University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Taking A Handoff - Frank Fay charges up the gridiron Lehigh line in a gain for UMass. Discouragement - Co-captain Peter Tracy sits with hls teammates in what was, unhappily, an unsuccessful bout. 'x Me ,Wx 1' Yi 1 'H 4 4 , Q ' ' .yawn W , 7 4 :'f1 ',fff' y . Photo by Dave Deube F' Sark 4 'W 1, ,. JV is :I4 Q VXQ4 1 Q 'Q ' 5353 ? Photo by Michell Segall

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CARRYING ON THE TRADITION WONIEN'S FIELD ,HOCKEY The 1984 edition of the UMass field hockey team was relatively young. Only six players returned from the 1983 Final Four team, that captured third in Phila- delphia the previous November. A suc- cessful season dispelled any doubts that youth would stall the hard working Min- utewomen. The Minutewomen produced a winning season, and added another NCAA Tour- nament berth for Pam Hixon, seventh year coach who spent the summer as assistant coach on the bronze medal U.S. Olympic Field Hockey squad. UMass was ranked as high as fourth in the nation, and although North Carolina knocked them off in the season opener, the stickers ran off an impressive 10-game winning streak against Temple, Virginia, Springfield, and Michigan. Eight of the ten wins were shutouts. New Hampshire, an NCAA quarter-finalist, fell 3-7 to UMass in the regular season. But UMass didn't get a crack at the Wildcats in the NCAA tournament. The University of Connecticut, who UMass hasn't beaten since October 1980, closed the book on the Minutewomen's season with a 4-3 triple overtime victory in the first round of NCAA Playoff Action in Storrs, a game decided on penalty strokes. Megan Donnelly, UM's penalty corner and penalty stroke specialist, gave UMass a 2-1 halftime lead over UConn, but the Huskies came back to take a 3-2 lead be- fore Donnelly's ninth goal of the year sent the game into overtime. FIELD HOCKEY 13-5 UMASS OPP 1 NORTH CAROLINA 2 3 U of VIRGINIA 2 5 MICHIGAN 0 4 BOSTON COLLEGE 0 7 RHODE ISLAND 1 3 PROVIDENCE 0 1 SPRINGFIELD 0 2 YALE 0 5 MAINE 0 4 NORTHEASTERN 0 2 TEMPLE I l OLD DOMINION 7 0 HARVARD I 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 2 DARTMOUTH l 2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 0 1 CONNECTICUT 2 NCAA ACTION 3 CONNECTICUT 4 Front Row: Lil Hultin, Amy Robertson, Maura Coghlin, Megan Donnelly, Captain Andrea Muccini, Karissa Nichoff, Pam Moryl, Judy Morgan, Erin Canniff, Chris Kocot, Ginny Armstrong. Back Row Asst. Coach Sharon Wilkie, Lisa Griswold, Martha Lozeau, Tonia Kennedy, Kathryn Rowe, Lynn Carlson, Ronnie Coleman, Nancy O'Halloran, Asst. Coach Carol Progulski, Head Coach Pam Hixon