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Returning standout Martina Spangenberg of the Lock Haven field hockey team was named to the 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference preseason All-Conference team and the Bald Eagles were picked fourth of eight teams in the A-10's Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Lock Haven, an Atlantic 10 postseason team a year ago, received 38 points in the preseason rankings and checked in behind only Saint Joseph's Massachusetts and VCU.
Spangenberg was one of 11 players honored with preseason All-Conference distinction.
Following the 2022 season, Spangenberg earned all-region and first team All-Conference honors.
Saint Joseph's received six of eight first-place votes (62 points) and was tabbed by the coaches as the preseason favorite. Massachusetts received a first-place vote (54) and was picked second while VCU (one first-place vote; 46) rounded out the top-three teams in the rankings. Lock Haven was picked fourth, ahead of Richmond, La Salle, Davidson and Saint Louis.
When the Bald Eagles open the 2023 season at home on Sunday, Aug. 27 vs. Queens, it will open a new era for the program - a storied program with an already rich history and tradition of success and excellence. Sunday's game will mark the debut for first-year coach Anna Rogers.
Rogers was officially announced as Lock Haven's new head coach August 9 after seven years as the Bald Eagles' assistant coach. Rogers is just the fourth coach since the founding of the Lock Haven field hockey program in 1945 and replaces Pat Rudy - a field hockey coaching legend – who announced her retirement after 27 seasons as the head coach at The Haven.
Lock Haven has recorded four 10-or-more win seasons in the last seven campaigns and the team has reached the Atlantic 10 Tournament three times in the last four seasons, including last season.
Last season, Lock Haven was 12-7 overall and the 12 victories stood as the most in a single season since 2015. A year ago, The Haven stood out in conference play and went 5-2 with A-10 wins over La Salle, Davidson, Saint Louis, Richmond and VCU.
The Bald Eagles open the season with back-to-back home games.