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Coaches Association honors 3 from UMaine field hockey team

Posted on Thursday, November 21st, 2002, 12:00 am

University of Maine senior forward Tara Bedard was named to the 2002 STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I Northeast All-Region First Team.

Senior teammates Kim Leo and Jen Johnstone also were named to the second team for the Black Bears.

UMaine finished the season with a 15-4 record and fell one win short of an America East Conference Championship, losing to Northeastern University 4-0 Nov. 10. The Black Bears enjoyed a school record-tying nine-game winning streak this season.

Bedard, a Skowhegan native, led UMaine with 11 goals and 14 assists in 2002. She was named to the America East All-Conference First Team and ranked first in the league in both assists and points per game (1.90).

In 73 career games as a Black Bear, Bedard scored 26 goals and notched 19 assists for 71 points to average nearly one point for every game she played.

Johnstone was named to second team for the second time in as many years. Though her numbers weren’t as high as last season, the Dallas, Pa. native tallied four goals and six assists to finish fourth on the team in points scored.

Johnstone, a two-time America East First Team selection, played in 74 games at UMaine, scoring 29 goals and 14 assists for 72 career points, just one ahead of her teammate Bedard.

Leo, also an America East First Team selection, was named to the second team for the first time by the coaches association. Her eight assists rank her second among Black Bears, and fourth in the conference.

Leo, also a former Skowhegan High School star, played in 74 games in her UMaine career and finished with one goal and 16 assists.