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FOUR FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERS ON NFHCA NEW ENGLAND WEST REGION FIRST TEAM

Leading scorer Tamara Brown is one of four Jumbos on the All-Region first team

MEDFORD -- The Tufts University field hockey team, which will play in the program's first-ever NCAA "Final Four" this weekend, had four players named to the 2008 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III All-New England West Region first team today.

Sophomore Tamara Brown (Annandale, VA), senior tri-captain Brittany Holiday (Wellesley, MA), sophomore Amanda Roberts (Wenham, MA) and junior Margi Scholtes (Grosse Pointe, MI) were the Jumbos named to the first team. Tufts was the only team with four players on the first team. Bowdoin College, also in the NCAA "Final Four", was next with three.

Brown leads the Jumbos in scoring with 23 goals and five assists for 51 points, school single-season records for both goals and points. Holiday, who scored the game-winning goal on a penalty stroke in the team's 2-1 victory against The College of New Jersey in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Sunday, has six goals and three assists this fall and has converted all four of her penalty stroke attempts. Roberts, who scored her first collegiate goal against TCNJ to tie the score at 1-1 early in the second half, is terrific athlete who is key to the Jumbos' transition from defense to offense. Scholtes is the New England Small College Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and the primary striker on the team's penalty corner attack.

Tufts, 18-1 overall and ranked #4 in the NFHCA national poll, plays #1 Messiah College in the national semi-finals on Saturday at Ursinus College. Bowdoin and Ursinus meet in the other semifinal. The national championship game is on Sunday.

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