SPRINGFIELD, Mass., November 7, 2005- Springfield College junior forward Janna Prachniak (Lincoln, R.I.) has been named this week’s New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Week in field hockey.
Prachniak, a graduate of Lincoln High School, scored the game-winning goal with 4:18 left in overtime as the No. 2 Pride defeated top-seeded Babson College in the championship game of the 2005 NEWMAC Tournament on Sunday (Nov. 6) afternoon. Her first goal of the season gave the Pride its second-straight conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
SC has won ten-straight games heading into the tournament and 18 of its last 19. The Pride has been awarded a first round bye in the NCAA Tournament and will take on the winner of Middlebury/Manhattanville on Saturday, November 12, in a 2:00 p.m. start at Bowdoin College.
After eight years as head coach of the Pride, Melissa Sharpe, has continued the SC tradition of winning on the field hockey turf, posting an impressive 120-58 record, good for a winning percentage of .674 at the helm of her alma mater. Read more.