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Bowdoin's Lindsay McNamara Named NESAC Offensive Player of the Year

Women's College Field Hockey

November 12, 2008

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Bowdoin senior Lindsay McNamara (Milton, Mass.) has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in postseason honors announced on Wednesday.

McNamara, who also received Player of the Year honors in 2007, was joined on the first-team by classmate Julia King (Yarmouth, Maine) while senior Leah Ferenc (Rumney, N.H.) garnered second-team recognition.

The Polar Bears (15-2) won their fourth-straight NESCAC Championship and will host an NCAA Second/Third-Round Regional at Ryan Field this weekend. Bowdoin will play Stevens Institute, a 2-1 first-round winner over Wooster, in the 11:00 a.m contest. Middlebury will face Lebanon Valley, who beat New England College in a first-round game, in the 2:00 p.m. game. The regional final is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Sunday.

McNamara is the school’s all-time leading scorer, having tallied 88 goals in her career to rank 12th in Division III history. In addition to her career goal-scoring record, she also set the school's single-game (5 vs. Wheaton, September 7) and single-season (28, entering the NCAA
Tournament) goal scoring marks this year. It is the third-consecutive first-team nod for McNamara who was also a first-team All-American in 2007.

King, Bowdoin's all-time assist leader and a two-time All-NESCAC honoree, is second for the Polar Bears in scoring with a conference-best
15 assists to go along with five goals for 25 points. A first-team All-American choice last season, King's career assist total of 46 ranks 23rd in Division III history.

Leah Ferenc earned her first-ever post-season award following a stellar defensive year for Bowdoin. In addition to leading a Polar Bear back line that permitted a league-best 11 goals (0.65/game), the unit allowed just 67 shots (3.94/game) all season. Ferenc also scored a goal and had an assist this year.

The trio has anchored an eight-member senior class that has been the best in Division III field hockey over the past four years. The class has gone 70-5 overall, including a perfect 9-0 in NESCAC tournament play and won the school's first-ever NCAA title as juniors in 2007.
 

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