Four Orange Earn NFHCA All-Region Honors
11/29/2023 11:16:00 AM | Field Hockey
GENEVA, N.Y. - Four Syracuse University field hockey standouts were named to the NFHCA Mideast All-Region First Team. The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced its All-Region teams Wednesday morning.
Charlotte de Vries earned her fifth All-Region honors, while Eefke van den Nieuwenhof was selected for a fourth time. Willemijn Boogert collects her second All-Region honor while graduate student Pieke van de Pas was named for the first time in her career.
The NFHCA All-Region teams are the first postseason honors from the Association, with Regional Players of the Year due out on December 7, followed by NFHCA All-America on December 12 and NFHCA National Player of the Year on December 15.
Now a five-time NFHCA All-Region First Team pick and a five-time All-ACC selection, de Vries capped her Syracuse career as one of the all-time scoring leaders. Adding nine goals and six assists for 24 points this season, the Malvern, Pennsylvanian ranks second all-time in program history with 49 career goals and the third-most career points with 123 (49g, 24a). De Vries scored the game-winning goal against No. 7 Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, converting the overtime game-winning goal as the Orange reached the NCAA Quarterfinals for a third-straight season, currently the longest Quarterfinal appearance streak in the ACC.
Van den Nieuwenhof is now a four-time NFHCA All-Region First Team selection. The 2023 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a four-time All-ACC honoree, van den Nieuwenhof led the Orange in scoring this year, racking 14 goals and four assists for 32 points. She tallied half of her goals on penalty corner chances, while converting a national-best six penalty strokes this season. Defensively, the senior anchored a defense that finished with a goals against average of 1.83 in nearly 1,100 minutes of action. The Syracuse defense allowed just 4.11 opponent penalty corners per game. The co-captain served as a center back that held opponents to one goal or less nine times, including a pair of shutouts.
An immediate impact player on the Orange scoring front, van de Pas was the second-leading point scorer for Syracuse this season. The graduate student notched 11 goals and a team-best nine assists for 31 points. In her second career game with the Orange, van de Pas racked eight points with a hat trick and two assists. An All-ACC First Team pick, van de Pas had eight games with multiple points, opening her time with Syracuse on a three-game goal streak, bookended with a three-game point streak down the stretch. She assisted on the overtime game-winning goal against No. 7 Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
After starting in all 19 games as a junior, Boogert collects her second NFHCA All-Region honors. Boogert finished with a balanced six goals and six assists for a new career-best 18 points. She scored a viral-sensation goal in the first three minutes of the ACC Tournament, garnering nearly 400,000 views and well over 17,000 likes on Instagram (as of Nov. 29). A member of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Boogert was a primary inserter for the Syracuse penalty corner unit, scoring three times on corner situations while assisting another two efforts.
Charlotte de Vries earned her fifth All-Region honors, while Eefke van den Nieuwenhof was selected for a fourth time. Willemijn Boogert collects her second All-Region honor while graduate student Pieke van de Pas was named for the first time in her career.
The NFHCA All-Region teams are the first postseason honors from the Association, with Regional Players of the Year due out on December 7, followed by NFHCA All-America on December 12 and NFHCA National Player of the Year on December 15.
Now a five-time NFHCA All-Region First Team pick and a five-time All-ACC selection, de Vries capped her Syracuse career as one of the all-time scoring leaders. Adding nine goals and six assists for 24 points this season, the Malvern, Pennsylvanian ranks second all-time in program history with 49 career goals and the third-most career points with 123 (49g, 24a). De Vries scored the game-winning goal against No. 7 Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, converting the overtime game-winning goal as the Orange reached the NCAA Quarterfinals for a third-straight season, currently the longest Quarterfinal appearance streak in the ACC.
Van den Nieuwenhof is now a four-time NFHCA All-Region First Team selection. The 2023 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a four-time All-ACC honoree, van den Nieuwenhof led the Orange in scoring this year, racking 14 goals and four assists for 32 points. She tallied half of her goals on penalty corner chances, while converting a national-best six penalty strokes this season. Defensively, the senior anchored a defense that finished with a goals against average of 1.83 in nearly 1,100 minutes of action. The Syracuse defense allowed just 4.11 opponent penalty corners per game. The co-captain served as a center back that held opponents to one goal or less nine times, including a pair of shutouts.
An immediate impact player on the Orange scoring front, van de Pas was the second-leading point scorer for Syracuse this season. The graduate student notched 11 goals and a team-best nine assists for 31 points. In her second career game with the Orange, van de Pas racked eight points with a hat trick and two assists. An All-ACC First Team pick, van de Pas had eight games with multiple points, opening her time with Syracuse on a three-game goal streak, bookended with a three-game point streak down the stretch. She assisted on the overtime game-winning goal against No. 7 Liberty in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
After starting in all 19 games as a junior, Boogert collects her second NFHCA All-Region honors. Boogert finished with a balanced six goals and six assists for a new career-best 18 points. She scored a viral-sensation goal in the first three minutes of the ACC Tournament, garnering nearly 400,000 views and well over 17,000 likes on Instagram (as of Nov. 29). A member of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Boogert was a primary inserter for the Syracuse penalty corner unit, scoring three times on corner situations while assisting another two efforts.
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