GLEN ALLEN, Va. - Florence Sijbrandij, a sophomore captain on the University of Delaware field hockey squad, earned second-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors as selected by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.

Sijbrandij (Arnhem, Netherlands/Stedelijk Gymnasium), who became the first sophomore captain in school history this season, helped anchor a strong defensive unit. A standout back, she also finished tied for the team-lead with 10 points during the year.

A starter in all 18 games, Sijbrandij tallied four goals and two assists. Her four goals were one off the team-lead, while her two assists were tied for the most by a Blue Hen. She also fired one of the team’s three game-winning goals, blasting the clincher in a 2-1 victory over Temple.

Sijbrandij also scored the team’s first goal of the season against No. 10 Michigan State, while she added scores in Delaware’s 2-1 overtime victory over VCU and in a close 2-1 setback to Old Dominion. She also chipped in with assists against William & Mary and Rutgers.

On the defensive side of the ball, she anchored a unit that allowed two goals or less in 11 of the team’s 18 games. She also posted one of Delaware’s two defensive saves after making a great play against Towson to block a Tiger shot and keep the game within reach.

Sijbrandij has appeared in 34 games over her two years with the team, including 32 starts. Last season, as a freshman, she started 14 games while leading the Hens to a 10-9 record and a tie for fifth-place in the conference standings.

With the honor, she was one of only five players from the Colonial Athletic Association to make the Mid-Atlantic team. Along with Sijbrandij, Towson’s Christina Boarman and Drexel’s Susan Ciufo, Carolina Gibernau, and Colleen McAndrew were also honored.

It marks the seventh straight season that a Blue Hen has earned All-Region honors. Sijbandij is also the 28th Delaware player to earn the accolade since 1990.

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Longstreth/NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Teams

First-Team
Christina Boarman, Towson; Susan Ciufo, Drexel; Brianna Davies, Maryland; Anne-Meije DeWijes, American; Christine Fingerhuth, American; Carolina Gibernau, Drexel; Alicia Grater, Maryland; Mary Catherine Kinneman, Temple; Amy Lewis, Rutgers; Colleen McAndrew, Drexel; Katie O’Donnell, Maryland; Alexis Papas, Maryland; Katie Reinprecht, Princeton; Susie Rowe, Maryland; Irene Schickhardt, American; Kat Sharkey, Princeton.

Second-Team
Caitlin Browne, Rutgers; Jenna Bull, Rutgers; Kirstin Gebhard, American; Kara Harpel, LaSalle; Lyndsie Johnson, Rider; Holly McGarvie, Princeton; Nicole Muracco, Maryland; Ellen Ott, Maryland; Dana Ramsden, Villanova; Sarah Reinprecht, Princeton; Ameliet Rischen, Maryland; Florence Sijbrandij, Delaware; Anne Van Ep, American; Kellie Walter, Saint Joseph’s; Lauren Wuzzrdo, Villanova; Charise Young, Temple.