University of Delaware Athletics
2017 Field Hockey Roster

Emmeline Oltmans
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Het Baarnsch Lyceum
- Hometown:
- Baarn, The Netherlands
- Major:
- Biological Sciences
AT DELAWARE
· Four-time letter winner for the Blue Hens that graduated cum laude in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biological science
· Has been exposed to a high quality level of competition
· Proven to be a reliable and successful goalkeeper
· Finished career in the Top 10 of six University of Delaware statistical categories: wins (first; 63), goalie minutes played (first; 5731), games played (t-fourth; 86), goals against average (fifth; 1.75), shutouts (seventh; 10.6) and saves (sixth; 286)
· Finished career tied for 10th in NCAA history with 63 career wins
2017 SEASON
· Team captain alongside defender Kayla Devlin
· CAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
· University of Delaware Mary Ann Hitchens Award, which is presented to a senior female letter winner who exhibits outstanding qualities of hard work, dedication, leadership, fairness and striving for excellence
· CAA Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year Awar
· All-CAA First Team
· All-ECAC Honorable Mention
· ECAC President's Honor Roll
· Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
· Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society
· CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
· Preseason All-CAA
· CAA Player of the Week (Sept. 19)
· NFHCA D1 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 20)
· Played in all 20 games and started 19 for the five-time CAA Champion Blue Hens
· Ranked ninth nationally and led the CAA with 1.28 GAA and 73.7 goalie win-loss percentage
· Ranked 35th nationally with 72.3 save percentage
· Finished year with 14 wins, a mark good to tie for sixth in UD single-season history
2016 SEASON
· Longstreth/NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region Second Team selection
· Helped guide the Blue Hens to the program's first-ever NCAA Division I Championship while registering a team-record and nation-best 23 victories and 90.2 winning percentage
· NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 6.75 saves with a 1.49 GAA in wins over No. 9 Louisville, No. 1 Duke, No. 14 Princeton and No. 4 North Carolina
· CAA All-First Team
· CAA All-Tournament Team
· UD Alumni Association Team MVP
· Team Defensive Player of the Year
· Ranked 13th nationally with a 1.42 season GAA and 22nd with a .729 save percentage
· Also 64th with 3.44 saves per game
· Led the CAA with four shutouts (at No. 5 Virginia, at No. 19 James Madison, vs. Northeastern, vs. No. 9 Louisville)
· Also split shutouts with fellow goalie Sydney Rhodes at Towson, at No. 19 American, vs. Drexel (twice) and vs. James Madison
· First in program single-season history with 23 wins and second with 1578:10 goalie minutes played
· Named the CAA Player of the Week, Longstreth/NFHCA Division I Weekly Honorable Mention and National 5&10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Sept. 6) after recording a career-best 11 saves while holding No. 5 Virginia scoreless
· Tied career-high with 11 saves in 3-2 overtime upset at No. 1 Duke (Nov. 13) to set new program NCAA Tournament record
· Synapse Sports Division I Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 14)
· ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
· Chi Alpha Sigma (National College Athlete Honor Society)
· CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee
· CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
2015 SEASON
· Appeared in all 22 games for the three-time CAA Champion Blue Hens
· Placed second in the CAA and 32nd in NCAA Division I rankings with a 2.09 goals allowed average
· Tied for first in the league with four shutouts and sixth with 47 saves
· Also 67th nationally with 3.09 saves per game and 75th with .591 save percentage
· Finished 10th nationally with .727 win percentage
· Second in program history with 16 victories on the year and 1571 minutes played
· Posted shutouts against Cornell (Sept. 6), Pacific (Sept. 20), William & Mary (Oct. 2) and Towson (Oct. 23)
· Notched a career-high eight saves in loss at No. 5 Duke (Sept. 25)
· Tallied seven saves versus No. 5 Virginia (Oct. 18)
· Collected six total saves in wins over Hofstra and No. 16 James Madison in the CAA Tournament
· Followed with five saves in NCAA First Round game at No. 4 Virginia (Nov. 14)
· ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad
· CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
2014 SEASON
· Started all 19 games played during freshman campaign in which the Blue Hens won their second consecutive CAA Championship en route to the second straight NCAA Tournament appearance
· Missed three games due to a knee injury
· CAA All-Rookie Team honoree
· Placed fourth in the CAA and 40th in NCAA Division I rankings with 2.15 goals allowed per game
· Recorded 72 total saves at a clip of 3.79 per game
· Posted .637 save percentage
· Collected a season-high seven saves versus No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 7) and at Princeton on Oct. 10
· Tallied five saves in Delaware's 3-0 shutout victory over Villanova (Sept. 19)
· Earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 2 and Sept. 23
· Named the Corvias ECAC Co-Rookie of the Week on Sept. 24
· Finished season with a 10-9 record in 1336:58 minutes played
· Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA National Academic Squad
· CAA Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
· Multi-sport athlete and three-year field hockey starter at Het Baarnsch Lyceum
· During her tenure, team won two national league championships
· Perennially one of the best goalies in the region
· Trained with multiple successful international players in Nastasja Erasmus, Arek Matuszak, Vincent van de Peppel and Joyce Sombroek
· Also competed in judo, soccer and softball
· Participated in the annual national Math Olympiad
PERSONAL
· Emmeline (“emm—UH—lean—UH”) Roosmarijn Oltmans (“OLE—manz”)
· Born October 8, 1995 in Baarn, The Netherlands
· Daughter of Freerk and Raiza Oltmans
· Has two siblings, Anne-fleur and Rembrandt
· Majoring in biological science with a minor in exercise science
· Has goals of becoming a physician/researcher
· Enjoys cycling, charity runs and socializing with friends
· Lists favorite sports team as the Men's 1st Team Schawerweijde Mixed Hockey Club
· Spent summer of 2017 as a research assistant in the UD Physical Therapy Department
· Chose the University of Delaware because of the quality of education, the good future career opportunities, the talented field hockey team and ambitious coaching staff
· Also loved the energy and enthusiasm of the players and support staff
CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 11 – 2x, last at No. 1 Duke (11/13/16 – NCAA Tournament)
CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
Year | GP/GS | Min. | W-L | Goals | GAA | Saves | Pct. | ShO |
2014 | 19/19 | 1336:58 | 10-9 | 41 | 2.15 | 72 | .637 | 0/1 |
2015 | 22/22 | 1570:49 | 16-6 | 47 | 2.09 | 68 | .591 | 4 |
2016 | 25/24 | 1578:10 | 23*^-2 | 32 | 1.42 | 86 | .729 | 4/1 |
2017 | 20/19 | 1245:48 | 14-5 | 23 | 1.29 | 60 | .723 | 2/4 |
TOTAL | 86/84 | 5730:105 | 63*-22 | 143 | 1.74 | 246 | .67 |
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* - University of Delaware record
^ - Led NCAA Division I rankings