Women’s Field Hockey History 2020-2021 SEASON CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC 2019-2020 Regular Season Record: 10-1-1 (1st in OUA) Playoff Record: * OUA Champions (defeated U of T in OUA gold medal game) * * U SPORTS silver medalists (lost to Victoria in Best-of-3 series in U SPORTS Final) * U SPORTS Most Valuable Player (Liz Hoffman Award) Katherine MacMillan U SPORTS All-Canadians: Katherine MacMillan OUA All-Stars: Mackenzie Janzen Katherine MacMillan Kayla Magarelli OUA Most Valuable Player Katherine MacMillan Coming into the 2019 season the Gryphons were determined to make it past the OUA final and qualify for a U Sports Championship. Guelph was dominant this season amassing a regular season record of 10-1-1 while outscoring opponents 54-11. Anticipation was high as the Gryphons hosted the OUA Championships on their home field. The Gryphons dominated their first two matches winning 8-0 against McMaster and 7-2 against Waterloo. The final was a close one, but Guelph managed to edge out U of T 1-0 on a goal by fifth- year star Katherine MacMillan. MacMillan was named the OUA’s Most Valuable Player and an OUA All-Star along with teammates Mackenzie Janzen and Kayla Magarelli. The Gryphons flew to Victoria where they would take on the Victoria Vikes in a Best-Of-3 Series for the U Sports Championship. The team fell short losing two straight to claim a silver medal. MacMillan capped off her star-studded career with a U SPORTS MVP award and All-Canadian honours. Team Awards M.I.P. – Lauren Marcolini M.V.P. – Katherine MacMillan 2019-20 Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Michelle Turley (16th season) Assistants: Nick Govia, Julian Annel , Trainer: Lauren Philippi, Majesta Roth Chiropractor: Rob Winslow 2019-20 Roster: Samantha Baine Michaela Grimminck Prabnoor Mangat Alexa Corrado Amanda Hodgert Lauren Marcolini Hilary Davidson Mackenzie Janzen Nyah Miranda Braelyn Dennis Maryam Maamoun Bailey Mitchell Sydney Evans Katherine MacMillan Aidan Pattison Sophie Jantzi Kayla Magarelli Kendra Puttick 2018-2019 Regular Season Record: 7-3-2 (3rd in OUA) Playoff Record: 2-1 (lost to York in OUA Final) The Gryphons went into the 2018 season with plenty of motivation after falling just short of an OUA championship the previous year. Guelph proved to be a formidable team again, especially with the return of talented forward Katherine MacMillan, who missed the entire 2017 season with a serious knee injury. MacMillan showed no ill effects, leading the team with 16 goals, which ranked her second in the OUA. With MacMillan joining veterans Rebecca Plouffe and eventual team MVP Rudi Ballard, Guelph was one of the top squads in the conference again, allowing just 11 goals en route to a 7-3-2 record. The Gryphons knew their biggest test would come at the OUA Championship and they were clinical in the opening round with a 3-0 win over Western. Guelph needed a dramatic 2-1 shootout win to eliminate the rival Toronto varsity Blues, who had beaten the Gryphons twice during the regular season. The OUA Final was a rematch from 2017 as Guelph took on the reigning champion York Lions. The Gryphons battled but were unable to generate the necessary offence, falling 1-0 to York. MacMillan and Plouffe were named U SPORTS All-Canadians. U SPORTS All-Canadians: Katherine MacMillan Rebecca Plouffe U SPORTS Gail Wilson Award Katherine MacMillan OUA All-Stars: Katherine MacMillan Rebecca Plouffe OUA Outstanding Contributor (Gail Wilson Award) Katherine MacMillan Team Awards M.I.P. – Sophie Jantzi M.V.P. – Rudi Ballard University of Guelph Awards Rebecca Plouffe – Fred Ramprashad Award (Academics + Athletics in College of Biological Science) 2018-19 Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Michelle Turley (15th season) Assistants: Nick Govia, Julian Annel , Oliver Lane Trainer: T.J. Turley 2018-19 Roster: Rudi Ballard Sophie Jantzi Nyah Miranda Alexa Corrado Mackenzie Janzen Bailey Mitchell Danielle Crumpton Maryam Maamoun Rebecca Plouffe Maaike de Waard Katherine MacMillan Kendra Puttick Olivia Finch Kayla Magarelli Vanessa Schiefer Amanda Hodgert Lauren Marcolini 2017-2018 Season Record: 8-1-3 (2nd in OUA West) Playoff Record: 2-1 (lost to York in OUA final) The Gryphons field hockey team faced obstacles before the 2017 OUA regular season even got under way. Already having lost key players from the previous year, head coach Michelle Turley entered the new campaign without her star forward Katherine MacMillan, who unfortunately suffered a devastating ACL tear in the exhibition season. But Guelph’s players adapted quickly, and new players emerged, like second-year midfielder Kayla Magarelli, converted to forward, who seamlessly stepped into a goal-scoring role. The Gryphons used a blend of sound defence and their excellent passing skills to win two and tie two in the first four games, conceding just one goal. They took their only defeat of the regular season on September 24, a stinging 3-1 loss to first-place York. But Guelph rolled through the rest of the schedule, recording shutouts in five of the last seven games to head into the postseason on a roll. Magarelli scored a hat trick in the playoff opener against Waterloo, an 11-0 win, before Olivia Finch and Alexa Corrado came through with a pair of early goals in a 2-0 win over rival Toronto in the semi-final. That set up a rubber match with the Lions, who Guelph beat 1-0 three weeks after that lone loss. York took leads twice, but the courageous Gryphons answered both times, including a clutch Magarelli goal that tied the match 2-2. But the dream of a fifth OUA banner ended when York star Jaslan Stirling notched the championship-winning goal in the second half, despite the Gryphons dominating the second half and doing everything they could to find a late equalizer. Magarelli recorded 14 goals on the season, ranking her 2nd amongst the OUA leading scorers. Guelph’s goaltenders combined for a .53 goal against average, second best in the league by one goal. For the seventh time in program history, and the second time in as many seasons, a Gryphon, Rebecca Plouffe, earned OUA Player of the Year honours. Plouffe also earned the distinction of OUA All-Star and U SPORTS All-Canadian. Rudi Ballard 3L Olivia Finch 3L Katherine MacMillan 3L Alice Stubbings 1L Alexa Corrado 2L Amanda Hodgert 1L Kayla Magarelli 2L Melissa Vogl 5L Danielle Crumpton 1L Sophie Jantzi 1L Maria Murray 1L Yashi Zheng 1L Lauren Dewar 4H Mackenzie Janzen 1L Rebecca Plouffe 4H Grace Doyle 1L Morgan Kelley 5L Kendra Puttick 2L Awards Summary Team Awards OUA All- Stars- Rebecca Plouffe MIP- Lauren Dewar OUA Major Awards- Rebecca Plouffe MVP- Rebecca Plouffe U SPORTS All- Canadians- Rebecca Plouffe Head Coach: Michelle Turley Assistants: Nick Govia, Julian Annel Trainer: Amy Woolsey Chiropractor: Rob Winslow 2016-2017 Regular Season Record: 9-1-2 (2nd in OUA) Playoff Record: 2-5 (OUA silver, 4th place at nationals) In 2016, the Gryphons field hockey team featured an explosive offense that led the OUA in scoring with 55 goals in 12 games during the regular season en route to finishing 2nd in the standings with a 9-1-2 (wins-losses-ties) record. Third year forward Olivia Lane was the OUA’s leading scorer with 17 goals and became the sixth player in U of G history to be named OUA MVP. At the OUA Championship tournament in London, the Gryphons rolled past McGill 10-0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Olivia Lane’s goal in the 59th minute would be enough to get the Gryphons past Western 1-0 to book a spot in the OUA finals as well as a berth to nationals. In the OUA Final, the Gryphons squared off against longtime rivals – the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. The meeting marked the 10th time in the last 12 years that these two schools had squared off in the OUA gold medal game. With the game tied at 2-2, U of T would score with just three minutes remaining to claim their third straight OUA banner. At nationals, hosted by U of T, the Gryphons would go 0-3 during round robin play before falling 2-0 to the Varsity Blues in the CIS Bronze medal game. Rudi Ballard 2L Natalie Hanchar - Nicole Paola 4H Zante Botha - Cassie Hawthorne 1L Rebecca Plouffe 3L Ciara Condon 5L Emily Hong 1L Libbie Pritchard 4H Alexa Corrado 1L Morgan Kelley 4H Kendra Puttick 1L Danielle Crumpton - Olivia Lane 3L Gurleen Sekhon 2L Lauren Dewar 3L Katherine MacMillan 2L Melissa Vogl 4H Olivia Finch 2L Kayla Magarelli 1L Yashi Zheng - Awards Summary OUA All-Stars Olivia Lane Ciara Condon CIS All-Canadian Olivia Lane Ciara Condon OUA Major Awards Olivia Lane – OUA MVP CIS Major Awards Olivia Lane – CIS co-MVP Team Awards MIP of the Year – Katherine MacMillan MVP of the Year – Olivia Lane University of Guelph Awards Olivia Lane – Shirley Peterson Award Head Coach: Michelle Turley Assistant Coach: Nick Govia Assistant Coach: Julian Annel Physiotherapist: Emma Plater Trainer: Sophie Cameron Trainer: Amy Woolsey 2015-2016 Regular Season Record: 11-1 (1st OUA) Playoff Record: 3-2-1 (OUA silver, CIS bronze) The Gryphons field hockey team posted an impressive 11-1 regular season record and earned their second straight OUA silver medal after falling just short in a 4-3 OUA Final to the Toronto Varsity Blues. En route to the final, the Gryphons defeated the Waterloo Warriors 4-0 in the semi-finals. The OUA silver qualified the team for their ninth consecutive appearance at the CIS Championships. After being on the short end against their archrivals from Toronto in the OUA Championships, the Gryphons came back in fiery style to defeat the Varsity Blues 4-2 in the bronze-medal match of the CIS Championships, hosted in Victoria.