Danielle Collins (Walpole, Mass.), a former standout field hockey player at the University of Vermont, will join the UMass Lowell field hockey coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2008.

Jayne Vagenas, a native of Harwich, MA, was named the recipient of the Laurie Mann Award while Ruben Sanca, a native of Boston, MA, received the David J. Boutin Award for the Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year Tuesday night at the UMass Lowell Athletic Awards Night.

Seventh-year head coach Shannon Hlebichuk has announced the addition of five student-athletes to the UMass Lowell field hockey team beginning in 2008.

UMass Lowell Field Hockey is holding a Spring Clinic on Saturday, April 19, 2008.

On the surface the story seems the same: another year, another championship. But to say that is to oversimplify the success of the 2007 UMass Lowell River Hawks field hockey team.

Jayne Vagenas, Jaci Moulton, Katie Enaire, Ashley Smith and Sasha Lovejoy received individual awards as the UML field hockey team gathered to celebrate its 2007 season Saturday night.

Seven members of the UMass Lowell field hockey team were named to the 2007 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II National Academic Team, the association announced today.

Seniors Celia Merullo (Wakefield, MA) and Anthony Santos (Chelmsford, MA) are among six UMass Lowell student-athletes who will be inducted into the University’s chapter of the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society Sunday.

Despite a 5-2 loss, the UMass Lowell field hockey team advanced to the NCAA Championship match for the third time in five years. CBS Sports was there to chronicle the NCAA championship weekend in Lowell Nov. 9-11.

Open this week’s Sports Illustrated, Amesbury sports fans. One of your own is gracing the pages.