BURNS HIGHLIGHTS FOUR ALL-NECC SELECTIONS
Regis College senior captain Stacy Burns (Waltham, Mass.) highlighted four selections to the New England Collegiate Conference All-Conference Teams that were announced on Monday afternoon. Burns was named to the All-NECC First Team, while Raegan Heck (Phillipston, Mass.), Kym Kerr (Uxbridge, Mass.), and Sashae Walls (Everett, Mass.) were named to the All-NECC Honorable Mention squad.
WESTON, Mass. – Regis College senior captain Stacy Burns (Waltham, Mass.) highlighted four selections to the New England Collegiate Conference All-Conference Teams that were announced on Monday afternoon. Burns was named to the All-NECC First Team, while Raegan Heck (Phillipston, Mass.), Kym Kerr (Uxbridge, Mass.), and Sashae Walls (Everett, Mass.) were named to the All-NECC Honorable Mention squad.
Voting was conducted amongst the league's head coaches.
The Pride (8-11) were also awarded the NECC Team Sportsmanship award after going 5-1 in conference play and making it all the way to the NECC Championship match this past Saturday. Regis suffered a heart-breaking defeat, falling to Anna Maria College in overtime, 3-2.
Stacy Burns was named to her second-straight All-Conference Team after being named an Honorable Mention selection in 2012. This year, the senior finished tied for the team-lead in points with 14 while scoring three goals and finishing third in the NECC in assists with eight helpers on the year. Burns was also named to the 2013 All-Tournament Team, her second selection in three years, after being named the NECC Tournament MVP in 2011. She wraps up her career with nine goals, 13 assists, and 31 points in her four seasons with the Pride.
Senior classmate Kym Kerr was named to her third-straight All-NECC Team that included Honorable Mention nods in both 2011 and 2012. Kerr led the Pride with five defensive saves in 2013 and tied for fourth in that category in the NECC. She helped backstop a Pride defense that allowed only two goals in NECC play in 2013, which led the conference. Kerr was also named to the 2013 All-Tournament Team.
The Pride's Sashae Walls grabbed her first All-NECC selection this year after finishing the season with three goals and two assists for eight points. Walls tallied the first goal of the NECC Championship match against the AMCATS and also assisted on the game-winning-goal in the regular season finale that earned the Pride the No. 2 seed in the NECC Tournament. The junior's 34 career points through three seasons ranks her eighth all-time in Regis field hockey history.
Wrapping up the All-NECC selections was goalkeeper Raegan Heck. The sophomore netminder finished second in the NECC in goals against average (GAA) at 2.01 and was fifth in the league in saves with 149. Her .797 save percentage also ranked her fifth in the NECC, while she ranked second in the league in both wins (7) and shutouts (4). Heck was also named to the 2013 All-Tournament Team.
Other major awards announced on Monday afternoon included Anna Maria's Kylie Dalbec (Portland, Maine) being named the NECC Player of the Year, while the AMCATS were also awarded the Rookie of the Year in Kaitlyn Moran (Leicester, Mass.) and the Coach of the Year in Sharon Zenevitch. Bay Path's Anna Meyer (Millbrook, N.Y.) was honored as the league's Goalkeeper of the Year.
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