University of Delaware Athletics
Seven Blue Hens Garner All-CAA Field Hockey Accolades
11/6/2014 6:40:00 PM | Field Hockey
RICHMOND, Va. – On the eve of the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association Field Hockey Championships, the University of Delaware had seven players receive All-CAA accolades, as voted on by the league's head coaches.
Headlining the individual honors are junior Michaela Patzner (Rosenheim, Germany/Karolinen Gymnasium) and sophomore Esmée Peet (Zeewolde, The Netherlands/RSG Slingerbos). Each was named to the All-CAA First Team for the second consecutive season.
Patzner currently leads the Blue Hens with 29 points on 10 goals and a team-best nine assists. The midfielder has garnered All-CAA recognition all three seasons during her time at Delaware.
Peet, the 2013 Player and Rookie of the Year, is currently second on the team with 25 points on 10 goals and five assists. She has also posted three game-winning goals for UD.
Junior Allie Mikelson (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) and sophomore Meghan Winesett (Centreville, Va./Westfield) also appeared on the All-CAA Second team for back-to-back years.
Mikelson is currently second nationally with a school-record 10 defensive saves and has registered two goals and four assists for eight total points this season.
Another offensive threat for the Hens, Winesett is third on the team with 18 points off seven goals and four assists.
Delaware had two selections on the All-Rookie Team in freshmen Taylor Lister (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) and Emmeline Oltmans (Baarn, The Netherlands, Het Baarnsch Lyceum).
Lister has started all 19 games during her rookie campaign for the Hens and has posted four assists and one goal for six points.
Oltmans, the team's primary goalkeeper, has seen action in 1,126:58 minutes this season and tallied 63 saves (.630) with 2.30 goals allowed per game.
Rounding out the honors for Delaware is redshirt freshman Fran Orella (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central), who earned All-Academic Team accolades. A mechanical engineering major, Orella was named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and earned the NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction last season.
Hofstra's Jonel Boileau was named the 2014 CAA Player of the Year while teammate Simca Schoen was the CAA Rookie of the Year and James Madison's Dana Allband was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year. Tess Ellis (William & Mary) and Cheryl Murtagh (Northeastern) shared CAA Co-Coach of the Year honors.
The reigning CAA Champion Blue Hens look for their fourth overall title this coming weekend. Second-seeded Delaware (11-8, 4-2) faces third-seeded William & Mary (8-10, 4-2 CAA) for the third consecutive season in the CAA semifinals, slated for 5 p.m. Friday at Northeastern's Dedham Field.
The top-seeded Huskies (14-4, 5-1 CAA) will take on the four seed in James Madison (11-7, 3-3 CAA) prior to the UD game with game time set for 1 p.m.
Sunday's championship game is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.
