Union College Athletics

The most successful field hockey team in Union College history and one of the most dominating squads in any sport at the College, the 1988 field hockey team rolled to a 17-1 record and set new program standards at almost every turn.
 
Led by head coach Charlyn Robert, Union started the season with a 14-game winning streak, the sixth-longest winning streak in any sport at the school. The team was bolstered by a defense that allowed only nine goals in 18 games, including 12 shutouts, and finished the regular season with six consecutive clean sheets before earning a seventh to start the NYSWCAA Tournament. The team's lone loss came in the NYSWCAA semifinals to eventual champion and national semifinalist SUNY Cortland by a 1-0 score, but the team rebounded to capture the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Region championship with a 2-1 win over Montclair State and a 1-0 victory over FDU-Madison.
 
The team, which finished the year ranked third in New York State, was paced defensively by goalie Jen Lyon '90, who set school single-season records in wins (17), save percentage (.918) and goals against average (0.50), and who went on to set the program career standards in all three categories as well. Union Athletics Hall of Famer Courtney Lynch '89 HOF '04 led the offense with 10 goals and six assists and went on to earn numerous postseason accolades, including NFHCA All-America second-team honors, All-Mid-Atlantic Region and All-State first-team laurels, while a program-record five players - Lynch, Carolyn Hardy '91, Lynn Hyde '91, Ann Mulvany '90 and Monica Zifcak '90 - were named to the NFHCA All-Region Team.
 


Team members:
MaryBeth Bohl '92
Patricia Donaldson '92
Roselle Eisma '92
Heidi Groener '91
Carolyn Hardy '91
Mary Hayes '91
Stephanie Holden '92
Lynn Hyde '91
Danielle Lavigne '89 - co-captain
Jean Lopata '92
Courtney Lynch '89 HOF '04 - co-captain
Jen Lyon '90
Kerry McKibbin '90
Ann Mulvany '90
Alison Pallotta '91
Alison Snyder '92
Beth Swaggart '91
Monica Zifcak '90
 
Head Coach: Charlyn Robert
Assistant Coach: Beth (Stacey) Hallenbeck
Manager: Rachel Whitmore '91