Four Minutewomen Named NFHCA Northeast All-Region

BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Four members of the University of Massachusetts field hockey team have been named to the NFHCA Northeast All-Region teams, announced by the organization on Tuesday. Senior midfielder Georgie McTear was placed on the First Team, and sophomore midfielder Jess Beech, freshman midfielder/defender Claire Danahy, plus sophomore defender Josie Rossbach all were named Second Team. The four All-Region honorees mark the most at Massachusetts since 2017.

McTear was voted Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year during the Spring 2021 season, also being tabbed to the league's All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Teams. She produced a league-leading seven goals and 17 points, along with a team-best three assists, even in missing one of Massachusetts' 11 matches last Spring. She is consistently on the field for 50-plus minutes per game, serving as a fierce competitor all over the pitch and a primary striker on attack penalty corners. Prior to the Spring 2021 season, McTear was elected by her teammates as a co-captain. McTear has earned All-Region accolades each year or her collegiate career, making McTear the first Minutewoman with four consecutive All-Region nods since Sarah Hawkshaw from 2014-17.

Prior to earning All-Region mention, Beech, Danahy and Rossbach all were slotted on the A-10 All-Conference Second Team. Beech also was voted to the league's All-Academic Team.

Beech closed the regular season tied for second in the A-10 with six goals and shared third in points (14), aided in part by her insert role on penalty corners. Beech, a perfect 3-for-3 on penalty strokes for the year, was named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week on March 16. She additionally serves the team as part of a four-woman leadership group. As a freshman in 2019, Beech was named to the A-10 All-Championship Team.

Danahy played the final 10 matches of the season, starting nine of those 10 and consistently on-field for over 45 minutes across the midfield and backfield. She earned her first collegiate point, an assist, as part of the penalty corner battery and on the game-winning goal vs. UMass Lowell on March 14. Her first career goal also came on a penalty corner play in a win at La Salle on March 27.

The centerpiece of the Massachusetts defense, Rossbach has played just about every minute of every match at center back since arriving in Amherst as a freshman in 2019. She earned her first collegiate point, an assist on a penalty corner play during the Northeastern victory on March 5, and a week later potted her first collegiate goal, also the game-winning tally, vs. Maine. Rossbach notched her first career defensive save in the season opener at New Hampshire and was a 2019 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team selection. A testament to Rossbach's backfield prowess, she was the only field player to take home the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week award this season.

The NFHCA Division I All-Region team announcement is the first in a list of postseason awards to come from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) over the next several weeks. Next to be announced are the NFHCA Regional Players of the Year on June 7 — they will be followed by the NFHCA All-American teams and the NFHCA National Player of the Year which will be revealed during the live NFHCA Awards Show sponsored by AstroTurf® on June 15, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

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NFHCA Northeast All-Region Awards • Click here for the comprehensive list across all regions
Northeast All-Region First Team
Madison Babineau, Providence (Midfielder)
Eleonore Boekhorst, UMass Lowell (Goalkeeper)
Margo Carlin, Boston College (Forward)
Hana Davis, Maine (Midfielder)
Clara Defourt, UMass Lowell (Defender)
Emily Devine, Holy Cross (Defender)
Fusine Govaert, Boston College (Defender)
Jonna Kennedy, Boston College (Goalkeeper)
Georgie McTear, Massachusetts (Midfielder)
Alexi Pettasani, Boston University (Defender)
Julie Rodijk, UAlbany (Defender)
Lauren Rowe, Northeastern (Midfielder)
Kathryn Scheerer, Boston University (Defender)
Bloem van der Brekel, New Hampshire (Midfielder)
Chloe Walton, Maine (Forward)
Elizabeth Warner, Boston College (Forward)

Northeast All-Region Second Team
Jess Beech, Massachusetts (Midfielder)
Sky Caron, Boston College (Defender)
Claire Danahy, Massachusetts (Midfielder)
Isabelle Danahy, New Hampshire (Midfielder)
Clodagh Ferry, Vermont (Midfielder)
Kate Hall, Vermont (Forward)
Juliette Hijdra, Boston College (Midfielder)
Marijn Jaarsma, Bryant (Goalkeeper)
Rebecca Janes, Boston University (Midfielder)
Katie MacCullum, UAlbany (Forward)
Jamie Natale, Boston College (Forward)
Josie Rossbach, Massachusetts (Defender)
Liz Ryan, Boston University (Forward)
Brittany Smith, Maine (Defender)
Charlotte Triggs, UAlbany (Midfielder)
Jemma Woods, New Hampshire (Goalkeeper)

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Players Mentioned

Jess Beech

Claire Danahy

Sarah Hawkshaw

Georgie McTear

Josie Rossbach

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