4 WCU Athletes Named All-Americans

Four members of the back-to-back National Championship field hockey team also named to the All-American team.

The following is a press release from the West Chester University Athletic Department. Two-time national champion West Chester University landed four players on the 2012 Longstreth / National Field Hockey Coaches' Association Division II All-America squad it was announced Tuesday afternoon. Kristin Arnold, Kayla Gluchowski, Kelsi Lykens and Michele Schrift were all named to the top squad. West Chester (20-2) earned its second straight NCAA Division II national championship with a 5-0 victory over host UMass-Lowell in the title game on Sunday. The Golden Rams also defeated the River Hawks for the national championship in 2011. Senior midfielder Michele Schrift was named a first team All-American for the second straight year. She led the …

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WCU Wins Second National Title

The West Chester University field hockey team wins its second national title in a row Sunday.

The following is a press release from the West Chester University Athletic Department. Top-ranked West Chester University scored three goals in the first half and two more in the second half and successfully defended its NCAA Division II Field Hockey championship with a 5-0 shutout over host UMass-Lowell Sunday afternoon at Cushing Field.   West Chester (20-2) tied the school’s single season record for wins while securing its second straight NCAA title and sixth national championship in program history. Both of West Chester’s championships the last two years have come at the expense of UMass-Lowell (19-4), who was making its sixth straight appearance in the national title game.   “This has been just an amazing experience,” WCU head coach …

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No. 5 Bloomsburg Tops No. 1 West Chester, 3-2, In Overtime

Bloomsburg scores with 15 seconds left in overtime to lift the No. 5 Huskies to a 3-2 victory over top-ranked West Chester University.

The following is a press release from the West Chester Univeristy Athletic Department. Bloomsburg’s Brooke Simonovich finished off a 2-on-1 break, tipping in a centering pass from Alexis Weber with 15 seconds left in the first overtime session, lifting No. 5 Huskies to a 3-2 victory over top-ranked West Chester Saturday afternoon.   The loss drops the Golden Rams to 10-2 overall and 5-1 in the PSAC Eastern Division and into a conference tie with Bloomsburg (11-3, 5-1).   An enthusiastic crowd at Vonnie Gros Field got a chance to witness a dramatic and fast-paced overtime period that included a penalty stroke by West Chester, which was blocked with a spectacular save by Bloomsburg goalkeeper Megan Eppley. Nancy Stehman drew a penalty midway…

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Winners On and Off The Field

West Chester University Field Hockey Squad Honored For Academic Excellence

  West Chester University's women's field hockey squad captured the 2011 NCAA Division II national championship this past fall. However, the Golden Rams also proved themselves to be champions in the classroom with 16 players named to the 2011 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division II National Academic Squad. Three Golden Rams were recognized as four-year recipients of the national academic award. Brynn Adams, Leah Angstadt and Karly Herb were the three that have been named to the academic squad all four years in college. As a team, West Chester's cumulative grade-point average of 3.38 was tied for second highest in Division II with Kutztown University. Slippery Rock's 3.51 GPA was tops in Division II. West Chester University players honored were…

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West Chester University Field Hockey Wins National Title

The Rams defeat UMASS-Lowell, 2-1 to win the NCAA Division II Championship.