Six named All-Region; Yoder named South Region Player of the Year

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Six members of the Ursinus College field hockey team were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Assocation (NFHCA) South Region team on Tuesday afternoon.

In addition, junior midfielder Megan Yoder (Lititz, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) was named the South Region Player of the Year.

Yoder, along with junior back Lindsey Doutt (Willow Street, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg), senior forward Jen Hooven (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic), sophomore forward Alyssa Thren (Barto, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) and junior midfielder Michelle Wimmer (Palm, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) were all named to the first-team.

Junior back Taylor Weidensaul (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) was named to the second-team.

Yoder, the 2009 Centennial Conference Player of the Year, currently leads the squad with 71 points and 19 assists. She ranks second in goals with 36.

Doutt led a defensive unit that has given up less than one goal per game on average this season, and has held opponents scoreless in ten contests.

Hooven is fourth on the team in points with 44 and in goals with 18. She was an honorable mention selection by the Centennial Conference.

Thren set the Centennial Conference record for goals in a season with 32 this season, and is second on the team in points with 70. She was a first-team All-Conference selection.

Wimmer has 42 points (17g, 8a) and ranked fifth on the team in points and goals. She is tied for third in assists. She was also a first-team All-Centennial selection.

Weidensaul, like Doutt, has been a valuable part of the defensive unit at Ursinus.

Ursinus (20-2) takes on top-ranked Messiah at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the NCAA Division III Semifinals at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.