2014 Field Hockey
Roster
Francesca Rowley
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Epsom Girls Grammar School/Kings College
- Hometown:
- New Zealand
SENIOR (2013): Played and started all 20 matches for the Black Bears in her first year in Orono, Maine … Finished the year with six points as she was a key defender and contributor to Maine’s penalty corner unit … She scored her first career goal against UMass-Lowell on Sept. 28, helping the squad to a 4-0 victory … Tallied an assist in three-straight games starting in a 3-2 loss to New Hampshire on Oct. 11 and capping the run on Oct. 15 in a 4-2 win against Dartmouth … Recorded her fourth assist of the season against Vermont on Nov. 2 as the Black Bears rolled to a 9-1 victory … Named to the America East All-Conference second team … Member of the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad … A 2013 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction.
BEFORE MAINE: Attended Roskill Eden Club in Auckland and Otago University Hockey Club ... two year captain at Kings College ... Helped lead Otago to the Club Championship in 2011 and 2009 and runner-up showings in 2012 and 2010 ... Represented Southern/Otago in Under-21 tournament from 2009-2011, each year placing seventh in the country ... In 2011, represented Southern/Otago in the National Hockey League New Zealand competition ... Was the Knox College MVP in 2009 and 2010 in the annual Knox vs. Selwyn game ... Kings College top goal scorer in 2007 and 2008 ... Named MVP at Kings College in 2007.
PERSONAL: Born August 19, 1990 ... Daughter of Ann and Simon ... Has three older brothers ... Also competed in soccer, tennis and cricket ... completed a Bachelor of Physical Education, double majoring in Exercise Prescription and Sports Management ... A Kinesiology-Physical Education major.
