well. Morris, the 2008 ODAC Rookie of the Year, again started and played in every game, while Gibb was a standout as a defensive-minded midfielder, starting in every ballgame. On the backline, Signey Milks led a group of defenders that allowed 35 goals in 23 games. Milks, who played in the Division III North-South Senior All-Star game at the Final Four, was named to the All-ODAC first-team for the third straight season, while also earning All-State and All-Region honors. Joining the elder Milks defensively was a pair of senior captains in Sammy Marano and Erin Majerowicz.

Marano was a fiery leader of LC, and usu-ally was found manning the team’s best offensive player, while Majerowicz finished her tenure at Lynchburg as the all-time leader in games started with 89. The Hornets last line of defense again in 2009 was senior Sarah Cates, who finished her career with 55 wins in net. Cates played and started in all 23 games for the Hornets, and allowed only 31 goals in 23 games, earning first-team All-State laurels. The future looks bright for LC in net though, as Tiffany Frye showed signs of brilliance in limited action this season.

Lynchburg’s senior class finished as the winningest bunch in LC history, post-ing a 73-19 record, including winning 39 of the 41 games against conference opponents including tournament games. The Hornets do return 21 letter winners off this championship squad though, with most looking to leave their own mark at LC. With another fantastic re-cruiting class coming in, one can be sure that the Hornets and head coach Enza Steele will challenge for the school’s 14 ODAC title next season in 2010.

2009 Season Review The 2009 version of the Lynchburg College field hockey team finished its season 18-5, while winning its fourth consecutive Old Dominion Ath-letic Conference (ODAC) title with a 1-0 win over Eastern Mennonite University in the tournament final. The title was the 13th conference crown since the inclusion for field hockey into the ODAC, and also marked the first time in school history a senior class won the league championship all four years while at LC. The team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth year in a row, and was rewarded for its superb season with a home game in the open-ing round against Juniata (PA) College. Lynchburg defeated the Eagles 5-3 on a cold, rainy evening before bowing out of the tournament to eventual national semi-finalist Ursinus College in the round of 16. Another side story to this season was senior attack Allie Weir’s assault on the school, ODAC and national goal scoring record. Weir broke the Lynchburg College goals scored mark in a 6-2 win over Denison, and then became the most prolific scorer in Division III field hockey with four goals

Enza SteeleHead Coach

In her 30 seasons at Lynchburg College, head coach Enza Steele has established a program that is a conference powerhouse and a consistent NCAA top 20 team. She has accumulated an overall re-cord of 440-185-11 at LC, third-best among active NCAA Division III coaches.

Under Steele, Lynchburg has won 13 Old Dominion Athletic Confer-ence (ODAC) titles and made 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. Steele has been named ODAC Coach of the Year eight times, and earned her 400th win at Lynchburg with a 3-2 victory at Washington & Lee University on Oct. 23, 2007.

The Hornets won both the conference regular-season and tourna-ment titles in 2006 and 2009, and advanced into the NCAA Division III Tournament. The 2007 & 2008 versions also won the conference tour-nament and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The 2004 and 2005 seasons were also highly successful, as Lynchburg combined to go 31-12 overall (16-1 in the ODAC regular-season), captured the regular-season conference title both years and entered the NCAA Tournament in 2005. In 2001 the Hornets enjoyed their finest season in program history, advancing to the NCAA Division III Tournament’s round of eight. LC posted a 21-2 record and won the ODAC regular-season and tournament titles. In 2002, Lynchburg again won the ODAC regular-season title with a 9-0 conference record and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Hornets finished 17-4 as Steele was named the state’s field hockey coach of the year.

Steele guided the Hornets to the Association of Intercollegiate Athlet-ics for Women (AIAW) national runner-up finish in 1981. Lynchburg has also won a pair of regional titles and one Virginia State Championship un-der Steele. In all, her teams made three appearances at the AIAW national tournament and advanced to the finals of the ODAC tournament on 22 occasions.

Steele is also active at the national level, having served on numerous NCAA and NFHCA committees and was the developer and organizer of the Senior All-Star Game. In addition, she has served as a head coach and site director at many Olympic developmental camps.

A native of Pompton Lakes, NJ, Steele received her M.S. from Ithaca (NY) College and her B.S. from William Paterson (NJ) University. She cur-rently serves as the senior women’s administrator at Lynchburg and is an associate professor in the School of Health Sciences and Human Perfor-mance.

Two-Time All-Re-gion Signey Milks

in a win over Sweet Briar College. Weir finished the season with 31 goals, ending her legendary career at LC with 131 goals and 297 points, both LC, ODAC and national marks. The Hornet offense in 2009 was again among the best in the nation, as the Hornets scored 4.39 goals per game, fourth in the nation. Breaking out this season was sophomore attack Jordan Warrington. Warrington finished the season with 23 goals, which was 23rd nationally

and second to only Allie Weir in the ODAC. She posted the second-highest goal total in a game in LC history against R-MC this year, finishing five in a 9-2 win, while also nab-bing first-team All-State honors in 2009. Also starring for the Hornets up front was Jen-ny Weir, Erin Funkhouser and Lindsay Leonard. Jenny Weir, a first-team All-ODAC and All-State performer, posted 12 goals and league-high 14 assists on the season, while Erin

Funkhouser finished her stellar career with 12 goals and seven assists in 2009. Leonard capped her freshman campaign with 10 goals, including a pair against EMU in a regular season win. In the midfield, Lynchburg was led by the superior play of Kristina Morris, Shelly Milks and Caitlin Gibb. Shelly Milks earned All-ODAC second team accolades after scoring four goals with six assists, and helping with the team’s defense as

All-RegionJenny Weir

All-ODACShelly Milks

All-State JordanWarrington

NCAA D3 Scoring Leader Allie Weir

All-ODAC Samanta Marano

Emily Fleckenstein

All-State Sara Cates

Erin Majerowicz

Erin Funkhouser

All-ODACCaitlin Gibb

All-American Allie Weir Helped LeadLC to a 4th Straight ODAC Titleand an NCAA Tournament Win

LynchburgCollege

Field Hockey

Trina BoyerAssistant Coach

Trina Karabin Boyer joined the Lynchburg

Hornet’s field hockey staff in 2009 after a May,

2009 graduation from Bucknell University with a

B.A. in political science and economics. She was

a four year letter winner for the Division I Bison

program. Her outstanding senior season helped

Bucknell to its best record since 1999. Trina graduated as the 11th highest

scorer in Bucknell’s history, and was named twice to the All-Patriot League

Honor Roll and NFHCA All-Academic Squad.

As a senior, she was also named to both the Patriot League First Team

and All-Tournament squad. Trina’s season was completed by receiving 2008

Longstreth/NFHCA Division-1 All-Mideast honors. She has coached at numer-

ous field hockey camps including Bucknell, Penn State University, and the

University of Maryland. While assisting with the Hornet’s field hockey pro-

gram, Boyer will be pursuing a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Suevia Greloni Pierri

Assistant Coach

Suevia (pronounced sway-vee-ya) Greloni

Pierri comes to the Hornets in 2009 for her first

season as an assistant coach at LC. Pierri brings

a wealth of knowledge about the sport, as she was a member of the the

the U-21 Argentina National Team, Buenos Aires National Training squad,

and the Argentinian Division A Premier League Team. Pierri attended the

University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, while also schooling at Wheaton Col-

lege in Massachusetts last year. Pierri has coached camps at Slippery Rock,

Rosemont College, Wheaton College, and the University of Connecticut.

Suevia was an assistant coach with the U-18 Belgrano Athletic Club in 2001

and 2002, before coming to Wheaton for the fall of 2008.

2009 Schedule and Results

Date Location Result

Sep 01 Fredericksburg, VA Lynchburg 4, Mary Washington 3

SEP 04 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 9, DEPAUW 0

SEP 06 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 6, DENISON 2

Sep 12 Palmyra, PA Lebanon Valley 4, Lynchburg 2

Sep 13 Winchester, VA Lynchburg 4, Shenandoah 0

Sep 16 Springfield, VA Messiah College 3, Lynchburg 2

SEP 19 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 9, RAND.-MACON 2*

Sep 23 Lexington, VA Lynchburg 3, Washington and Lee 2*

SEP 26 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 4, ST.MARY’S (MD.) 2

SEP 27 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 4, WESLEY COLLEGE 1

OCT 03 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 12, SWEET BRIAR 0*

Oct 06 Salem, VA Lynchburg 4, Roanoke College 0*

OCT 08 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 9, VA WESLEYAN 0*

Oct 11 Frostburg, MD Lynchburg 4, Frostburg State 1

Oct 14 Bridgewater, VA Lynchburg 8, Bridgewater College 2*

OCT 19 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 3, RHODES COLLEGE 1

OCT 23 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 3, EAST. MENNONITE 0*

OCT 29 LYNCHBURG, VA CHRIS. NEWPORT 2, LYNCHBURG 1

Oct 31 Glassboro, NJ Rowan University 2, Lynchburg 1

ODAC Tournament

NOV 03 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 3, RAND.-MACON 1

NOV 07 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 1, EAST. MENNONITE 0

NCAA TOURNAMENT

NOV 11 LYNCHBURG, VA LYNCHBURG 5, JUNIATA 3

Nov 14 Collegeville, PA Ursinus 4, Lynchburg 0

* Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) game

ODAC CHAMPIONS - 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990,

1994, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Honors and AwardsAll-ODAC

1981 - Phebe Phelps

1982 - Phelps*, Terry Apperson, Kerry

Berman, Trudy Maraschean

1983 - Phelps*, Joyce Darrell, Kappie Fraher

1984 - Apperson*, Patti Brennan, Mary

Ferraro, Fraher

1985 - Fraher

1986 - Brennan, Lynn Postma

1987 - Lynn Miller, Postma, Sandi Racis,

Jennifer Walsh

1988 - Litsa Coroneos, Karen Lauffenburger

1989 - Leslie Carpenter, Coroneos, Lynn Miller

1990 - Carpenter, Coroneos

1991 - Sally Hoyer, Kara Summers

1992 - Summers*, Mindy Manolovich

1993 - Kelli Rummell, Nikki Sedgwick, Summers

1994 - Summers*, Katie Happel, Sarah Gioffre

1995 - Gioffre

1996 - Gioffre*, Traci Wille, Laura Stein

1997 - Heather Allen, Laura Emery

1998 - Jennifer Schwarzenbek

1999 - Maria Sarluca, Abbie Marvel, Laura Daly

2000 - Marvel, Linda Jack, Shannon McGinnis,

Jessie Elliot

2001 - Jack, McGinnis, Jessie Elliot, Kyla

Hoffman, Meghan Joyce

2002 - Jack, Hoffman, Andrea Fleming, Becky

Skoda, Joanne Yednock, Meredith Zukas

2003 - Fleming, Bonnie O’Day, Susan

Casperson, Anna Moore, Kara Culkin

2004 - Fleming*, Yednock, Moore, Culkin, Ariana Kleeman

2005 - Fleming, Culkin, McGaha, Morgan Crandall, Kleeman

2006 - Crandall, Allie Weir^, Samantha Howard, Kleeman, Paige Bennett

2007 - A. Weir, Howard, Signey Milks, Jessi Bowman, Jenny Weir, Erin Majerowicz

2008 - A. Weir*, Si. Milks, J. Weir, Caitlin Gibb, Samantha Marano, Kristina Morris^

2009 - Allie Weir, Signey Milks, Jenny Weir, Samantha Marano, Shelly Milks, Caitlin Gibb

*ODAC Player of the Year

^ODAC Rookie of the Year

ODAC Coach of the Year

Enza Steele - 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009

All-America1981 - Phebe Phelps, Molly Brogan1983 - Phebe Phelps1984 - Terry Apperson1985 - Kappie Fraher1988 - Karen Lauffenburger1989 - Litsa Coroneos1991 - Sally Hoyer1992 - Kara Summers1993 - Kara Summers1994 - Kara Summers1996 - Sarah Gioffre2001 - Linda Jack2002 - Linda Jack2004 - Andrea Fleming2008 - Allie Weir2009 - Allie Weir

All-State2000 - Abbie Marvel, Linda Jack2001 - Linda Jack, Shannon McGinnis, Jessie Elliot2004 - Andrea Fleming*, Anna Moore, Joanne Yednock2005 - Fleming*, Dawn McGaha, Kara Culkin2006 - Morgan Crandall, Allie Weir^, Samantha Howard, Ariana Kleeman2007 - Samantha Howard, Allie Weir, Signey Milks, Jessi Bowman, Jenny Weir2008 - Allie Weir*, Signey Milks, Jenny Weir, Kristina Morris^2009 - Allie Weir*, Jordan Warrington, Jenny Weir, Signey Milks, Sarah Cates, Samantha Marano

*- All-State Player of the Year^ - All-State Rookie of the Year

All-State Coach of the Year2001 - Enza Steele2008 - Enza Steele