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Maggie Sohns was one of five players honored by the FDU-Florham field hockey team prior to a 4-0 victory over King’s in a MAC Freedom contest on Saturday.
The 5-foot-4 midfielder from Tunkhannock has helped the Devils post a 15-2 overall record and a 6-0 mark in league play. She has six goals and a league-high 15 assists for 27 points with two game winners. Two times she has recorded three assists in a game.
“Maggie is an exceptional field hockey player and person,” first-year coach Maura Johnston said. “Her on-field leadership is evident to anyone watching the game. She is the kind of player who makes the athletes around her better. Her maturity and will to win sets her apart.”
Sohns earned All-MAC Freedom first team honors the past two seasons and was on the second team as a freshman. She was also an ECAC first-team choice and earned National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Region second team, with both honors coming last season.
“I feel incredibly luck to have Maggie as a leader in my first year with FDU,” Johnston said.
Hunter Pitman (Susquehanna)
The senior forward was named Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after a big previous week with the field hockey team. The Crestwood graduate had a hat trick in a 6-1 victory over Cabrini last Wednesday and had the first goal in a 3-0 triumph over Scranton on Saturday. She leads the conference with 18 goals and points with 40.
Sophomore Sam Banks, a Dallas graduate, earned Offensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 7. She has seven goals for 14 points.
Dominic Hockenbury (Syracuse)
The redshirt junior prepped for Friday’s ACC cross country championship by finishing 10th out of 104 runners in his division at the annual Nuttycombe Invitational on Oct. 18 in Verona, Wisc. The Lake-Lehman graduate covered the 8,000-meter course in 24:34.5.
Hockenbury finished 25th in last year’s ACC meet with a 5k time of 24:21.5 and went to the Division I Northeast Regionals, where he finished seventh with a 10,000-meter time of 32:10.4.
Vanessa Atie (DeSales)
The 5-foot-4 sophomore forward got off to a great start this season with the women’s soccer team, scoring three goals in eight games. The Crestwood grad missed the next seven games with an injury, but she returned to the field in the team’s last two games and will be a key performer for the Bulldogs in the MAC Freedom tournament, which starts next Tuesday.
DeSales is 13-3-1 and 4-1-1 in league play after a 1-0 overtime league victory over Wilkes on Saturday in Center Valley.
Lily Novak (Scranton)
The freshman had a big fall season with the women’s tennis team. The Hazleton Area graduate finished 7-0 in singles, playing mostly at No. 3. She also finished 6-0 in doubles with a different partner in each match
The Royals posted a 3-1 match record and wrapped things up with a 9-0 victory over Messiah on Oct. 5 in Grantham. Novak captured her No. 3 singles match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory. She didn’t compete in doubles because the victory was well in hand.
Kenneth Marshman (Arcadia)
The 5-foot-11 sophomore has played in 17 games with one start for the men’s soccer team. The Berwick graduate scored his first career goal and it came in a 2-2 tie with Lebanon Valley on Oct. 5 in Annville. It was the team’s second goal.
Marshman saw action in eight games off the bench as a freshman.
Grace Angelella (Lafayette)
The junior and the Leopards’ field hockey team face a Patriot League showdown against American Saturday in Washington, D.C. Both teams are 5-0 in the league. The Wyoming Area graduate has played in all 17 games with 15 starts on defense and has helped the team limit foes to 24 goals (1.33 goals against average) with seven shutouts.
Lindsey Pozaic (Cabrini)
The 5-foot-2 sophomore has played in 13 games with 10 starts for the field hockey team. The Wyoming Area graduate has two defensive saves. She started all 17 games as a freshman and posted her only career goal. It was the only score in a 1-0 non-league victory over Cedar Crest in a road game in Allentown.
Adiya Golden (St. Francis)
The freshman finished 38th out of 259 runners to help the women’s cross country team finish second out of 26 teams at the 31st annual Gettysburg Invitational on Oct. 19. Golden, from Wilkes-Barre and a Scranton Prep graduate, covered the 6,000 meter course in 24:35.1.
On Sept. 14, she finished ninth out of 99 runners at the St. Vincent Invitational in Abington with a 5,000 meter time of 20:52.0.
Lindsey Williams (Flagler)
The sophomore helped the women’s cross country team capture the title at the Peach Belt Conference Championship last Saturday in Lumberton, N.C. The Holy Redeemer graduate finished seventh out of 105 runners, third best finisher for the Saints, with a personal best 5,000 meter time of 19:07.8.
The time and finish were a big improvement for Williams who finished 28th with a 5k time of 19:46.9 at the league championship as a freshman.
Shane Angle (Stevenson)
The sophomore wrapped up the fall season with the men’s golf team by finishing tied for 24th out of 76 players at the Lebanon Valley Fall Invitational on Oct. 21. The Crestwood graduate posted a round of 82 to help the Mustangs finish fourth in the 16-team field. Angle averaged 79.89 for nine rounds.
Twice he posted a 77 and the consistent golfer had a high round of 85. His best finish came when he shot an 84 to finish 16th at the Stevenson Fall Invitational on Oct. 10 in Upperco, Md.