2009 Wheelock Field Hockey News

March 29, 2010
Field hockey team inspires good with Walk 4 Haiti
BOSTON, Mass. – The Wheelock College field hockey team, together with the athletic department, organized and sponsored the first Wildcat Walk 4 Haiti 5K, raising close to $1,000 for the American Red Cross: Haiti Relief & Development Fund. In addition, a $1000 worth of gifts, donations, and discounts helped to provide water, Gatorade, snacks, and food for the event as well as a gift of 200 event t-shirts, donated by a family member of the field hockey team.

March 23, 2010
Details for Sunday's Walk 4 Haiti
BOSTON, Mass. - Looking for more information for this coming Sunday's Walk 4 Haiti sponsored by Wheelock Athletics and the Wheelock field hockey team? Click here for a map of the course, parking directions, and other details regarding the walk that begins at 10:00 am.

March 5, 2010
Field Hockey sponsors Walk 4 Haiti
At this past January 2010 All-Student Athlete meeting, the Wheelock College student-athletes en masse, voted to take forward the Wildcats Walk For Haiti. The idea came out of a brainstorming session of the newly re-elected/appointed field hockey captains for Fall 2010. Since then, two appointed captains have engaged the team to brainstorm, create design, research, and make calls to create the framework for this event.

November 23, 2009
Robohm’s love of field hockey goes beyond the field
BOSTON, Mass. – Rachel Robohm played a key role in the Wheelock Wildcat field hockey team’s playoff run this fall, finishing in the top ten in the New England Collegiate Conference in scoring and helping the Wildcats to a second place finish in the NECC.

November 9, 2009
Koh takes coach of the year honors as field hockey wraps up historic season
ATTLEBORO, Mass. –Wheelock College was well-represented on the 2009 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Field Hockey All-Conference Team, announced by Commissioner Del Malloy. In addition to the All-NECC honors, four separate major individual award winners and the team sportsmanship award were also voted upon and selected. (Top, clockwise from left: Milbrey Hendrix, Chelsey Ballard, Michaela Ross, and Julie Kilcoyne.)

November 8, 2009
Wildcats fall in overtime in NECC Final
LEICEISTER, Mass.- The Wheelock field hockey team jumped out to a 2-0 lead in Saturday’s New England Collegiate Conference Championship game, but Becker College rallied for a 3-2 win in sudden death overtime. It was Becker’s NECC title in the last two years.

November 6, 2009
NECC championship preview
BOSTON, Mass. – The Wheelock field hockey team will battle for their first conference championship tomorrow afternoon when the team travels to Leicester, Mass. to take on Becker College. It’s been ten years since a field hockey team competed for a championship; in 1999 the Wildcats were runners up when members of the North Atlantic Conference.

November 3, 2009
Wildcats advance to conference championship
BOSTON, Mass. – Junior Kara Widdison (Greenfield, Mass.) scored the game winning goal while lying on her stomach in the 82nd minute of play to lift Wheelock College to a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory over Daniel Webster College in the semi-final round of the New England Collegiate Conference playoffs Tuesday night at Winsor Field. With the win, Wheelock advances to Saturday afternoon’s championship match-up with Becker College, who defeated Elms College 4-0 on Tuesday evening. (Above: Wheelock's Jacky Hull wins a ball against Laura Gianetti of Daniel Webster).

November 2, 2009
Field hockey to host Daniel Webster Tuesday
ATTLEBORO, Mass.-The 2008 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) champions, Becker College has claimed the top seed for the 2009 New England Collegiate Conference Field Hockey Championship, which begins with semifinal matchups on campus sites Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The Hawks (11-8 overall) earned the top spot in the upcoming NECC tournament after posting a perfect 8-0 conference record for the second straight season.

October 24, 2009
Field hockey spreads out offense, defeats Bay path
BOSTON, Mass. – The Wheelock Wildcat field hockey team spread out the offense with six different players netting goals in a 6-0 victory over Bay Path College on Saturday afternoon in conference play. The win sets up Tuesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference semi-final, as number two Wheelock hosts number four Elms College at 6:00 pm at Winsor Field in Boston. (Above: Milbrey Hendrix battles for the ball.).

October 17, 2009
Wildcats edge Eagles in defensive battle
NASHUA, NH – Freshman Rachel Robohm’s (North Easton, Mass.) goal with 4:50 remaining in the first half stood up as the eventual game winner as Wheelock edged host Daniel Webster, 1-0 in a NECC field hockey matchup Saturday at Harvey Woods Field. The win ensures Wheelock consecutive appearances in the NECC playoffs. (Above: Freshman Despina Savvoulides.)

October 13, 2009
Hawks top Wildcats in a battle of tough defense
BOSTON, Mass. – Defense was the name of the game Tuesday night when Becker College traveled to Wheelock College’s home turf. It was the Hawks who prevailed 2-1 however, in a battle of the top two teams in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC). Becker remains unbeaten in conference play at 6-0, while Wheelock fell to 3-2, both losses coming at the hands of the Hawks.

October 8, 2009
The Wildcats knock out Elms, 2-0
BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman back Rachel Robohm (North Easton, Mass.) scored a goal and notched an assist to help Wheelock to a 2-0 win over visiting Elms College in New England Collegiate Conference field hockey action Tuesday night. (Above: Rachel Robohm had three points for the Wildcats Tuesday night.).

October 2, 2009
Saturday's field hockey game postponed
BOSTON, Mass. - Saturday's field hockey game against Elm's College has been postponed. The game will now be played next Thursday, October 8th at 7:00 pm at Winsor Field in Boston.

September 29, 2009
Young guns lead the way in Wildcats win
BOSTON, Mass. – A trio of freshman provided the offensive power for the Wildcats Tuesday night as Wheelock defeated Daniel Webster College 3-1 in New England Collegiate College action. The win is Wheelock’s second in conference play and improves the Wildcats to 2-1 in the NECC. The loss was only the second in seven games for the Eagles, who fall to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in the conference. (Above: Taylor Rogers).

September 29, 2009
Two Wildcats receive NECC honors
BOSTON, Mass. – Junior Milbrey Hendrix (Kennett Square, PA) and Senior Kate Needham (North Conway, NH) both received New England Collegiate Conference Player of the Week honors for their respective performances last week.

September 26, 2009
Wheelock Prevails in NECC Battle of Wildcats
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Junior forward Milbrey Hendrix (Marion, Mass.) led the Wheelock College Wildcats with two goals and one assist in a 7-0 shut-out of the home Bay Path Wildcats today at the Ryan field in New England Collegiate Conference field hockey action.

September 8, 2009
Wildcats fall to Hawks at home
BOSTON, Mass. – Meredith Race (Marion, MA) turned away 22 shots and Despina Savvoulides (Norwalk, CT) scored the first goal of the season, but Wheelock fell to 0-3 with a 9-1 loss to Fitchburg State Tuesday night. (Above: Wheelock freshman Rachel Robohm chases down a ball Tuesday night.)

September 8, 2009
Race named NECC Player of the Week
ATTLEBORO, Mass.--Wheelock College junior goalkeeper Meredith Race (Marion, Mass.) opened the 2009 campaign with the Wildcats going 0-2 on the week. Despite the two losses, Race prevented the games from becoming a scorefest, notching 30 saves in the two contests. Race allowed only two goals scored against Western Connecticut State while picking up 15 saves in their season opener.

September 5, 2009
Wildcats fall to Framingham State in road opener
BOSTON, Mass. - The Wheelock Wildcat field hockey team received another strong performance from Junior goalie Meredith Race (Marion, MA), but fell 9-0 to Framingham State College Saturday afternoon. Framingham was led by senior forward Kali Barrett (North Attleboro, MA) who netted two goals and two assists for the Rams. (Freshman Despina Savvoulides, one of nine new field hockey players is pictured above.)

September 2, 2009
Wildcats come out strong, fall in season opener
BOSTON, Mass. – Wheelock goalie Meredith Race (Marion, MA) recorded 15 saves and the defense battled tough, but it wasn’t enough as the Wildcats fell 2-0 to Western Connecticut State University in front of a large crowd Wednesday night. Sophomore Melissa Berardi (Brookfield, CT) and junior Stephanie Szafran (Killingworth, CT) each scored a goal to lead the Colonials to the victory and a 1-0 record to start the season. Wheelock falls to 0-1.

September 2, 2009
Field hockey kicks off season tonight at home
BOSTON – The fall sports season will kick off tonight when the Wheelock field hockey team plays host to Western Connecticut State with a 7:00 face-off at Winsor Field. Junior Julie Kilcoyne (pictured above), is one of three returning tri-captains looking to lead the Wildcats to a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) championship in 2009.