ECAC Announces DIII Field Hockey All-Star Teams
Three Empire 8 Athletic Conference (E8) athletes have been selected to the 2013 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Mid-Atlantic Field Hockey All-Star Teams.
Stevens senior forward Marguerite Chavez and Utica College sophomore Kells Casey were voted to the first team, while Stevens senior back Megan Traub was tabbed second team.
Casey finished first in the E8 with a 1.57 goals-against average, a .804 save percentage, and seven shutouts. She set new school records for wins (17) and shutouts in a season.
Chavez lead the team and conference in goals (19), assists (17) and points (55). Her 55 points are a single-season record and her 19 goals ties the single-season mark. She graduates as the all-time leader in points and assists and is currently eighth nationally in assists per game and 23rd in points per game. She scored at least one point in 18 of Stevens' 22 games, tallying three or more eight times and five or more four times. Five of her scores were game-winners as the Oceanport, N.J. native graduates with 53 goals, 43 assists and 149 points and was a four-time all-conference honoree, including being named the 2013 Empire 8 Player of the Year.
Traub had a major impact on both sides of the field this year, helping the Ducks reach the postseason for the seventh-straight time. Traub finished 2013 with nine goals and eight assists, notching a pair of game-winners in the process. She ends with 26 points which had her fourth on the team and top-12 in the Empire 8. She was tied for the team lead with two defensive saves and was a three-time all-conference performer, earning honorable mention as a sophomore and first-team All-Empire 8 in 2012 and 2013. In addition, Traub is a three-time member of the NFHCA Academic Squad.