BROCKPORT, NY - The SUNY Brockport Field Hockey team will host the Keuka College Wolves at 4 PM on Thursday, September 1^st before traveling to Elmira on Saturday, September 3^rd at 1 PM to take on the Soaring Eagles.
 
2021 Recap: The Golden Eagles finished last season just short of a birth into the SUNYAC Tournament with a 7-8 record picking up wins over Keuka, Elmira, Nazareth, Sage, Houghton, Oneonta and Morrisville. Last year's offense was one of the most aggressive in team history firing off a total of 267 shots, the sixth most in program history and outscoring its opponents with a total of 47 goals while only allowing 39 goals against.
 
Leading the Charge: Returning for her sixth season at the helm of the Golden Eagles field hockey program is Head Coach Krista Archambeau (Arch-am-Bo), who led the team to its first winning season in 2019 since 2011. This will be the first season under Archambeau where all her student-athletes have come from her direct recruitment.
 
The Staff: Joining the coaching staff this season are two recent graduates of the field hockey program, Katie Ziemba and Emily Hall. Ziemba and Hall joined the Golden Eagles field hockey family in 2017 during Archambeau's inaugural season as head coach. Both played five seasons for the Green and Gold before joining the coaching staff for the 2022 season.  
 
Hall was a staple in the starting lineup for her entire career. As a midfielder, she started in all 66 games the program competed in since she arrived on campus. Throughout her career, the former team captain received credit for a total of 14 points from four goals and 10 assists.
 
On the field, Ziemba had one of the most successful careers in SUNY Brockport field hockey history. The former team captain was a 1st-Team All-SUNYAC selection and is just one of three players in program history to earn All-Region honors. She finished her playing career second all-time in goals scored with 30, fourth all-time in assists with 16 and third all-time in points with 76. In 2021 she tallied 14 goals and five assists and 33 points, earning the second-highest single-season mark in both categories.

 
Preseason Poll: In a press release by the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC), the conference selected SUNY Brockport along with Oswego State to finish tied for fourth in the conference. The full 2022 SUNYAC Preseason Poll is listed below
1 – New Paltz
2 – SUNY Cortland
3 – Geneseo
4 – SUNY Brockport     
      Oswego State
6 – Oneonta
7 – Morrisville State
 
 
Welcome Back: SUNY Brockport returns eight of its top 10 goal scorers this season with fifth-year seniors Katelynn Mello and Alyssa Fuccillo coming back after having the second and third most points last season.
 
Not Done Yet: Mello's 2021 season was her best to date when she scored nine goals and five assists for 23 total points, the ninth most points in a single season in Brockport history. Her performance earned her a spot on the SUNYAC All-Conference second team, her second all-conference second-team selection since first earning the award her freshman season in 2018.
 
Fuccillo's 2021 season was also her best to date when she tallied six goals and two assists for 14 points.
 
Coming back to the Green and Gold for her sophomore season is last year's team leader in assists Paige Thowe (Thoy). As a freshman, Thowe recorded the fourth most points by a Golden Eagle when she made seven assists while scoring two goals for a total of 11 points.
 
The Golden Eagles 2021 goalkeeping leader in wins, saves and shutouts, Emma Acevedo will return for her senior season. Initially, a defender, last season Acevedo stepped up to the role of Brockport's emergency goalkeeper having never played the position until last season where she started 12 of 15 games in the goal for the Green and Gold even earning herself a Prestosport SUNYAC Player of the Week award for shutting out Sage College in her third ever start in goal.
 
Meet the Team: Along with Acevedo, the team will return four other seniors including Kaitlyn Aitkin, Olivia Hayden, Bailey Lazore, and Jillian Owens.
 
Brockport's junior class will consist of returners Justine Draper and Taylor Weber.
 
This year's sophomore class along with Thowe consists of Tiffany Andres, Ella Buchanan, Abby Chalmers, Quinn Guy, Isabella Kincanon, Emmalee Moore, Gianna Salerno, Mary Young, and Kelsey Zehr.
 
The class of 2026 are made up of Katelynn Banning, Kalena Eaton, Ava Holliday and Mackenzie Doller.
 
Looking At Keuka: The Golden Eagles currently hold a 10-0 record over the Wolves since 2006, outscoring its opponent 31-9. A year to the date of the team's last contest on September 1^st, 2021, Brockport managed to defeat the Wolves 5-2. Highlights from that contest included a four-point game from Kaitlynn Mello who scored a goal and two assists. That same game saw Paige Thowe score her first collegiate goal and assist with Alyssa Fuccillo and Olivia Hayden also recording an assist in the game. Then a freshman, goalkeeper Ella Buchanan recorded the first win of her collegiate career in that game as she made a total of four saves.
 
Looking at Elmira: SUNY Brockport has defeated the Soaring Eagles in the team's two most recent matchups outscoring Elmira 7-0. In the team's most recent game on September 4, 2021, the Green and Gold shut out Elmira 6-0. Alyssa Fuccillo finished that game with a total of four points having scored two goals. Paige Thowe and Katelynn Mello both recorded a goal in the game as well. Buchanan recorded the first shutout of her collegiate career against the Soaring Eagles only needing to make one save in the game.
 
Coach's Comments: When asked about the team this season and what she was looking forward to, Coach Archambeau replied, "I'm very proud of the team for their work ethic and focus so far during pre-season. They came back eager and ready to go. They're connecting on and off the field and we are growing every session as a team. We have a very special group this year and I'm extremely excited and looking forward to seeing what successes the season brings."