MEDFORD, MA (December 17, 2024) – The 2024 Tufts University field hockey team placed three players on the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III All-American squads announced today.
Graduate midfielder
Andrea DelGiudice and senior forward
Kylie Rosenquest are on the first team, and junior goalie
Lydia Eastburn made the second team.
This announcement includes several Tufts superlatives. The Jumbos have two first-team All-Americans for the first time since 2010. DelGiudice is the first Tufts player to receive back-to-back first team All-American accolades since Issy DelPriore in 2017-18. Eastburn is the first Tufts goalie to earn All-American honors since Dawn Morrill in the mid-1990s. The three total honorees this year are the most Jumbos since 2016.
DelGiudice, Rosenquest and Eastburn helped lead the Jumbos through one of the top seasons in team history. Head coach
Tina Mattera's team won the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) title and advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Game while finishing with a 19-3 record which tied for the most wins in school history.
With 15 goals and seven assists for 37 points, DelGiudice led the Jumbos in scoring. She was the NFHCA National Player of the Week early in the season after registering three goals and two assists against Colby on September 14 and then three goals with one assist versus Connecticut College on September 15. Her 15 goals are tied for the fifth-most in Tufts history.
Rosenquest was at her best in the NCAA Tournament, scoring three goals with an assist in four tournament games. That included the game-winning goal in overtime against Bates College in the Elite 8, and the assist on the overtime game-winner in the Final Four against Williams College. She finished with nine goals and nine assists for 27 points.
Eastburn backed one of the best defenses in the nation, as the Jumbos finished with a 0.81 goals against average that was 10th nationally. Eastburn's 0.82 GAA individually led NESCAC and she combined that with a strong .746 save percentage. She led Tufts to the conference title in three shoot-out victories, part of an amazing late-season run of four straight shoot-out wins by the team.
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