Roth and Tornetta Named To NFHCA Senior Team

BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Clara Roth and Julianna Tornetta have been selected to the 2020 National Field Hockey Coaches' Association (NFHCA) Senior Team, the organization announced today.

The in-person 2020 NFHCA Senior Game was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 2021 Virtual Coaches Caucus, the NFHCA Division I membership agreed to continue to recognize a selected group from the graduating class of 2021 who either played or would have played their senior season during the 2020-2021 academic year. The selected student-athletes were nominated by their NFHCA member coach and were chosen based on their career accomplishments.

Roth was named the C. Otto Von Kienbusch Award winner, awarded annually to a Princeton senior woman of high scholastic rank who has demonstrated general proficiency in athletics and the qualities of a true sportswoman.

The Schwetzigen, Germany native is a two-time All-American, who earned three All-Region and All-Ivy selections. Roth helped Princeton to the NCAA Championship game in 2019 where she was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist, first-team All-America, Regional Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy. As a sophomore, Roth collected her first All-America selection after being named the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year. She led the squad in goals, more than doubling her total from the year prior, and points. Roth is one of only 11 players in Princeton Field Hockey history to record 100 career points, nabbing 35 goals, 31 assists.

Tornetta, was a nominee for the C. Otto von Kienbusch Award. The senior was a two-time All-American, adding three All-Region and All-Ivy credits. Tornetta stepped up her game in the postseason as she earned two NCAA Final Four All-Tournament selections. Some of her signature moments included the game-winning goals in the 2019 NCAA Semifinals vs. No. 4 Virginia and the 2018 NCAA Quarterfinals vs. No. 6 Harvard. Tornetta finishes at Princeton with 18 goals, 33 assists (good for sixth all-time) and 69 career points.

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