WORCESTER, Mass. – Seniors Emily Loprete and Suzanne Noone of the Holy Cross field hockey team earned All-Patriot League honors, as announced by the league on Tuesday. Loprete, a First Team selection, is being honored for the third time having been named to the Second Team as a sophomore and First Team as a junior. Noone, a member of the Second Team, is being honored for the first time.
Loprete led the team this season with 13 goals and one assists for 27 points. The goal and point totals led the Patriot League as well. Her .76 goals per game ranks 16th across all of Division I. She scored three goals in the Crusaders first win of the season, 4-0 over Colgate. Loprete also tallied the overtime game-winner at La Salle in a 5-4 victory. The Watertown native will wrap up her career with the Crusaders with a total of 39 goals and nine assists for 87 points, which puts her in the top ten all-time in program history.
Noone was second on the team this year with three goals and four assists for ten points. She found the back of the net in wins against Colgate and Lehigh and also scored the Crusaders' only goal in a 3-1 loss to Bucknell. Noone finishes her time at Holy Cross with eight goals and nine assists for 25 points.
The Crusaders wrapped up their season at 3-14 and a 2-4 mark in conference play, just missing out on a Patriot League tournament spot.
2018 Patriot League Field Hockey Major Award Winners
Offensive Player of the Year - Rafaela Rubas, American, Sr., Midfielder
Defensive Player of the Year - Ally Hammel, Boston University, Sr., Defender
Goalkeeper of the Year - Maura Jacobs, American, Sr., Goalkeeper
Rookie of the Year - Molly McAndrew, Lafayette, Fr., Forward
Coach of the Year - Sally Starr, Boston University
2018 First Team All-Patriot League Field Hockey*
Noor Coenen, American, So., F/M^
Maura Jacobs, American, Sr., GK
Rafaela Rubas, American, Sr., M^
Ailsa Connolly, Boston University, So., F^
Allie Doggett, Boston University, Sr., M^
Ally Hammel, Boston University, Sr., D^
Olivia Harris, Bucknell, Jr., GK
Lexi Quick, Bucknell, Sr., D^
Brittany Willwerth, Bucknell, Jr., F
Emily Loprete, Holy Cross, Sr., F^
Theresa Delahanty, Lafayette, Sr., M
Molly McAndrew, Lafayette, Fr., F
Lisa van der Geest, Lafayette, Jr., D^
Lenke Havas, Lehigh, So., D/M
*14 players on the first-team due to a tie in the voting
^Unanimous First-Team selection
2018 Second Team All-Patriot League Field Hockey
Megan Benson, American, Sr., M
Rachel Stefano, American, Sr., D
Kiley Gallagher, Boston University, Jr., M
Petra Hall, Boston University, So., F/M
Sarah Dimock, Bucknell, So., F
Sally Olson, Bucknell, Sr., D
Olivia Krogermeier, Colgate, Fr., M
Suzanne Noone, Holy Cross, Sr., F
Caroline Turnbull, Lafayette, Jr., M
Olivia Perrone, Lehigh, Fr., M
