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Fifth-year senior Katie Dixon was among three Tar Heels voted to the Preseason All-ACC Team.
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Tar Heel Trio Named To Preseason All-ACC Team
August 20, 2024 | Field Hockey
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Three Tar Heels earned Preseason All-ACC honors and UNC was picked second in the league as the Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2024 preseason field hockey awards on Tuesday. In voting by the coaches, juniors Ryleigh Heck and Sietske Brüning and senior Katie Dixon were named to the 15-player squad.
Heck and Brüning were honored for the second year in a row while Dixon makes her first appearance on the squad.
In team balloting, North Carolina and Virginia received four first-place votes each, with UVA picking up one more point in overall voting.
The new-look ACC features nine field hockey programs this season with the addition of California and Stanford.
The 2024 ACC Field Hockey season will begin on Friday, August 30, with Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Forest sharing the opening timeslot of 3 p.m. ET. Duke and Virginia will take the pitch at 4:00 p.m. ET, while Boston College will come on at 5 p.m. Louisville and North Carolina will play in the evening slots with both contests getting underway at 6 p.m. Cal will begin its first season as an ACC member o September 1, at 4 p.m. ET against Michigan State. The full ACC field hockey schedule can be found HERE.
ACC Field Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll
1 – Virginia (4), 76
2 - North Carolina (4), 75
3 – Duke (1), 63
T-4 – Louisville, 46
T-4 – Syracuse, 46
6 - Boston College, 40
7 - Wake Forest, 29
T-8 – California, 15
T-8 – Stanford, 15
(First-place votes)
Preseason All-ACC Team
Eva Kluskens, Boston College, MF
Peyton Hale, Boston College, M
Alaina McVeigh, Duke, F
Charlie van Oirschot, Duke, M
Paige Bitting, Duke, M/B
Aimee Plumb, Louisville, M
Katie Dixon, North Carolina, M/B
Ryleigh Heck, North Carolina, F
Sietske Brüning, North Carolina, M/B
Willemijn Boogert, Syracuse, M
Daniela Mendez Trendler, Virginia, M
Jans Croon, Virginia, B
Noa Boterman, Virginia, M
Tyler Kennedy, Virginia, GK
Mia Schoenbeck, Wake Forest, B/M
*15 players on the Preseason All-ACC team due to ties in the voting
Heck and Brüning were honored for the second year in a row while Dixon makes her first appearance on the squad.
In team balloting, North Carolina and Virginia received four first-place votes each, with UVA picking up one more point in overall voting.
The new-look ACC features nine field hockey programs this season with the addition of California and Stanford.
The 2024 ACC Field Hockey season will begin on Friday, August 30, with Stanford, Syracuse and Wake Forest sharing the opening timeslot of 3 p.m. ET. Duke and Virginia will take the pitch at 4:00 p.m. ET, while Boston College will come on at 5 p.m. Louisville and North Carolina will play in the evening slots with both contests getting underway at 6 p.m. Cal will begin its first season as an ACC member o September 1, at 4 p.m. ET against Michigan State. The full ACC field hockey schedule can be found HERE.
ACC Field Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll
1 – Virginia (4), 76
2 - North Carolina (4), 75
3 – Duke (1), 63
T-4 – Louisville, 46
T-4 – Syracuse, 46
6 - Boston College, 40
7 - Wake Forest, 29
T-8 – California, 15
T-8 – Stanford, 15
(First-place votes)
Preseason All-ACC Team
Eva Kluskens, Boston College, MF
Peyton Hale, Boston College, M
Alaina McVeigh, Duke, F
Charlie van Oirschot, Duke, M
Paige Bitting, Duke, M/B
Aimee Plumb, Louisville, M
Katie Dixon, North Carolina, M/B
Ryleigh Heck, North Carolina, F
Sietske Brüning, North Carolina, M/B
Willemijn Boogert, Syracuse, M
Daniela Mendez Trendler, Virginia, M
Jans Croon, Virginia, B
Noa Boterman, Virginia, M
Tyler Kennedy, Virginia, GK
Mia Schoenbeck, Wake Forest, B/M
*15 players on the Preseason All-ACC team due to ties in the voting
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