Field Hockey | 11/14/2019 10:37:00 AM
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Eight players from the St. John Fisher College field hockey team won All-Conference honors as announced by the Empire 8 Thursday. Senior
Lindsay Scott was named Player of the Year and Head Coach
Victoria Bothner earned Coach of the Year as the Cardinals won the conference regular season championship for the second time in program history while finishing with a 15-5 record.
Scott is the second player in program history to receive the E8 Player of the Year award. The Webster native, who was the 2016 Rookie of the Year, received her third first-team selection of her career at Fisher. The forward broke the conference's single-season record for assists with 19 this year. In the 10-0 victory at Sage on October 18
th the senior set new program-records with seven assists and nine points in the game. The senior was also named to the E8 All-Tournament team. Scott finished her career with the most assists (33) in program history.
Bothner takes home her second coach of the year award in her sixth season of leading the Cardinals. Bothner's squad reached the Empire 8 Championships for the seventh-straight time while earning their first regular season title since 2016. Fisher's stout offense broke program record for goals (69) and assists (50) this season while also recording the most wins at home (10) in a single year.
Scott was among a conference-high five Cardinals on the All-Conference First Team that featured forward
Bre Socker, midfielder
Alyssa Andres and defenders
Meagan McDonald and
Reghan Amoroso.
Socker makes her third appearance on the E8 First-Team in the three years she has been playing at Fisher. The 2017 E8 Rookie of the Year led the league this season in goals (28) and points (62) which both set new program records. The junior had eight multi-goal games this season including four scores in the 6-1 win at Houghton on October 14
th as well in the dominating victory at Sage on October 18
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Andres had new career-highs of three goals and four assists while starting in all 20 games this year. The Clarence native netted the game-winner against Hartwick on October 5
th and then posted two assists in the 4-0 win over Washington & Jefferson on October 26
th. This was the first time the junior earned an All-Conference honor.
McDonald garners her first ever All-Conference selection as a graduate student. The Brighton High School graduate came in this year with only one goal in her career. The defender then scored four and grabbed one assist this season. McDonald posted a multi-goal game in the 5-0 victory against Brockport on October 16
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Amoroso led the Cardinal's defense along with McDonald as Fisher allowed an average of only 1.3 goals per game. The senior ranked fourth on the team in goals (7) and points (16). In the 5-2 win at Elmira on October 23
rd, the Pittsford-Sutherland High School graduate had a three-point day with the game-winning goal. This was Amoroso's second All-E8 selection as she earned an Honorable Mention in 2018, the defender was also selected to the Conference's All-Tournament Team.
Senior
Danila Casseri was named to the All-Conference Second Team. The midfielder recorded career-highs of four goals and five assists to earn her first all-conference honor in her final season with the Cardinals. The Getzville native had a four-point day that included one goal and two assists in the win at Sage on October 18
th. Casseri also attempted most of Fisher's penalty corners this year. The Cardinals led the E8 in corners with 217.
Sophomore
Gianna Palma nabbed an all-conference honor for the second-straight year with taking home an Honorable Mention this season. The forward had the second-most goals on the team with 11 and third-most points (26). The Brighton native scored two goals in four separate games and notched the game-winning score against Geneseo on September 11
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Senior goalie
Kelly Bergamo was Fisher's representative for the Conference's Sportswoman of the Year for the second-straight year. One member from each team in the conference earns the honor as the Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that "Competing with Honor and Integrity" is an essential component of a student-athlete's experience in conjunction with an institution's educational mission. These honorees distinguished themselves and consistently exhibited the critical traits as outstanding sportswomen.
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