MSU Field Hockey Players Earn All-Big Ten Honors

Nov. 5, 1999

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Fellow sophomores and Netherlands natives Marleen Tuip (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Sanne van Nouhuys (Bilthoven, Netherlands) were named to the 1999 All-Big Ten field hockey first team Thursday evening at the conference awards banquet.

van Nouhuys, who earned second-team honors in 1998, led the Spartans in scoring in 1999 with a team-high 12 goals, four assists and 28 points. She finished eighth in the conference in overall scoring, recording a pair of three-game goal-scoring streaks and four multiple-goal games despite a mid-season knee injury.

Tuip, who also was a second-team selection after leading MSU in scoring in 1998, finished second on the team in points in 1999. Her nine assists led all Spartans, while she added nine goals for 27 points. Tuip also notched a pair of hat tricks this season en route to finishing 10th in the Big Ten in overall scoring.

Fifth-seeded Michigan State faces fourth-seeded Ohio State in the opening game of the Big Ten Tournament today at 11:30 a.m. in Columbus, Ohio. The winner of the game will take on No. 1 seed and defending tournament champion Penn State in the second round. The winner of the tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

1999 All-Big Ten Field Hockey Teams

First Team Traci Anselmo, Sr, Defense, Penn State Maegan Galie, Jr, Attack, Penn State Kelli Gannon, Jr., Midfield, Michigan Katie Hobson, Jr., Midfield, Ohio State Tracey Larson, Sr., Midfield, Penn State Quan Nim, Sr., Attack, Iowa Courtney Reid, Jr., Attack, Michigan Sarah Thorn, Sr., Defense, Iowa Marleen Tuip, So., Attack, Michigan State Marije van Nouhuys, So., Attack, Ohio State Sanne van Nouhuys, So., Midfield, Michigan State Kelly Druley, Sr., Goalkeeper, Iowa

Second Team Natalie Dawson, Jr, Midfield, Iowa Kelly Dolan, Sr., Attack, Iowa Aly Freet, Sr., Defense, Iowa Amy Haase, Sr., Attack, Northwesten Lesley Irvine, Sr., Attack, Iowa Kiley Kulina, So., Midfield, Penn State Diana Kuser, So., Midfield, Ohio State Jayne Landis, Sr., Attack, Ohio State Anita Miller, So., Midfield, Iowa Ashley Reichenbach, Sr. Defense, Michigan Erica Widder, Sr., Defense, Michigan Jessica Yates, Sr., Goalkeeper, Northwestern

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Tracey Larson, Penn State FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Tiffany Leister, Iowa OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tracey Larson, Penn State DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ashley Reichenbach, Michigan COACH OF THE YEAR: Beth Beglin, Iowa

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