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2012 Field Hockey Team

2012 Geneseo Field Hockey

Geneseo’s field hockey team has been an intercollegiate sport since 1997. Head coach Jessica Seren (Cortland ’06) is the program’s winningest coach and has a record of 60-31 after five seasons. The program was started by Andrea Zurlo and has compiled a record of 127-106 in its 15 seasons.

The 2012 Knights went 12-6, recording the program’s second-highest win total. Geneseo, who was ranked as high as fifth in the NCAA’s regional rankings, finished tied atop the SUNYAC regular-season standings and reached the SUNYAC playoffs for the third straight season. Junior defender Bridget McGovern earned first-team all-region and all-SUNYAC honors. McGovern, a three-time SUNYAC all-star, scored six points and led Geneseo with five defensive saves.

Five other Knights were named SUNYAC all-stars, including first year goalkeeper Dayna Mercer who became the program’s third SUNYAC Rookie of the Year after posting an 11-3 record with a conference-best 0.97 goals-against average and 44 saves. She and junior forward Kayla DeAngelis were second-team all-conference picks, with senior defenders Rachel Atkins, Katie Gallo and Alyson Tarney joining McGovern as first-team selections. DeAngelis scored a team-best 25 points on 10 goals and five assists. She ranks third among Geneseo’s all-time leaders in both points and goals and stands sixth in assists. Atkins (who scored eight points on three goals and two assists), Gallo and Tarney helped anchor a defense that allowed just 10 shots per game. Mercer and junior forward Katie Farley (who scored nine points on the season) both earned all-tournament recognition at the SUNYAC playoffs. Junior forward Kerry Hosford led the Knights with eighth assists – the program’s fifth-highest total.