University of North Carolina Athletics
Five Tar Heels Named To All-South Region Teams
November 14, 2005 | Field Hockey
Nov. 14, 2005
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Two North Carolina players - junior midfielder Rachel Dawson and senior goalkeeper Katy Tran - have been named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-South Region first team, announced Monday. UNC juniors Laree Beans and Brooke Miller and senior Naomi Weatherald were named to the second team.
Dawson and Tran, both first-team picks for the second year in a row, are now candidates for All-America honors, which will be announced next Monday. A first-team All-America selection last year as a sophomore, Dawson led UNC in goals this season with 11 and ranked second in assists with eight for a team-high 30 points, despite missing five games while at international competitions. She missed three games in September while playing at the Junior World Cup in Chile with the U.S. Under-21 Team and she was away for two games in November for the Three Nations Tournament in Argentina with the National Team.
Tran started all 21 games and finished the season with a goals against average of 1.22 and six solo shutouts. She also earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference and All-ACC Tournament honors, with Dawson joining her on the former squad and Miller on the latter.
Beans, a forward, started 18 games for the Tar Heels, missing three for the Junior World Cup. She scored two goals and had three assists for seven points. Miller, a back, finished the season with a goal and two assists. Weatherald, also a back and a team co-captain along with Tran, scored four goals and four assists in her final season in Chapel Hill.
The Tar Heels finished the year 14-7 and were ranked No. 5 in the final national poll of the season.
2005 Dartfish/NFHCA Division I All-South Region Teams:
First team - Maeke Boreel (Wake Forest), Lauren Crandall (Wake Forest), Anna Davis (William & Mary), Rachel Dawson (North Carolina), Nicole Dudek (Duke), Janelle Engle (Old Dominion), Katie Grant (Duke), Hilary Linton (Duke), Cara-Lynn Lopresti (Duke), Ariel Meyers (Wake Forest), Haley Scott (Wake Forest), Dana Sensenig (Old Dominion), Amy Stopford (Duke), Laura Suchoski (Duke), Katy Tran (North Carolina), Bailie Versfeld (James Madison)
Second team - Daphne Admiraal (Old Dominion), Denise Admiraal (Old Dominion), Laree Beans (North Carolina), Katherine Blair (Virginia), Diana Esposito (William & Mary), Carly Falgowski (William & Mary), Allison Flynn (Virginia), Allie Howard (Richmond), Mia Link (Virginia), Shayna McGeehan (Duke), Brooke Miller (North Carolina), Caroline Nichols (Old Dominion), Christine Suggs (Wake Forest), Nico van Nispen (Old Dominion), Naomi Weatherald (North Carolina), Kelly Wood (Wake Forest)
