{"id":60686,"date":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-field-hockey-team-reaches-national-club-tourney-for-second-straight-year\/"},"modified":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T00:00:00","slug":"uri-field-hockey-team-reaches-national-club-tourney-for-second-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/01\/uri-field-hockey-team-reaches-national-club-tourney-for-second-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 field hockey team reaches national club tourney for second straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tOne of only 16 squads chosen to compete for title<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 4, 2013 \u2013 Last year when the 溏心vlog免费B站 field hockey team earned a berth in the college club championship tournament, it was unprepared.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cLast year we did not expect to go, so we had to scramble to raise money to get to Virginia Beach,\u201d said captain Claudia Colabella, a sophomore kinesiology major from Lindenhurst, N.Y.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cTwo years in a row, we were ranked 13th (out of 88 teams at the end of the regular season), but we were definitely ready to make the trip this year,\u201d said Julie Miezejeski, a senior kinesiology major from Ivoryton, Conn.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t even think it was possible last year.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAfter finishing 7-3 in the regular season this year and being one of only 16 teams chosen for the national tourney in October, the Rams are getting accustomed to winning.<\/p>\n


\n\tThat\u2019s especially remarkable because three years ago the squad barely had practice space on campus and it has no coach. The captains coach the team.<\/p>\n


\n\tThey also serve as the club\u2019s board members. Miezejeski is president, Hallie Anderson of Richmond, R.I., and a fourth-year pharmacy student, is vice president, Maggie DeStefano of Orange, Conn., and a supply chain management major, is the treasurer and fundraiser and Colabella is the practice planner and coordinator.<\/p>\n


\n\tAnderson said there are multiple reasons for the team\u2019s success. \u201cIt\u2019s a common feeling among the team that we work together and that we are close,\u201d she said. \u201cCaptains run the practices, but everyone contributes. Because we have players from so many different high schools, we get plenty of different ideas on training.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tDeStefano said more than half the team members won high school state or divisional titles or were selected for all state or all division honors.<\/p>\n


\n\tMiezejeski said when she was a freshman, \u201cWe had a little corner of a field that we had to practice on, and we were lucky if we had eight people. But now we share a much bigger area with the intramural program. We held our first home game and home tournament on campus this year.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cNow we can run more effective drills,\u201d she said. \u201cMaking the playoffs two years in a row is a huge accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAnderson said there are benefits to having a coach for the team, but there are also benefits to having captains run the program, such as learning organizational skills and how to manage such things as playing time.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cEveryone\u2019s willing to work hard and put the team first for the common good,\u201d Colabella said.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe players agreed that their 1-0 regular season win over the University of Connecticut, despite numerous injuries, was one of the their top accomplishments.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe didn\u2019t even have a lot of players,\u201d DeStefano said.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI was out with a concussion from a previous game, Colabella said, adding, \u201cI was the coach on the sideline.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI suffered a few injuries this year, including a vicious cut from a stick hitting my knee during the UConn game, which forced me to the sidelines,\u201d Miezejeski said. \u201cTwo weeks later, I tore it open in a game on wet turf at the University of Vermont.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI had a stomach bug, and was vomiting during the game,\u201d DeStefano said. \u201cWe were very evenly matched, but we don\u2019t have an (artificial) turf field, and we beat them on turf.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThey really put a barrage on us in the last few minutes, but we held strong,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n


\n\tOther team members said DeStefano\u2019s outstanding work in the goal was a key reason for the win.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen they arrived at the league tournament in Virginia Beach, the Rams were confident they could grab a few wins. They came close, but lost to Boston College in overtime and lost by only one goal to the University of Massachusetts and the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIf I had to pick a favorite memory, it would be this entire season, because it was a great run\u201d Miezejeski said. \u201cIt was really nice to see the new players join the team, reach their full potential, and see everyone finding their place to make a very strong, cohesive team.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTOURNAMENT RAMS: Members of the 溏心vlog免费B站 field hockey team pose at the U.S. National Field Hockey Training Center in Virginia Beach during the national club tournament. Seated from left in the front row are captains Julie Miezejeski, Claudia Colabella, Maggie DeStefano, and Hallie Anderson; middle row from left, Alexa Shilko, Analicia Behnke ,Teresa Vinci, Sarah Baker, Mary Krieger, Chelsea Lacasse, and Kristyn Callahan, and back row from left, Skylar Weida, Danielle Harris, Rachael Lomp, Kelsey Norman, Kathryn Powell, Chelsea Duball, Molly Hodshon, Tia Guilbert and Jonathan Lloyd. Unavailable for photo Amanda Smigliani, Alyssa Carroll, and Maddie Espinal. Photo courtesy Hallie Anderson.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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