CAC Names Silver Anniversary Field Hockey Team As Part Of Its 25th Year Celebration

YORK, Pa. - Salisbury University claimed 12 roster spots while the University of Mary Washington gained seven on the Capital Athletic Conference's Silver Anniversary Field Hockey Team. Lindsey Elliott, a two-time CAC Player of the Year and the current head coach at Mary Washington, leads the 25-member unit.

Entering its 25th year of varsity competition, the CAC selected a Silver Anniversary Team in 19 championship sports, primarily based on season-ending conference awards as voted by the conference coaches. Each Silver Anniversary Team will feature 25 former or current standouts. Men's and women's indoor track & field, which became a CAC championship sport in 2012, was combined with men's and women's outdoor track & field. The Silver Anniversary Golf Team has just eight members because the sport was added to the CAC championships list just seven years ago.

The teams will be announced early in the regular-season for its respective sport. Each Silver Anniversary Team honoree will receive a commemorative gift from the conference, and many will be recognized by their institution/alma mater at some time during the academic year.

The University of Mary Washington, a charter member of the CAC, led the conference with 153 current and former student-athletes on the Silver Anniversary Teams, including 40 in men's and women's tennis combined. Salisbury University, which joined the CAC in the 1994-95 athletic season, was second with 121 Silver Anniversary Team honorees. CAC charter members York College of Pa. (59) and St. Mary's College of Md. (35) were next in line for most Silver Anniversary Team honorees.

The CAC was organized as a six-team affiliation in 1989 and began championship competition with the winter sports during the 1990-91 season. Membership changes in the last decade ultimately created a 10-team conference that has become one of the strongest in NCAA Division III.

CAC teams have won 18 national team championships, and dozens of other teams have finished in among the top four in NCAA Division III competition.

In 2013-14, the CAC advanced more than 25 teams to post-season competition. Four CAC athletic programs finished among the Top 60 in the final Learfield Cup – the only conference in the Middle Atlantic Region to accomplish that feat. One team won a national championship (Salisbury University women's lacrosse) and three others played in the national championship game. Nineteen CAC teams won at least one game in NCAA Tournament competition and 10 advanced to at least the NCAA Sweet 16.

In the last two years, CAC student-athletes have combined to win six individual national championships at NCAA swimming or track & field competitions. The CAC student-athletes collected a record 11 Capital One Academic All-America awards in 2013-14 as well as an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and the Josten's Award, recognizing a Division III women's basketball player for her achievements on the court, in the classroom and contributions to the community.

In the classroom, the CAC boasts 81 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including one Academic All-American of the Year award winner, 12 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners, five NCAA Elite 89 award winners, two Honda year-end award winners and a Josten's Award winner in women's basketball. The CAC also features an annual Academic Honor Roll that recently honored nearly 1,200 students for their academic achievements. Thousands of other student-athletes have received Player of the Year, All-America or All-Region recognition in their respective sports.

Elliott was a two-time first-team all-star and conference Player of the Year, leading the Sea Gulls to a national championship in 2004. She enters her fourth season at the UMW helm with a 50-10 overall record, including one conference title (2012) and one trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Two other Silver Anniversary honorees were two-time CAC Players of the Year award winners during their career - Mary Washington's April Moshos (1992 and '93) and Wesley College's Madison Leone (2012 and '13).

Leone, along with Goucher College's Michelle Mohlman, Mary Washington's Jessica Morris and Salisbury's Tara McGovern, were the only four players to earn first-team All-CAC field hockey recognition four times during their career.

CAC Field Hockey Silver Anniversary Team Honorees

Name, Institution

Rachel Aldefer, York College of Pa.

Renie Amoss, Goucher College

Kristen Archer, Salisbury University

Caitlin Baker, University of Mary Washington

Christine Ballance, University of Mary Washington

Lauren Correll, Salisbury University

Jill Cressor, Salisbury University

Brittany Elliott, Salisbury University

Lindsey Elliott, Salisbury University

Sue Fatz, Salisbury University

Laura Getty, Salisbury University

Kandice Hancock, Salisbury University

Megan Hopper, Salisbury University

Madison Leone, Wesley College

Tracey Lloyd, Salisbury University

Jaci Marshall, University of Mary Washington

Tara McGovern, Salisbury University

Michele Mohlman, Goucher College

Jessica Morris, University of Mary Washington

April Moshos, University of Mary Washington

Danielle Oleson, University of Mary Washington

Andrea Snyder, Catholic University of America

Chrissy Soper, University of Mary Washington

Brooke Tadlock, Wesley College

Tara Webster, Salisbury University