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Field Hockey news and notes

McKenzie earns Division I Rookie of the Week honors.

  Field hockey freshman Erin McKenzie accomplished a rare feat when she earned the Synapse Sports/WomensFieldHockey.com Division I Rookie of the Week award. 

  She was previously named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week after leading the Colonials to two shutouts and three overall wins over the weekend.

  Her three-game weekend sweep moves McKenzie’s win total to five on the year.  With the fifth win, she ties Stephanie Seeley for Robert Morris’ single-season win record.

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  McKenzie started her weekend with a 1-0 overtime shutout win against No. 15 Ohio.  This win was the first win ever against a nationally ranked team, and it was also the first shutout of McKenzie’s career.

  Over the course of the weekend, McKenzie made 14 saves and obtained another win on Saturday during the team’s 3-2 overtime win over Lindenwood.  From there, she went on to make another four saves during the Colonials 1-0 victory over Liberty for her second career shutout in only three days.

Colonials set program record for win

  The field hockey program set a new record for wins with their sixth win of the year in their game at Appalachian State. 

  Freshman Jamie Hartley, scored two goals in the game including the game winning goal.    Junior Paige Neat claimed her first victory of the season in the Colonials 4-3 win after she stopped four shots.

  This win by the Colonials topped the program’s previous record of five wins that they set back in 2008.

  The Colonials will return to action with a West Coast road trip next weekend, traveling to nationally ranked Stanford and then Pacific.

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Brooke Smith, Editor-in-Chief
A senior journalism major at Robert Morris University, Brooke serves as the Editor-in-Chief and a staff writer for RMU’s student-run newspaper, “The Sentry.” In addition to writing for the university’s paper, she is the Secretary for the Society of Collegiate Journalists and an active member of the RMU webstreaming team that produces live sporting events. Brooke also compiles the statistics and proof reads the Pittsburgh Penguins IceTime programs that get handed out to fans at each home game. In addition to her work with the Penguins, Brooke is also an intern with the MLB's Advanced Media department working out of PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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