With the fall season effectively over for many of the Tufts sports teams, all-conference teams have been picked, and 12 Jumbos across four teams have thus far been selected for first and second teams. Field hockey picked up a league-high five spots across the two teams, the most across the Tufts teams as well. Women's soccer each had three players named to the two teams, while volleyball and men's soccer each had two.
Field Hockey
Senior All-American midfielder Emily Cannon picked up the lone Tufts field hockey spot on the 11-member All-NESCAC first team. This is her second consecutive selection for the first team, as she finished third on the team and tied for 14th in the conference with nine goals in 18 games.
The remaining four Jumbos from field hockey - sophomore Alexandra Jamison, junior Brittany Norfleet, sophomore Dakota Sikes-Keilp and senior co-captain Stephanie Wan - were all selected for the second team. Each of them is an All-NESCAC honoree for the first time.
Sikes-Keilp led the Jumbos in scoring this season with 16 goals and 38 points. The sophomore finished the season tied for fourth in the conference in goals scored. She had four game-winning goals.
Jamison was a key member on a Tufts defensive line that ranked second in the league with 17 goals allowed. On the offensive side, she scored three goals and contributed five assists.
Norfleet shined in her first year as a starter for coach Tina McDavitt's squad, playing a strong role in the midfielder position while collecting a goal and two assists on the season.
Lastly, Wan, the last of the four Tufts midfielders who were selected to the All-NESCAC teams, was an important leader on both ends of the field. She also contributed one goal and two assists for the Jumbos.
Women's Soccer
From women's soccer, junior Catharine Greer was selected for her third All-NESCAC honor in three seasons. In 2011, she was picked as NESCAC Rookie of the Year and also selected to the second team, while last year she made the first team. She followed last year's performance up with a second consecutive first-team pick this season. Greer is the only defender from this year's team who will still be on the team come next year.
Senior co-captain Anya Kaufmann garnered honors for the first time in her career with a second-team selection. She led the team and ended up fourth in the league in goals scored with eight. She added one assist for a total of 17 points on the year. Most notably, she broke the Tufts single-game scoring record with seven points on three goals and one assist against Suffolk University on Oct. 21.
Lastly, junior Carla Kruyff also made the second team for the first time in her career. Kruyff was a key member of the midfield, scoring three goals, all on set pieces, and contributing two assists.
Volleyball
In volleyball, Tufts had one player selected to the first team and one picked for the second team, juniors Isabel Kuhel and Hayley Hopper, respectively. Kuhel was named to the first team for the first time in her career after taking home second-team honors and the NESCAC Rookie of the Year award in 2011. Hopper earned honors for the first time with a pick to the second team.
Kuhel ranked second in the league with her .350 hitting percentage. She ended the season second in kills on the team with 201 and also ranked third in the NESCAC with her 1.01 blocks per set mark. Her season high was seven blocks in one match.
Hopper led the team in kills with 253 total, a number good for 11th in the league. She also recorded a season-high 20 kills in a five-set win over Middlebury on Oct. 19.
Men's Soccer
For men's soccer, junior tri-captain Max Hoppenot and classmate Sam Williams were selected for the first and second teams respectively. Hoppenot received first-team honors at forward for the second season in a row, and Williams got his first All-NESCAC award with the pick for the second team.
Hoppenot was the team's leading scorer for the second straight year, netting six goals and adding two assists for 14 points total. He was tied for fourth in the conference in goals. Hoppenot scored three game-winning goals in NESCAC play against Bates, Hamilton and Bowdoin.
Williams was a part of the strong back line of Tufts that was ranked second only allowing 10 goals all season. He netted one goal on the season and started all 15 games for the Jumbos.
