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GAFFNEY, South Carolina. — Coming off the single greatest season in programme history, Limestone College’s field hockey team earned another major recognition as junior attack Rachel Goromonzi from Zimbabwe picked up her second consecutive National Field Hockey Coaches Association First-Team All-American honour.She is the only player in programme history to be named an NFHCA All-American.
“Rachel’s skills and ability naturally earn her the wonderful accolades of being a First-Team All-American,” said head coach Lindsay Jackson. “We are very proud of her and she represents the programme well.”
After becoming the first player in team history to be so honoured last season, Goromonzi erupted and produced an even better campaign in 2013. This season she started in all 20 games, scoring 24 goals and finishing with 50 points, both single season program records. During the campaign, she also became the Saints career leader in both categories while scoring in 13 of her 20 games.
Opposing teams couldn’t keep her off the scoreboard as she scored in five straight games at one point and was held without a point in consecutive games only once.
Nationally, her 1.2 goals per game ranked third in Division II while her 2.5 points per game was fifth. This year she was also named the Independent Schools Alliance Offensive Player of the Year, collecting that honour for the second straight season, ISA All-Conference
First-Team and was a First-Team All-ECAC Tournament selection. Goromonzi also earned ISA Offensive Player of the Week twice, doing so in consecutive weeks on September 24 and October 1. This season Goromonzi helped lead Limestone to a program record 15 wins (15-5), a national ranking in each of the eight weeks of the season, finishing at No. 9, and the inaugural ECAC Division II Field Hockey Invitational Championship.
Goromonzi joined Limestone College in August 2011 on hockey scholarship. Since joining Limestone College, she has received several accolades and these include:
2011 Most Valuable Player
2011 Rookie Player of the Year
2011 All American Rookie Team
Limestone Top goal Scorer (2011, 2012, and 2013)
2012 NCAA Division II Player of the Year ,
2012 NFHCA All American First Team
2013 ISA most offensive player of the year
Scored eight winning goals in 2013 campaign
Assisted Limestone College in winning the ECAC Championship Tournament in November 2013
Broke the Limestone College records on goals and points over three years.
Currently, she has accumulated 108 points (over 3 years) surpassing the previous record of 64 points achieved over four years.
Currently ranked 4th and 5th in NCAA Division II in USA for goals average and points per game.
2013 NFHCA ALL-AMERICANS
First-Team
Jaclyn Beasley, Bloomsburg University
Sarah Bomberger, Millersville University
Dani Crouse, LIU Post
Rachel Dickinson, Millersville University
Carlee Dragon, LIU Post
Rachel Goromonzi, Limestone College
Champayne Hess, Millersville University
Megan Jett, Shippensburg University
Erika Kelly, Stonehill College
Kelsi Lykens, West Chester University
Jessica Otis, Merrimack College
Stef Pirri, West Chester University Allison Roth, East Stroudsburg University
Gina Sheehan, Stonehill College
Lauren Sotzin, Millersville University
Briana White, Shippensburg University.
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