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Haven, Pa.) - Lock
Haven University of Pennsylvania's Shannon Spease (Liverpool, Pa./Greenwood)
has been named the 2001 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II
Field Hockey Player of the Year. Spease along with teammate Jen DeNault
(Hamburg/Hamburg) were selected to the ECAC Division II Field Hockey
All-Star team.
Shannon Spease, a senior forward for the Lady Eagles, was named the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Player of the Year, earned First
Team All-PSAC honors and was named the 2001 PSAC Championship MVP.
A 2001 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II
First-Team All-American, Spease netted 25 goals and added 12 assists to lead
the team in scoring with 62 total points. With 53 career goals, Spease finished
her career sixth on Lock Haven's all-time scoring chart.
Sophomore back Jen DeNault earns ECAC All-Star team status after
garnering First Team All-America honors and a First Team All-PSAC selection in
the 2001 season. DeNault helped lead an LHU defense that allowed only seven
goals and limited opponents to an average of just 4.4 shots per game over the
course of the season.
The Lady Eagle field hockey team
finished with an overall record of 20-2 and was the PSAC regular season
champion and PSAC post-season tournament champion.
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(l-r) ECAC Player of the Year Shannon Spease,
ECAC All-Star Jen DeNault
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