University of North Carolina Athletics
Five Tar Heels Named All-ACC
November 1, 2001 | Field Hockey
Nov. 1, 2001
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The North Carolina Tar Heels led the 2001 All-Atlantic Coast Conference field hockey team with a total of five players on the 14-member squad. Seniors Susan Hayes, Carrie Lingo, Abby Martin and Abbey Woolley and junior Amy Tran earned All-ACC honors, announced Thursday evening at the ACC Championship banquet.
All five are starters for the Tar Heels, 14-5 on the season and ranked fourth in the nation. UNC will begin ACC Tournament play Friday at 4 p.m. against Wake Forest, the second seed in the tournament and third-ranked team in the country.
Maryland and Wake Forest each placed four players on the All-ACC team and Duke had one selection. Wake Forest's Jemima Cameron and Maryland's Autumn Welsh shared ACC Player of the Year honors, while Maryland's Missy Meharg was named ACC Coach of the Year.
Martin and Tran earned All-ACC honors for the second consecutive year. Tran went on to claim All-America honors in 2000, while Martin was named to the third team.
The annual ACC Tournament got underway on Thursday afternoon, when fourth seed Virginia beat fifth seed Duke, 3-1. Two semifinal games are scheduled for Friday, with season's third meeting between Wake and UNC kicking off the action at 4 p.m. The Demon Deacons have won both of this year's games by 2-0 scores. Top-seeded Maryland plays Virginia at 7, and the semifinal winners will meet Sunday at 1 p.m. for the conference championship. All games are at UNC's Francis E. Henry Stadium and admission is free.
2001 ACC All-Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Team
Heather Aughinbaugh (Wake Forest), Jemima Cameron (Wake Forest), Kelly Doton (Wake Forest), Susan Hayes (North Carolina), Rachel Hiskins (Maryland), Carrie Lingo (North Carolina), Abby Martin (North Carolina), Angie North (Duke), Dina Rizzo (Maryland), Amy Tran (Goalkeeper), Caroline Walter (Maryland), Autumn Welsh (Maryland), Maria Whitehead (Wake Forest), Abbey Woolley (North Carolina)
ACC Co-Players of the Year
Jemima Cameron (Wake Forest) and Autumn Welsh (Maryland)
ACC Coach of the Year
Missy Meharg (Maryland)
