Three Earn Year-End Field Hockey Honors

Three Earn Year-End Field Hockey Honors
Clemente, Pak & Roy selected to the All-Liberty League Second Team
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11/1/2007 2:07:09 PM


TROY, N.Y. – The Liberty League has announced its year-end field hockey awards and three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes were recognized. Michelle Clemente, Lisa Pak and Michelle Roy were all named to the Second Team.

A senior forward from Rensselaer, N.Y., Clemente started all 16 games for the Red Hawks. She led RPI in scoring with 15 points on a team-best six goals and a team-high three assists. She had a game-winning goal and a team-best 38 shots on goal.

The Columbia High School graduate, who was also a captain this season, ranked in the top 10 in the Liberty League in several categories, including shots per game (4th) and shots on goal (2nd). She had at least one goal in four games and at least one point in five games. Clemente, a league All-Academic selection, was named the Liberty League Performer of the Week once this season and was also selected to play in the prestigious NFHCA Division III Senior All-Star game.
Pak, a junior midfielder from Methuen, Mass., was a starter in all 16 games and had one assist. A captain, she was second on the team in shots (33) and third in shots on goal (17). Helping the team to three shutouts this season, Pak recorded a shot on goal in eight games.

A graduate of Methuen High School, Pak is a two-time Liberty League All-Academic and earned Liberty League Rookie of the Week once in her freshman season.

Roy, a senior midfielder who also hails from Rensselaer, N.Y., posted a goal and an assist for three points in 16 games. Sixth on the team in points and shots (14), she also had a game-winning goal.

A Liberty League Second Team selection in 2004 and 2006, Roy is also a graduate of Columbia High School.

The field hockey team, which is coached by Bridget LaNoir, finished the 2007 season with a 5-11 record, including a 2-5 Liberty League mark.