Gote, Haverhals Earn All-America Honors

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College junior captains Ymke Rose Gote and Frederique Haverhals were named to the Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I All-America Third Team, the organization announced on Tuesday. The All-America honors were the second for both Eagles.

Gote and Haverhals were both First-Team All-Northeast Region honorees and collected All-Atlantic Coast Conference Second-Team honors in 2017. They were tied for second on the Eagles with five assists each and both scored two goals to notch nine points.

Gote, an Amstelveen, The Netherlands native, started all 19 games for the Eagles in the midfield. Her two goals in 2017 came in the double overtime win against Pacific and the overtime loss to No. 7 North Carolina. Last season, Gote earned NFHCA All-America Third-Team accolades and All-Northeast Region First-Team honors. She also picked up All-ACC Second-Team honors as a sophomore and junior and was a member of the ACC All-Tournament team as a freshman.

Haverhals, a Warmond, The Netherlands, native, started all 19 games for the Eagles at back. She notched the game-winning goal in the 2-1 victory against Northeastern on Oct. 13 and also scored in the season-opening win against Quinnipiac. Haverhals earned All-America First-Team honors from the NFHCA. She is a two-time All-ACC Second-Team honoree and also collected All-Northeast Region honors as a sophomore and second-team honors as a freshman.

Gote and Haverhals were two of 16 student-athletes who earned All-America honors for the second time in their career. In all, 48 student-athletes were named to a first- second- or third-team.

National champion Connecticut led all schools with five selections. ACC teams North Carolina, Louisville, Duke and Syracuse each placed three student-athletes on a team, while Virginia joined BC with two selections. Ten schools had one All-American selection and 25 total schools were represented.

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Players Mentioned

Ymke Rose Gote

Frederique Haverhals

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