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Serena Sommerfield

Class:
Senior
Position:
Defense
Height:
5-9
S/C:
R
Hometown:
Greenwich, Conn.
Previous Team:
Mid Fairfield CT Stars

AS A SENIOR (2018-19)
Appeared in 34 of 39 games on defense … recorded 17 points on one goal and a career-high 16 assists … played primarily alongside Megan Keller … finished with 41 shots on goal … blocked 41 shots … recorded a plus/minus rating of plus-16 … had two multi-point games on the year … recorded four game-winning assists … had three power-play helpers on the year … had single assists in 12 contests … had a three-game assist streak from Jan. 18 at UVM to Jan. 25 against Providence … had two assists, including on the overtime game-winning goal, against Merrimack (Dec. 7) … recorded a season-high four shots on goal in that win over Merrimack … tied a career-high with three points on one goal and two assists in a win over Holy Cross (Feb. 1) … assisted on the game-winning goal in back-to-back games against New Hampshire (Feb. 8) and Northeastern (Feb. 12) … picked up the lone assist in BC’s NCAA quarterfinal loss at Clarkson (March 16) … recorded a season-high of plus-3 in the Hockey East Tournament semifinal win over BU (March 9).

AS A JUNIOR (2017-18)
Appeared in all 38 games along the blue line … saw significant power-play and penalty-kill time as well as a regular defensive shift, usually alongside Caroline Ross … had a career year that including collecting a career-high 14 points from four goals and 14 assists, and was career-high +28 on the season while blocking a career-best 61 shots … had a career-best three-point day against New Hampshire (Jan. 5), scoring one goal – a power-play tally – and adding a career-high two assists in the 6-0 win … also scored single goals at Boston University (Dec. 2), against Vermont (Jan. 19) – the game-winning goal in overtime – and against No. 10 Providence (Jan. 26) … picked up single assists in 12 games … had a four-game assist run between Oct. 22 at Vermont and Nov. 3 vs. No. 9 Providence, and then a five-game assist streak from No. 11 at No. 8 St. Lawrence through Nov. 28 vs. Northeastern … four times posted +3 ratings in a game: Oct. 17 vs. Quinnipiac, Jab. 5 vs. New Hampshire, Jan. 26 vs. No. 10 Providence and Feb. 17 at No. 10 Maine … one of the team’s representatives to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17)
Appeared in 38 games, starting the first six games at center before moving back to defense for the remainder of the season … tallied six points on one goal and five assists … was a +10 on the season and blocked 16 shots … whistled for just four penalties on the season … developed into one of the team’s most consistent players on defense and saw her ice time increase steadily throughout the season … by February, she was taking regular shifts in the defensive rotation – partnering mostly with Megan Keller – and also getting time on the penalty-kill unit … recorded her first career point – also her first career goal – against Connecticut (Oct. 29) … added single assists at Providence (Dec. 3) and against Merrimack (Feb. 24) in Game 2 of the Hockey East Tournament quarterfinals and against Vermont (March 4) in the Hockey East Tournament Semifinals … posted a career-best two assists against Vermont in the team’s 7-1 win on Feb. 12, and also registered a career-best four blocks in that game … twice finished +3 in a game: vs. Vermont (Feb. 12) and vs. Providence (Feb. 19) … her assist against Merrimack in the HEA Quarterfinals came on Keller’s game-winning goal in the 1-0 series clincher … sprung Makenna Newkirk for the Eagles’ third goal against UVM in the HEA Semifinals … one of the team’s representatives to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) … a Hockey East Academic All-Star and ACC Honor Roll performer … also earned the Athletic Director’s Award for Academic Achievement … an AHCA All-American Scholar.

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16)
Dressed for 28 games, all at forward … slotted in on the fourth line except for the Feb. 6 game at Connecticut where she centered the third line … did not register any points … picked up two penalties: a body checking penalty against New Hampshire (Oct. 18) and a cross-checking minor at Connecticut (Oct. 31) … blocked two shots: one vs. Harvard (Feb. 2) in the first round of the Beanpot and one in the Hockey East Tournament championship game against Boston University (March 6) … dressed for the Eagles’ entire postseason run, including the team’s two Frozen Four games ... earned the Athletic Director's Award for Academic Achievement, as well as places on the Hockey East All-Academic Team and the ACC Honor Roll.

BEFORE BC
Attended Choate Rosemary Hall for three years after starting her high school career at Hotchkiss … played the last three seasons at Choate under head coach Nicole Stock after starting at Hotchkiss under head coach John Cooper … played defense for the Mid Fairfield CT Stars, most recently on the U19 team under Jake Mastel … helped Mid Fairfield CT Stars earn runner-up honors USA Hockey’s Tier I National Championship in 2014 … selected to attend USA Hockey National Developmental Camps in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, and played in the 2013 all-star game … also played varsity field hockey and lacrosse, helping Hotchkiss win the 2011 NEPSAC field hockey championship.

PERSONAL
Serena is the daughter of Tim Sommerfield and Eve Iselin … she is the youngest of their three children, after sister Alexis and brother Timmy … enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences … was an honor roll student every term in high school at both Hotchkiss and Choate, and graduated cum laude from Choate … volunteered with Choate Rosemary Hall’s adaptive skating program all three years she attended, and is actively involved in community service in her spare time … recipient of the Driscoll Family Hockey Scholarship Fund … inducted into the Omicron Delta Epsilon International Honors Economics Society in 2018.

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS :
Points: 3 (two times), New Hampshire, Jan 05, 2018; Holy Cross, Feb 1, 2019
Goals: 1 (six times), last vs. Holy Cross, Feb 1, 2019
Assists: 2 (two times), Vermont, Feb 12, 2017; Holy Cross, Feb 1, 2019
Shots: 5, Vermont, Feb 24, 2018
Power-Play Goals: 1, New Hampshire, Jan 05, 2018
Penalties: 2 (two times), at Merrimack, Dec 09, 2017; New Hampshire, Feb 8, 2019
Penalty minutes: 4 (two times) at Merrimack, Dec 09, 2017; New Hampshire, Feb 8, 2019
Plus/minus: 3 (eight times), last vs. Boston University, March 9, 2019