{"id":120047,"date":"2016-12-08T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=120047"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:08:59","slug":"three-huskies-earn-field-hockey-american-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/12\/three-huskies-earn-field-hockey-american-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Huskies Earn Field Hockey All-American Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/w-fieldh\/mtt\/anna_middendorf_854090.html\">Anna Middendorf<\/a> and junior forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/w-fieldh\/mtt\/charlotte_veitner_908811.html\">Charlotte Veitner<\/a> have both been named Longstreth\/NFHCA Division I First Team All-Americans this week.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, junior defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/w-fieldh\/mtt\/casey_umstead_908807.html\">Casey Umstead<\/a> was selected as a Third Team All-American for her contributions in the Huskies\u2019 22-2 season, which resulted in the program\u2019s 14th trip to the NCAA Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>This is the seventh-straight season that UConn has produced at least three All-Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It is Veitner\u2019s second consecutive selection on the First Team, while it is Middendorf\u2019s third-career All-America honor (twice named Third Team All-America). It is Umstead\u2019s first All-American recognition.<\/p>\n<p>All three players were named to the All-Mideast Region First Team on Nov. 29, making them eligible for All-America honors. The trio made up three of UConn\u2019s top four goal scorers in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Veitner, recently named All-Mideast Region Player of the Year, broke two program records this season \u2013 passing Lizzy Peijs for all-time assists and Lauren Henderson for all-time points. She was selected as Big East Offensive Player of the Year on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Dusseldorf, Germany, Veitner led the team in scoring with 27 goals and 17 assists \u2013 ranking second in Division I with a 2.96 points per game average. She scored a single-game program record of six goals against Virginia on Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Middendorf scored a career-high 13 goals this season, while helping the UConn defense post six shutouts in 2016. She was named Big East Co-Defensive Player of the Year for her efforts \u2013 which included a game-winning goal with expired time at Old Dominion on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Bremen, Germany, Middendorf earned two nods as Big East Defensive Player of the Week and three mentions on the Big East Honor Roll throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>With 18 goals and 15 assists this season, Umstead was third on the team in points (51) behind only Veitner (71) and sophomore forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/w-fieldh\/mtt\/amanda_collins_970132.html\">Amanda Collins<\/a> (56). She was selected to the All-Big East First Team in early November.<\/p>\n<p>Umstead\u2019s trademark moment was a penalty stroke goal in overtime against Boston College on Oct. 30, propelling UConn to a 4-3 victory in the regular-season finale.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uconnhuskies.com\/sports\/w-fieldh\/mtt\/nancy_stevens_402788.html\">Nancy Stevens<\/a> has now coached 47 First Team All-America selections in her 38-year career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the seventh-straight season that UConn field hockey has produced at least three All-Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":120068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1712,2225,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-120047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-uconn-storrs","category-university-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 05:35:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120047"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120070,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120047\/revisions\/120070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/120068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120047"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=120047"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=120047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}