Four Terriers Earn NFHCA All-Region Honors
November 26, 2018 | Field Hockey
GILBERT, Ariz. - Four members of the Boston University field hockey team have been named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Northeast Region teams, it was announced on Monday. Senior co-captains Allie Doggett and Ally Hammel were first-team selections while sophomore strikers Ailsa Connolly and Petra Hall earned second-team accolades.
The quartet was instrumental in leading the Terriers to the Patriot League title and the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons. BU finished 12-8 overall and a perfect 6-0 in conference play en route to a final national ranking of No. 22.
Hammel and Doggett are repeat all-region as Hammel is on the first team for the second consecutive year while Doggett moved up to the top squad after earning second-team honors as a junior.
With a career-best 17 points on six goals and a team-best five assists, Hammel collected her second straight Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honor and participated in the NFHCA Division I Senior Game.
Doggett, who played in the midfield and as a back this season, had three goals on just six shots to go along with an assist for seven points and joined Hammel and Connolly as unanimous All-Patriot First Team honorees.
Hammel and Doggett anchored a BU defense that allowed just nine goals during conference play and held top-five teams Princeton and UConn to their second-lowest shot totals of the regular season.
As she did last year as a rookie, Connolly led the Terriers in points with 20 and shared the team lead in goals with Hall at eight. Connolly added four assists while Hall added a trio of helpers to compile 19 points on the year. Hall was an All-PL Second Team pick and tallied five game-winning goals.
Hammel was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Patriot League Championship and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Doggett and Hall.
The NFHCA All-American teams will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
The quartet was instrumental in leading the Terriers to the Patriot League title and the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons. BU finished 12-8 overall and a perfect 6-0 in conference play en route to a final national ranking of No. 22.
Hammel and Doggett are repeat all-region as Hammel is on the first team for the second consecutive year while Doggett moved up to the top squad after earning second-team honors as a junior.
With a career-best 17 points on six goals and a team-best five assists, Hammel collected her second straight Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honor and participated in the NFHCA Division I Senior Game.
Doggett, who played in the midfield and as a back this season, had three goals on just six shots to go along with an assist for seven points and joined Hammel and Connolly as unanimous All-Patriot First Team honorees.
Hammel and Doggett anchored a BU defense that allowed just nine goals during conference play and held top-five teams Princeton and UConn to their second-lowest shot totals of the regular season.
As she did last year as a rookie, Connolly led the Terriers in points with 20 and shared the team lead in goals with Hall at eight. Connolly added four assists while Hall added a trio of helpers to compile 19 points on the year. Hall was an All-PL Second Team pick and tallied five game-winning goals.
Hammel was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Patriot League Championship and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Doggett and Hall.
The NFHCA All-American teams will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
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