Nor'easters announce roster for upcoming field hockey season

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BIDDEFORD, Maine -- The two-time defending Commonwealth Coast Conference champion University of New England field hockey team will begin defense of its titles with a roster 22 players when the season gets underway Sept. 1 at home versus Husson University.

Head coach Danielle Collins has 16 returning squad members, including CCC Rookie of the Year Kersey Boulay and five other all-conference players. UNE claimed the CCC title a year ago when Hannah Buckley notched an overtime goal to give the Nor'easters a thrilling 1-0 triumph over Endicott College.

That non-conference opener versus Husson will be the first of three contests versus teams that qualified for the 2015 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship, with matches versus Keene State College and national runner-up Bowdoin College also taking place during a seven-day span. Those games will help the Nor'easters prepare for their Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) schedule, which opens Sept. 17 versus Western New England University. UNE has won back-to-back CCC titles.


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