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2014 Field Hockey

1 Alyssa Fania

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool North Hunterdon
  • Hometown Annandale, NJ

Biography

Career Statistics (PDF)

  • Four-year starter in the midfield
  • Started 68 games and finished career with 41 goals and 22 assists for 104 total points
  • One of only four players in Royals' history to score at least 100 career points
  • Finished career as the Royals' all-time leader in assists (22), fourth in total points (104), and tied for fourth in goals scored (41)
  • 2014 Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Year and first-team selection
  • 2014 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) South Atlantic first-team selection
  • Three-time second-team All-Landmark Conference selection
  • Also scored eight game-winning goals in her career

Senior Year (2014) (Game-by-Game Statistics)

  • Led Royals and the Landmark Conference in scoring with 18 goals and 8 assists for 44 total points
  • Was voted the Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Year and first-team selection by the league's head coaches
  • Was also named first-team All-South Atlantic region by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)
  • Her 44 total points are the third-most in a single-season in Royals' history and her 18 goals are tied for the third-most
  • Scored three goals apiece in a 9-0 win over Keystone on Aug. 30 at Fitzpatrick Field and in a 4-2 victory over Vassar on Oct. 28, also at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Also tallied two goals apiece against Marywood (Sept. 6), Immaculata (Sept. 9), Arcadia (Sept. 20), and Susquehanna (Sept. 27)
  • Converted all four of her penalty stroke attempts for goals
  • 70 of her 122 shot attempts were on goal (57.3 percent)

Junior Year (2013) (Game-by-Game Statistics)

  • Led Royals in goals (12), game-winning goals (6), assists (8), total points (32), shots (90), shots-on goal (62), and penalty strokes made (3) and attempted (4)
  • Earned second-team All-Landmark Conference for the third consecutive season
  • Missed two games late in the season due to an injury, but came back to score a goal and set up Meghan Kearney's game-winning goal with an assist in the Royals' 3-2 victory in overtime against top-seeded and nationally-ranked Drew University in the semifinals of the Landmark tournament on Nov. 6 in Madison, New Jersey
  • Scored the game-winning goals in victories over Muhlenberg (Aug. 30), Albright (Sept. 14), King's (Sept. 17), Immaculata (Sept. 24), and Wells (Oct. 13)
  • Her 12 goals were a career high and more than double her output of her first two seasons (11)
  • Had two-multi goal games (Albright, Wells) and two multi-assist games (Misericordia, Goucher)
  • Accounted for at least one point in 11 games
  • Had the assist on Kathleen Keale's goal in the 65th minute of the second half as the Royals cut a 3-0 deficit down to 3-2 against top-ranked Montclair St. on Oct. 23 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Her eight assists were also a career high and again more than double her output of her previous two seasons (6)
  • Finished second in game-winning goals (6), third in shot attempts (99), tied for third in total points (32), and tied for fourth in goals (12) and assists (8) in the Landmark Conference

Sophomore Year (2012) (Game-by-Game Statistics)

  • Started 14 games and finished with six goals and three assists for 15 points
  • Finished with 72 shots, including 40 on goal
  • Assisted on a goal by Gretchen Kempf in a 2-1 overtime loss to Muhlenberg in the season opener on Aug. 31
  • Had a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Marywood on Sept. 1 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Had her first career two-goal game in a 6-0 victory over Wells on Sept. 29 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Followed that with a goal in a 5-0 victory against Keystone one day later at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Assisted on a goal by Alyssa Whitman in a 2-1 victory over Moravian on Oct. 3 at Fitzpatrick Field
  • Scored two goals in the final 4:19, including the game-winner with 12 seconds remaining, to lift the Royals to a 3-2 win at Oneonta State on Oct. 10.

Freshman Year (2011) (Game-by-Game Statistics)

  • Started all 18 games and finished with five goals and three assists for 13 total points
  • Her five goals were tied for third-best on the team
  • Registered 32 shots and a shot percentage of .156
  • Earned all-Landmark Conference second-team honors
  • Scored her first career goal--the game-winner--and added an assist in a 3-1 victory at Marywood on Sept. 1.
  • Tallied a goal in a 3-1 victory over Muhlenberg at Fitzpatrick Field on Sept. 2
  • Notched a goal and an assist in a 5-1 win over Albright at Fitzpatrick Field on Sept. 21
  • Scored a goal in a 3-2 loss at Moravian on Oct. 12
  • Helped the Royals post a 3-0 victory over Drew on Oct. 15 at Fitzpatrick Field by scoring a goal and adding an assist

Awards & Honors

  • NFHCA All-South Atlantic Region 1st-Team Selection (2014)
  • Landmark Conference Offensive Player of the Year (2014)
  • Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2014)
  • Landmark Conference 2nd-Team Selection (2011, 2012, 2013)
  • Landmark Conference Offensive Athlete of the Week (Sept. 22, 2014)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Sept. 5, 2011; Sept. 2, 2013; Sept. 29, 2014)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2012, 2013, 2014)
  • Landmark Conference Fall All-Sportsmanship Team (2014)
  • NFHCA Academic Squad (Fall, 2013)

Personal

  • Daughter of James & Lisa Fania

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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