Mooney backstops Ship to national title
ALLY MOONEY (OWEN J. ROBERTS) >> Ally Mooney had a standout freshman season in goal for the Shippensburg field hockey team but took a medical red-shirt last year. So, the Owen J. Roberts grad needed to come up big this season. All she did was lead theRaiders to theNCAADivision II championship.
Mooney and Shippensburg finished 20-3 after defeating LIU-Post 2-1 for the national championship on Nov. 20 in Easton, Mass. She gave up just 10 goals (0.43 goals against average) and had 84 saves (.894 save percentage) with 13 shutouts. She didn’t give upmore than two goals in any game.
Ship rebounded fromtwo late-season losses – 2-1 to East Stroudsburg on Oct. 22 and 2-1 to Millersville in the PSAC Championship game. In the NCAAs, Mooney turned back East Stroudsburg 2-1 in the first round andMillersville 1-0 in the semifinals.
Mooney earned National Field
Hockey Coaches Association Division II second teamand PSAC second team as a freshman. She had a 12-5 record starting all 17 games and gave up 13 goalswith 64 saves and four shutouts. EMILYARMSTRONG(PERKIOMENVAL
LEY) >> The senior was named the American Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight season after another outstanding effort with the Connecticut women’s soccer team. She played every minute (2,090) for the 19-3-1 Huskies and gave up 20 goals (0.86 goals against average) and had 93 saves (.823 save percentage) with 11 shutouts. UConn finished 8-0-1 during the regular AAC season and beat SMU 1-0 on Nov. 6 to earn a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament. The Huskies turned back Albany 4-2 in the first round on Nov. 12 but were beaten 4-1 by Auburn in the second round on Nov. 18.
Armstrong finished her career with a 53-17-4 record with 27 shutouts in 87 games and 67 starts. She gave up 77 goals (0.99) and had 287 saves (.788). ALAYNAROESENER(DANIELBOONE)>> The Stevenson freshman was named to theMAC Commonwealth first team in women’s soccer. A defender, she had two goals and three assists for seven points with a game-winner in a 2-1 victory over Salisbury on Sept. 21. Roesener started all 19 games and helped the Mustangs limit foes to 28 goals with seven shutouts. The team was 9-8-2 overall and 5-3-1 in league play and sawthe seasonendwitha3-1 loss to Grove City in the ECAC Tournament second round on Nov.13.