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Local field hockey players stand with their All-Shoreline Conference First Team trophies. Pictured are Shoreline Conference Player of the Year Avery Bauman (Westbrook) with fellow First Team recipients Lauren Horne (Westbrook), Lexi Koplas (Westbrook), Kendall Orlowski (Westbrook), Elena Peterlik (Valley Regional), Chelsea Piccirillo (Morgan), Tory Rider (Valley Regional), Ava Galdenzi (North Branford), Amy Raucci (North Branford), Mandy Beck (Old Saybrook), and Annie Cooper (Valley Regional). Photo courtesy of Teg Cosgriff

The Shoreline Conference recently honored some of the top high-school field hockey players in the area by presenting them with All-Shoreline Conference recognition based on their performances during the 2018 season. The athletes received their All-Conference accolades prior to the championship game of the Shoreline Conference Tournament at the Indian River Complex in Clinton on Nov. 1.

Westbrook midfielder Avery Bauman was selected as the Shoreline Conference Player of the Year and named to the All-Shoreline First Team with teammates Lexi Koplas (forward), Lauren Horne (goalkeeper), and Kendall Orlowski (defender). Midfielder Amy Raucci and forward Ava Galdenzi made the First Team on behalf of North Branford, which won the conference title by earning a 2-0 win versus Westbrook in the final. Valley Regional saw midfielder Annie Cooper and defender Elena Peterlik garner All-Shoreline First Team honors this year. Old Saybrook midfielder Mandy Beck made the First Team, as did defender Chelsea Piccirillo of Morgan.

There were also several athletes who solidified spots on the All-Shoreline Conference Second Team. Earning spots on the Second Team were Westbrook’s Alex Young (midfielder) and Carolyn Bauman (defender), Ali Barrett (forward) and Kelli Jacobson (defender) of North Branford, Valley Regional’s Olivia Kollmer (defender), Riley Millburne (forward), and Mia Cost (goalkeeper), Kayla Holt (forward) from Old Saybrook, Morgan’s Delaney Mastriano (midfielder), as well as Emma Conklin (midfielder) and Becca Conti (forward) of Haddam-Killingworth (midfielder).

Several athletes from the area were recently presented All-Shoreline Conference Second Team honors for their performances with their respectively high-school field hockey teams this fall. Pictured are Delaney Mastriano (Morgan), Olivia Kollmer (Valley Regional), Kelli Jacobson (North Branford), Carolyn Bauman (Westbrook), Riley Millburne (Valley Regional), Kayla Holt (Old Saybrook), Becca Conti (Haddam-Killingworth), Mia Cost (Valley Regional), Emma Conkin (Haddam-Killingworth), Alex Young (Westbrook), and Ali Barrett (North Branford). Photo courtesy of Teg Cosgriff

Westbrook’s Avery Bauman receives her Shoreline Conference Player of the Year Award from Shoreline Conference Field Hockey Commissioner and Westbrook Athletic Director Teg Cosgriff. Photo courtesy of Teg Cosgriff