Field Hockey

Ivy League Field Hockey Earns Two Top-25 Wins, Princeton and Harvard Claim Weekly Awards

PRINCETON, N.J. – Ivy League field hockey programs added a pair of nationally ranked wins as Princeton’s Beth Yeager (Offensive) and Harvard’s Bronte-May Brough (Defensive) earned weekly awards.
  
Princeton, ranked No. 7 in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll this past week, claimed its third nationally ranked win of the season after coming from behind to down No. 3 Maryland in double overtime, 4-3. Adding the second top-25 win of the week and eighth overall for the Ivy League was Penn who blanked No. 24 Temple in an intra-city battle, 2-0. In addition, No. 14 Harvard had a perfect 3-0 week while Cornell was 2-0.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Beth Yeager, Princeton (So., M – Greenwich, Conn.)
  • Tallied seven total points for Princeton, registering at least one point in all three contests
  • Recorded two crucial goals against Maryland, including the game-tying goal to force overtime with less than two minutes to go in regulation before firing the game-winning goal in double overtime
  • Added one goal against Penn and one assist versus Lafayette
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Bronte-May Brough, Harvard (Fr., D – Uttoxeter, England)
  • Made an impact on both side of the field during three games for the Crimson who won games against Northeastern, Columbia and Boston
  • Led a defense that earned a pair of shutout victories, including a 2-0 win over Northeastern and 3-0 victory over Boston
  • Contributed offensively as well, adding two game-winning goals and one assist  

HONOR ROLL
Theodora Dillman, Yale
Lexi Pellegrino, Brown
Meg Barnes, Dartmouth
Caroline Ramsey, Cornell
Emily Guckian, Harvard
Meghan Ward, Penn
Poppy Beales, Yale
Robyn Thompson, Princeton
Jodie Brine, Brown
Hatley Post, Dartmouth
Aerin Park, Cornell
Katie Wimmer, Columbia
Frederique Wollaert, Penn

2022 FIELD HOCKEY WEEKLY AWARDS
Player of the Week
Sept. 6 - Imogen Goven, Brown (Jr., M – Oakville, Ontario)
Sept. 12 - Holley Cromwell, Dartmouth (Sr., F – Virginia Beach, Va.)
Sept. 19 - Lexi Pellegrino, Brown (Fr., F – Westwood, Mass.)
Sept. 26 - Beth Yeager, Princeton (So., M – Greenwich, Conn.)

Rookie of the Week
Sept. 6 - Jodie Brine, Brown (Sr., GK —Oxshott, U.K.)
Sept. 12 - Robyn Thompson, Princeton (Sr., GK — Herne, Kent, England)
Sept. 19 - Katie Wimmer, Columbia (Sr., GK —Windham, N.H.)
Sept. 26 - Bronte-May Brough, Harvard (Fr., D – Uttoxeter, England)