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

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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

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Pow! Blam! Zowic! Holy tackles, Minutemen, I lhlnk wc got one. True Grit - George Barnwell shows his moves as the leading rusher on the team with 931 yards at the end of the season. Photo by Dave Deuber +, n

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4.t'r4iiixvQ .g Q 1 an I ' ' '.' QQ 'Nav 2 'Gr' ' 9450 7:11 , 1 -, on gn' f' Q-iq' t.y'A ,, Q - , Q . , , - 4 0 fvzivqqdkf 'gn' -A . w..-:tl 0 .5 'xxx up v a a . sw S-4,55-.'.s' 4.1 U:U.o 's - 'I 1:5-wi' 5 , - s s A ' 'K Photo by Andy Heller Fighting hard - The Minutewomen played every game with the will to win, continuing their record of excellence. Donnelly, a junior, scored three pen- alty strokes this year QBU, UNC, Vir- giniaj. This was the first year that senior co- captain Pam Moryl Cseven goals, six assists, 13 pointsj, didn't lead the team scoring. Part of the reason was Moryl's move from forward to midfield, the oth- er was the emergence of freshman Tonia Kennedy, who assumed the scor- ing reigns with 13 goals, four assists and 17 points. Co-captain Andrea Muccini led a defense that only twice gave up three or more goals. Freshman Lynn Carlson saw the most action in the net with 13 games. While the Minutewomen didn't go as far as they had in previous years, they laid a solid foundation from which to start in 1985. - Gerry deSimas .4--...,N Photo by Andy Heller Chris Kolcot battles for control in a game against Michigan, one of the teams that fell victim to UM's 10-game winning streak.