Johnson Named NE10 Attacker of the Year; Six Players Earn All-Conference Honors
NE10 All-Conference Release
WALTHAM, Mass. – Maeve Johnson was named the Northeast 10 Attacker of the Year and she and five teammates earned All-NE10 honors, the conference revealed Monday in announcing its major award winners and All-Conference teams.
Johnson and Caroline Affolter were named to the NE10 first team. Amanda Davis and Kat Slattery were voted to the second team and Emma Jadul earned third team honors. Goalie Lauren Rochel was named to the All-Rookie team.
Maeve Johnson-Attacker of the Year and First Team All-Conference
In 16 regular season games Johnson tallied 58 goals and 26 assists for 84 points. Adding in the five goals she scored in Saturday's playoff win over Assumption, her numbers stand at 63 goals and 89 points.
She currently leads the NE10 in goals and is second in points. She is in the top-25 nationally in both goals and points per game. The Duxbury, Massachusetts native was an IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week once and the NE10 Player of the Week twice in the regular season.
Johnson is also within touching distance of the program record for goals and points in a single season, needing four more goals and five points to break those records.
Johnson is the second Falcon ever to win the Attacker of the Year award, joining Alyssa Ritchie in 2009.
Caroline Affolter-First Team All-Conference-Midfield
Affolter was an all-round force for the Falcons with 35 goals, 16 assists, 71 draw controls and 13 caused turnovers in the regular season.
Of the 12 players in the NE10 with at least 60 draw controls, Affolter is one of just four players to have 50-plus points.
Going into Wednesday's semifinal game at Pace, she is 6th in the NE10 in draw controls (74) and 16th in points (56).
Amanda Davis-Second Team All-Conference-Attacker
Davis was one of the most efficient goal scorers in the NE10 this season. She scored 45 goals on 76 shots for a 59.2 percentage.
Of the 21 players in the NE10 with at least 40 goals, her shooting percentage is the best.
The junior from Saunderstown, Rhode Island was a two-time NE10 Player of the Week and had nine games with at least three goals.
Kat Slattery-Second Team All-Conference-Defense
A junior, Slattery earned her third straight second team All-Conference selection. She helped lockdown opposing attackers and led the team with 18 caused turnovers and was second with 29 ground balls.
Slattery has started 49 straight games going back to her freshman season.
Emma Jadul-Third Team All-Conference-Defense
Jadul set career highs for caused turnovers (17) and ground balls (32) in her senior year. Her defensive efforts helped Bentley hold opponents to single-digit goals in nine games, including three nationally ranked teams in Mercy (March 2), Assumption (March 27) and Saint Anselm (April 13).
Lauren Rochel-All Rookie Team-Goalie
Rochel had a standout freshman season that saw her named the NE10 Goalie of the Week and Rookie of the Week once each.
She made 19 saves in her first career NCAA appearance in Bentley's win over nationally ranked Assumption on March 27.
Rochel currently leads the NE10 in save percentage at 50.8 and she is third in goals against average at 9.71.