Two Orange Collect ACC Weekly Honors
10/24/2023 3:01:00 PM | Field Hockey
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After a standout week, two Syracuse University field hockey student-athletes earned weekly honors from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The ACC made its announcement Tuesday afternoon.
Graduate student Pieke van de Pas was selected as an ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week while redshirt freshman Abby Neitch was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week. This is the second time this season a Syracuse player has earned weekly honors as the pair join Eefke van den Nieuwenhof, who was the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 3.
Van de Pas scored a pair of goals in a 4-1 win on the road at No. 8 Louisville, putting up the third and fourth Orange goals of the day just four minutes apart. Her first strike was a reverse chip rocket that went bar-down for a 3-0 'Cuse lead. Four minutes later, van de Pas swept a corner shot past the Cardinal netminder to cap the top-10 road win.
Making just her second collegiate start, Neitch was a wall on the backline for the Orange. The redshirt freshman was credited with her first collegiate win, making four saves in the effort, all coming in the fourth quarter as her defense did not surrender a shot until the 48th minute. Neitch and her defensive penalty corner unit faced three Cardinal chances, again all in the fourth quarter.
No. 10 Syracuse concludes the 2023 regular season on Friday afternoon, hosting Wake Forest at J.S. Coyne Stadium. Following the 4 p.m. game on ACC Network Extra, Syracuse will honor its four member senior class: Charlotte de Vries, Eefke van den Nieuwenhof, Sienna Pegram, and Pieke van de Pas.
Graduate student Pieke van de Pas was selected as an ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week while redshirt freshman Abby Neitch was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week. This is the second time this season a Syracuse player has earned weekly honors as the pair join Eefke van den Nieuwenhof, who was the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 3.
Van de Pas scored a pair of goals in a 4-1 win on the road at No. 8 Louisville, putting up the third and fourth Orange goals of the day just four minutes apart. Her first strike was a reverse chip rocket that went bar-down for a 3-0 'Cuse lead. Four minutes later, van de Pas swept a corner shot past the Cardinal netminder to cap the top-10 road win.
Making just her second collegiate start, Neitch was a wall on the backline for the Orange. The redshirt freshman was credited with her first collegiate win, making four saves in the effort, all coming in the fourth quarter as her defense did not surrender a shot until the 48th minute. Neitch and her defensive penalty corner unit faced three Cardinal chances, again all in the fourth quarter.
No. 10 Syracuse concludes the 2023 regular season on Friday afternoon, hosting Wake Forest at J.S. Coyne Stadium. Following the 4 p.m. game on ACC Network Extra, Syracuse will honor its four member senior class: Charlotte de Vries, Eefke van den Nieuwenhof, Sienna Pegram, and Pieke van de Pas.
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