Little East All-Academic Field Hockey Team Announced
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.--- Four Bridgewater State College field hockey student athletes have been named to the Little East Conference’s inaugural All-Academic Team for the fall 2007 season. BSC tied for the fourth most team members with Eastern Connecticut, UMass Dartmouth and Southern Maine while Keene State led the way with 10 athletes who were honored.
Senior’s Laura Chiuppi (Lakeville,
MA/Geography major) and Nicole Downs (Hanover,
MA/Mathematics) along with junior’s Kelly
Duchemin (Mashpee, MA/Business) and Stacey
Takis (Georgetown, MA/Elem.-Special Ed. & Sociology)
were garnered with honors on the team.
The Bears finished the season with the most wins in the history of
the program with a 16-6 record (7-4 Little East). After losing to
league champion Keene State in the semifinals of the conference
tournament, the BSC field hockey team posted three consecutive
shutout victories to win the 2007 New England Division III ECAC
Women’s Field Hockey Championship.
Honorees have made the All-Academic team based on the following
criteria: at least a sophomore academic and athletic standing, and
a minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.2.
The conference office has honored student-athletes in the following
seven sponsored sports: field hockey, men’s and women’s
cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s
tennis and women’s volleyball.
Release written by Steven M Miller, Jr. --- Sports Information
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