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2011 Field Hockey Roster

9 Virginia Egusquiza

  • Position Midfield/Forward
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool ies Julio Caro Baroja
  • Hometown Getxo, Spain

Biography

At Rider:
Business Administration/International Business major...team captain...NFHCA Academic Honor Roll...Longstreth/NFHCA Mid-Atlantic Region First Team for the second season in a row...named All-America Second Team by Synapse Sports (formally womensfieldhockey.com) and earned Third Team All-America honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)...named to the 2011 Northeast Conference All-Tournament team and was tournament MVP...NEC Player of the Year for the third season in a row and earned First Team NEC honors for the fourth time...started all 80 games in her Rider career...was named to the NFHCA Senior All-Star game, only the second Rider player (Christina Ang, 2004) to earn the honor...was also the NEC Rookie of the Year in 2008...as a senior, played all 21 games and was a four-time NEC Player of the Week honoree...also earned Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week honors...Rider Athlete of the Month for September and October, 2011...graduates as Rider's all-time leading scorer and also holds the Rider career assist record...has six game-winning goals in 2011...recorded an assist in Rider's NEC semifinal win over Saint Francis (Pa.)...scored a hat trick and added two assists in Rider's win at Lehigh on October 2...led the NEC in scoring and assists and was second in goals...seventh in the NCAA rankings in assists per game and was 12th in points per game and 27th in goals per contest...had multiple goal games in Bronc wins over Ball State and Robert Morris...First Team All-NEC honoree as a junior...was named the NEC tournament MVP and to the NEC All-Tournament team...had a goal and two assists in Rider's NEC semifinal win over Quinnipiac...named NEC Player of the Week for her five point game (two goals, one assist) in a win over Temple...as a junior, led the Broncs in assists (22), breaking the previous single season record she set as a sophomore...entered the NEC tournament first in points (40), second in shots (83) and third in goals (10)...led the NEC and was fourth in the nation in assists and 11th in points...recorded nine assists in conference play and had at least one assist in every NEC game...had the game-winning goal against NEC-rival Siena, scoring five points (two goals and an assist)...was held without a point only once in 17 games in 2010...Rider's Athlete of the Month for September and October, 2010 and was named Rider's Female Athlete of the Year for 2010-11...Longstreth/NFHCA Division I Mid Atlantic All-Region Second Team Honoree as a sophomore...NEC All-Tournament team in 2009...NEC Player of the Year and First Team All-NEC...NEC Scholar Athlete...started every game for the Broncs in 2009, leading the team with a then Rider single-season record 17 assists...also has 10 goals including four game-winners, at Colgate and Hofstra and against NEC-rivals Quinnipiac and Saint Francis (Pa.)...led the NEC in assists and was fifth in the nation in assists per game (0.89) and 31st with 2.42 points per game...ranked third in the conference in shots (86), points (37) and game-winning goals and fifth with 10 goals scored...had points in 14 of Rider's first 17 games...named the Rider Female Athlete of the Month for October, 2009...as a freshman, was the NEC Rookie of the Year, First Team All-NEC honoree and was named to the NEC All-Tournament team...four-time NEC Rookie of the Week...ranked third in the conference with three game-winning goals, sixth in shots, seventh in points and assists and eighth in goals...game-winners at Georgetown and against NEC rivals Saint Francis (Pa.) and Monmouth...scored two of Rider's four goals in an NEC win over Quinnipiac...scored on a penalty stroke in the NEC semifinal win over Sacred Heart...team high 76 percent of shots were on goal...spent the summer of 2009 as part of Spain's U21 National team that placed 13th in the 16-team World Cup tournament in Boston and scored on a penalty corner against Lithuania.

 

At ies Julio Caro Baroja:

Came to Rider from Getxo, Spain...member of the Spanish National 18-under team (2007, 2008) and the Spanish National 16-under team (2004, 2005, 2006)...played club hockey with Jolaseta. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2008Freshman

    Midfield/Forward
    5'4"
    9
  • 9

    2009Sophomore

    Midfield/Forward
    5'4"
    9
  • 9

    2010Junior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'4"
    9
  • 9

    2011Senior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'4"
    9