2018 Merrimack College Field Hockey Roster

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Josh Gibney

26 Delaney Yule

  • Class Senior
  • Position Back
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Southbury, Conn.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Pomperaug
  • Major Math/Secondary Education

Biography

Career

  • 2018 NFHCA First Team All-American
  • Two-time NE10 All-Conference First Team (2017, 2018)
  • Two-time NE10 Academic All-Conference (2017, 2018)
  • Team captain her senior season
  • Became first player in program history to win the NE10’s Defensive Player of the Year (2018)
  • Appeared in 79 games with 78 starts – the third most appearances in school history
  • Finished career with 11 goals, 12 assists and 34 points
  • Tied for second all-time with 14 career defensive saves
  • Her seven defensive saves as a junior marked the second most in school history

2018

  • NFHCA First Team All-American 
  • NE10 Defensive Player of the Year
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference selection
  • NFHCA Defensive Player of the Week (10/17).
  • Started in all 22 games for the Warriors as a senior captain.
  • Selected to compete in the NFHCA Senior Game.
  • Selected as NE10 Defensive Player of the Week three times (10/16, 10/23, 10/30).
  • Recorded six goals and three assists during her senior campaign.
  • Netted four game-winning goals, including the winning goal against #10 LIU Post (10/13).
  • Led the team in defensive saves with four
  • Enjoyed a six-game point streak in the middle of the season that included five goals and two assists
  • Posted the first multi-goal game of her career against Franklin Pierce (10/26)

2017:

  • NE10 Academic All-Conference
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • Started in all 18 games, playing center back for the Warriors
  • Served as Merrimack's primary inserter on penalty corners
  • Collected a career-high 10 points on two goals and a career-high six assists
  • Record a career-high seven defensive saves, tied for the second-most in school history
  • Enters her senior year ranked fifth all-time in school annals in defensive saves (10)

2016: 

  • NFHCA All-Academic Team
  • Appeared and started in all 17 games as a sophomore
  • Recorded a career high in goals scored earning two
  • Tallied a career high in points (5)

2015:

  • NFHCA Scholar of Distinction
  • Northeast-10 All-Rookie Team
  • Played and started in 21 of 22 games as a freshman
  • Netted first-career goal in win at Southern N.H. (10/15)
  • Tallied first-career assist in that same game
  • Assisted on lone goal in 1-0 win over #8 Adelphi on Senior Day
  • Notched first-career defensive save in win at American Int’l
  • Key part of the seventh-best defensive unit in the nation, averaging 1.22 goals-against per game.

CAREER HIGHS

Points: 4, Franklin Pierce -- 10/26/2018 
Goals: 2, Franklin Pierce -- 10/26/2018 
Assists: 1, 12 times
Shots: 4, Bentley -- 09/07/16 ; at Assumption -- 10/17/2018 ; Bentley -- 11/13/2018 

Before Merrimack:

  • Four-year letterwinner 
  • SWC Academic All-Conference honors all four years
  • SWC All-Conference Team as a sophomore, junior and senior
  • First-Team All-State recognition as a junior and senior
  • Played for Connecticut Revolution and Cape Ann Coalition club teams
  • Also lettered in lacrosse.

Personal:

  • Born Sept. 12, 1997
  • Daughter of Blake and Janet
  • Has four siblings: Caitlyn, Jack (plays football at Ithaca), Patricia and Hayley
  • Mathematics and secondary education major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2015Freshman

    B
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2016Sophomore

    B
    5'5"
    26
  • 26

    2017Junior

    B
    5'5"
    26
  • 26
    C

    2018Senior

    Back
    5'5"
    26
    C