is also undefeated at 5-0, on Friday (Sept. 10)... The Terriers will host Northeastern on Sunday (Sept. 12).
The Stags (1-3, 0-0 AE) broke even at the Big Green classic losing to Dartmouth and getting their first win of the season against Missouri State to improve their record to 1-3... Both ends of the field showed improvement after the tough loss to Dartmouth as the Stags' defense held Missouri State to just three shots while the offense produced 22 shots with half on goal... Junior Maddy Sposito (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) started her fourth consecutive game while having a career high nine saves against Darmouth... Anne Nieuwenhuis (Leidschendam, Netherlands) and Amanda Sullivan (Somers, N.Y./Somers) also produced goals this weekend with Sullivan earning the game winner vs. Missouri State. Christy Starsinic (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin), Melanie Leo (Mountaintop, Pa./Crestwood), and Leah Furey (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Bishop Eustace) all ended the weekend with one assist.
Maine (2-2, 0-0 AE) split their two games on the week... The Black Bears kicked off their slate of games with a 2-1 win over Michigan out of the Big Ten conference... Kallie Aldus (Belfast, Maine) hit the back of the cage with just 12 seconds left to lift Maine over the Wolverines 2-1... Kelly Newton (Vancouver, British Columbia), Maine's leading scorer a year ago, got her first goal of the season against Michigan... The Black Bears dropped a 3-2 decision at Northeastern on Sunday afternoon... Maine received goals from juniors Stephanie Gardiner (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Jocelyn Mitchell (Kanata, Ontario)... Mitchell currently leads the Black Bears in goals scored with three on the young season... Sophomore Alicia Frisch (Calgary, Alberta) got her first career start in the cage for Maine against Northeastern... The Black Bears will travel to Burlington, Vermont this weekend where they will take part in the Sheraton Catamount Classic... Maine plays Harvard on Saturday afternoon and Pacific Sunday at 12 p.m.
UNH (4-0, 0-0 AE) extended its season-opening win streak to four games with victories at home against Bryant (2-0) and Providence (4-1)... UNH has won six straight at Memorial Field… The 4-0 start is the best by the Wildcats since the 1999 squad also had that mark… Senior captain Kara Connolly (Mohegan Lake, N.Y./Lakeland) has four goals and 10 points through four games; she entered the year with two career goals and a single-season best of 10 points… In consecutive games against Delaware (Aug. 29) and Bryant, Connolly factored in all four of UNH’s goals with three goals and an assist… Connolly carries a three-game goal-scoring streak into this week’s action; she has tallied a point in all four games… Katherine Nagengast (Westborough, Mass./Wesborough) recorded her fifth career shutout with a one-save effort vs. Bryant… Nagengast’s mark of 1635:33 consecutive minutes played dating back to the 2009 season opener ended when Renee Bernier (Wolfeboro, N.H./Kingswood Regional) entered the PC game with 3:49 remaining in regulation… Nagengast’s impressive season statistics include a 0.76 GAA and .842 save percentage… Kendall Deck (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) recorded a career-high two assists vs. Providence; she has an assist in three of four games… Hayley Rausch (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) recorded seven of the team’s 15 shots vs. Bryant… Rausch has a team-high 17 shots this season and ranks second in both assists (three) and points (five)… UNH has scored first all four games, including three times in the opening 10 minutes of the game.
Vermont (1-3, 0-0 AE) went 0-2 last week, dropping road games at Hofstra and Columbia... Senior Brittanie Booker (Wilmington, Del./Mount Pleasant) scored the Cats' only goal against Hofstra, with classmate Joanna Berger (Rhinebeck, N.Y./Rhinebeck) earning the assist... On Sunday against Columbia, Booker gave Vermont a 1-0 lead just 3:38 into the game with her team-high third goal of the season... Junior Mackenzie Williams (Rome, N.Y./Rome Free Academy) earned the assist on the goal... Columbia would score the final three goals of the game to pull out the win... Sunday’s game was the final of four straight to open the season on the road for Vermont... The Catamounts return to action on Saturday when they play Pacific in their home opener as part of the Sheraton Catamount Classic starting at 11 a.m... The following day Vermont will wrap up the tournament against Harvard at 2:30 p.m.