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HOFSTRA FIELD HOCKEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook /Hofstra Field Hockey /HofstraPride Twitter @HofstraFH1 @HofstraPride 2020 HOFSTRA FIELD HOCKEY NOTES Instagram HOFSTRA PRIDE (0-0) @HofstraFH at @hofstrapride TEMPLE OWLS (0-0) Friday, February 12, 2021 – 1 p.m. Howarth Field – Philadelphia, PA and at SCOUTING HOFSTRA UCONN HUSKIES (0-0) For the first time in program history, Sunday, February 14, 2021 – 2 p.m. the Hofstra field hockey team will George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex – Storrs, CT begin competition during the spring season. The Pride open the season this weekend with a pair of challenging road games against 2020 HOFSTRA FIELD HOCKEY SCHEDULE & RESULTS Temple on Friday and UConn on Sunday. FEBRUARY 12 Fri. at Temple 1 p.m. Temple will provide live stats through StatsBroadcast and 13 Sun. at UConn 2 p.m. stream the game live on through their OwlsTV streaming 19 Fri. DREXEL 2 p.m. service. UConn will provide live stats through StatBroadcast MARCH and will stream the game live via Huskies All-Access. 5 Fri. at Wagner 3 p.m. 7 Sun. SACRED HEART 1 p.m. Hofstra enters the 2021 season on the heels of an eight-win 12 Fri. FAIRFIELD 2 p.m. season in its first season under Head Coach Courtney 14 Sun. UALBANY 2 p.m. Veinotte. Veinotte was previously the associate head coach at 21 Sun. at Drexel* 3 p.m. Hofstra for two years before being elevated to head coach for 27 Sat. JAMES MADISON* 1 p.m. the 2019 season. The Pride welcomes back APRIL 3 Sat. WILLIAM & MARY* 1 p.m. Hofstra’s Cami Larsson was named to the All-CAA Second 11 Sun. NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. Team in 2019 for her outstanding sophomore season. In 18 16 Fri. at Towson* 3 p.m. games, the Argentine midfielder led the team in scoring with 11 18 Sun. at Delaware* 1 p.m goals and tied for the team-lead in points with 25. CAA CHAMPIONSHIP at Delaware 22 Thur. Semifinals TBA SCOUTING TEMPLE 24 Sat. Championship TBA Returning to play after a 7-10 season in 2019, Temple was picked to finish fifth in the BIG EAST Preseason poll. The Owls * - Colonial Athletic Association game will be led by Dani Bates, who was named an All-BIG EAST Preseason selection after leading the team in scoring with six goals in 2019 and posted five defensive saves, eight-most in TEMPLE MEDIA COVERAGE the nation last season. Live Video: OwlsTV Live Stats: StatBroadcast SCOUTING UCONN Like Temple, UConn will open their season at home against UCONN MEDIA COVERAGE Hofstra. One of the powerhouses of Division I field hockey, the Live Video: Huskies All-Access Huskies were picked to repeat as BIG EAST champions and Live Stats: StatBroadcast saw four players named Preseason All-BIG EAST, including reigning conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year HOFSTRA FIELD HOCKEY ON THE WEB Cheyanne Sprecher and returning Third Team All-American GoHofstra.com Sophie Hamilton. PRIDE PRODUCTIONS LIVE AUDIO AT HOME AFTER UCONN GoHofstra.com/PrideProductions Following the game against UConn, the Pride will host their first game of the 2020 season on February 19 at 2 p.m. when LIVE STATS AT HOME they welcome Drexel in a non-conference game. HofstraStats.com SEASON NUMBER - The 2021 season marks the 80th season of field hockey at Hofstra University and the first field hockey season held during the spring. The current all-time record heading into the 2021 season is 424-431-33. - The field hockey program was founded in 1936. NCAA WEEKLY FIELD HOCKEY STATS HOFSTRA ASSISTANT COACHES UPDATE: Here are the final Hofstra Field Hockey - Hofstra Assistant Coach Kara Velez joins the Pride staff in NCAA and CAA statistical rankings of the 2019 2018 after serving as head coach at Siena College from 2012 season. through 2017. Prior to taking over at Siena, Velez served as an assistant coach at Fairfield University from July 2007 through May 2012. As a student-athlete, Velez was a four-year member NCAA CAA of the University of Iowa Field Hockey program that won 46 Statistic Value Rank Rank games from 2003 through 2007. She served as the Hawkeyes’ Assists Per Game 28 4 1.78 team captain in 2006 and was part of NCAA Tournament Goals Against Average 66 6 2.89 teams in 2004 and 2006, a Big Ten Tournament championship team in 2006 and a Big Ten regular season championship Goals Per Game 47 4 0.88 squad in 2004. Penalty Corners Per Game 63 6 3.53 Points Per Game 39 4 2.53 - Hofstra Assistant Coach Courtney Deena is in her second Save Percentage 56 2 0.758 season as assistant coach of the Hofstra Pride. Deena was a Saves Per Game 19 2 12.35 four-year letterwinner at the University of Maryland, where she Scoring Average 47 4 1.74 played in 50 games and won three consecutive Big 10 regular season titles and a Big 10 Tournament championship in 2015. Winning Percentage 43 4 0.444 Deena also played women’s lacrosse at the University of Louisville in 2018 and saw the field in six games for the NCAA CAA Statistic Player Value Cardinals. Rank Rank Points Per Game Cami Larsson 35 4t 1.39 2019 ALL-CAA FIELD HOCKEY TEAM Frankie O’Brien/Djuna Slort Assists Per Game 53 4t 0.39 Hofstra junior Cami Larsson was named to the 2019 Goalie Win-Loss Pct Merlijn van der Vegt 34 4 0.533 Preseason All-Colonial Athletic Association Field Hockey Goals Against Average Merlijn van der Vegt 56 4 2.44 Team. Save Percentage Merlijn van der Vegt 37 2 0.715 Saves Per Game Merlijn van der Vegt 11 1 6.13 Larsson, a midfielder from Cordoba, Argentine, is a two-year starter for the Pride after earning the spot in 2018 and again in 2019 CAA STANDINGS 2019. She started all 18 games in 2019 and led the team with Here are the final 2019 CAA Field Hockey 11 goals and 25 points. Larsson had three two-goal games last standings. season against Bryant, Delaware and Northeastern. In the 2019 finale against Northeastern, Larsson posted a School CAA Pct. Overall Pct. career-high five points on two goals and one assist. A star on the field, Larsson is also accomplished in the classroom as she Delaware 6-0 1.000 16-4 .800 was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association William & Mary 5-1 .833 12-7 .632 National Academic Squad twice in 2018 and again in 2019, Northeastern 3-3 .000 11-8 .579 and she was named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic James Madison 3-3 .000 8-11 .421 Honor Roll for the Fall 2019 and the Spring 2020 semesters. Hofstra 2-4 .333 8-10 .444 Drexel 2-4 .000 4-14 .222 LET’S GO DUTCH Towson 0-6 .000 3-16 .158 Hofstra has four Dutchwomen on the field hockey roster this season. Junior Djuna Slort, sophomore Merlijn van der Vegt, HOFSTRA HEAD FIELD HOCKEY COACH COURTNEY and freshmen Jasmijn and Esmee Verdoes are representing VEINOTTE the home country of the founders of Hofstra University. - Is in her second season as head coach and fourth total with Hofstra Field Hockey. PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH PIPELINE - In her first year as Hofstra’s head coach, Veinotte led the Hofstra has three student-athletes who played high school field team to an 8-10 record. hockey at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School. Senior Frankie - During her two years as Hofstra Associate Head Coach, O’Brien, sophomore Samantha Spera, and freshman Liv Veinotte served as the director of scouting for the Pride and Truong represent the Colonials on the Hofstra roster. assisted in all aspects of coaching, including practices, scouting, scheduling and student-athlete development. 2021 HOFSTRA CAPTAINS - Served two years as the associate head coach and six years Hofstra Head Coach Courtney Veinotte announced the Pride’s as an assistant coach at the University of Maine prior to four team leaders for the 2021 season. Seniors Frankie coming to Hofstra. During her time at Maine, the Black Bears O’Brien and Lindsie Rogers, redshirt junior Meredith Pfennig, had five All-Americans, 13 all-region selections, and 33 and junior Cami Larsson will lead the team in the 2021 season. all-conference honorees. - Was a four-year letterwinner at Maine from 2007-2010. HOFSTRA 2021 ROSTER BREAKDOWN Played in 70 games at forward, midfield, and later defense. By Class and tallied 16 points and 8 assists for 40 points. Was named to 4 - seniors the America East All-Rookie Team in 2007. Earned America 2 - red-shirt juniors East Honor Roll, America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll and 6 – juniors National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Academic 4 – sophomores Squad honors as well . 9 - freshmen - In 2017, Veinotte was selected to coach in the Junior Olympic Games and was named to coach an Under-19 Pennsylvania Futures Team in the national tournament. By Home State 10 - Pennsylvania 4 - The Netherlands scored in the next two rounds. Merlijn van der Vegt kept the 2 - Argentina Bulldogs off the board for the next two rounds. After Bryant 2 - New York missed in round five, sophomore Cami Larsson scored for the 1 - Chile Pride in the sudden death sixth round to give them the 3-2 1 - Kentucky victory. The NCAA switched over from penalty strokes to the 1 - Maine shootout to decide tied games after overtime in 2012. 1 - Massachusetts 1 - Michigan GOHOFSTRA.COM 1 - New Jersey For information on Hofstra Field Hockey or any of the other 16 1 - Virginia sports at Hofstra, please log on to GoHofstra.com for the latest news, scores and features.