SALEM, Va. - Following a 9-9 season, the Bridgewater Eagles field hockey team landed four players on the All-ODAC team, including a first and second team selection. Junior Kalah Hess was the squad's lone first-team selection, while freshman Joan Burleson netted second-team honors. Junior Brianna Jacques and senior Christina Pybus both picked up Honorable Mention selections.

Hess' first team selection is her second first team honor in a row and the 26^th time in school history that a field hockey player has earned first team All-ODAC honors. The Lancaster, Pa. native was a dominating force in the midfield for the Eagles and tallied four goals and five assists on the season. Hess is only the seventh player in Bridgewater history to be named first team All-ODAC twice during their respective field hockey career.

Burleson earned second team honors during her rookie campaign. The freshman started all 18 games and netted two goals for the Eagles. Burleson also recorded a pair of defensive saves.

Jacques turned in another solid effort, racking up nine goals and a team-best six assists on the year en route to honorable mention honors. The Orange, Va. native rolled up 25 points and one game-winning goal on the season en route to her third All-ODAC honor, following a pair of second team selections in 2007 and 2008. Jacques has scored 29 times in her three seasons with the Eagles.  

Pybus, a native of Manassas, Va., earned honorable mention honors after turning in a career year. The senior was the Eagles' leading scorer with 13 goals on the season, earning the Old Dominion state native her first All-ODAC selection. Pybus' 13 goals were the highest for a single player during the 21^st century.

Eastern Mennonite University picked up a pair of top honors and placed three players on the first team amongst the 2009 All-ODAC Field Hockey awards.  The Royals' Alyssa Derstine and Karissa Sauder collected the Player of the Year and ODAC/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, respectively.  Virginia Wesleyan College's Taylor Harding earned Rookie of the Year accolades, while Lynchburg College's Enza Steele and Washington and Lee University's Wendy Orrison split the Coach of the Year honor.

ODAC Field Hockey All-Conference

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Alyssa Derstine, EMU
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Taylor Harding, VWC
CO-COACH OF THE YEAR: Enza Steele, LC/Wendy Orrison, WLU
ODAC/FARM BUREAU SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Karissa Sauder, EMU

ALL-ODAC FIRST TEAM:
Sallie Armstrong, Sr., Washington and Lee
Alyssa Derstine, Sr., Eastern Mennonite
Kalah Hess, Jr., Bridgewater
Grace McGee, Sr., Washington and Lee
Signey Milks, Sr., Lynchburg
Sarah Roth, Sr., Eastern Mennonite
Karissa Sauder, Sr., Eastern Mennonite
Christina Scichilone, So., Roanoke
Allie Weir, Sr., Lynchburg
Jenny Weir, Jr., Lynchburg
Allie Wheeler, Sr., Randolph-Macon

ALL-ODAC SECOND TEAM:
Chelsea Baker, So., Virginia Wesleyan
Joan Burleson, Fr., Bridgewater
Taylor Harding, Fr., Virginia Wesleyan
Nicole Klee, Sr., Randolph-Macon
Val Landis, So., Eastern Mennonite
Sammy Marano, Sr., Lynchburg
Emmy Mathews, Jr., Washington and Lee
Mary McCarthy, Jr., Randolph-Macon
Shelly Milks, Fr., Lynchburg
Lee Sheldon, So., Roanoke
Madeline Wilson, So., Sweet Briar

ALL-ODAC HONORABLE MENTION:
Lindsay Eneguess, Jr., Sweet Briar
Caitlin Gibb, Jr., Lynchburg
Caroline Habliston, Sr., Washington and Lee
Brianna Jacques, Jr., Bridgewater
Kendall Lam, Jr., Randolph-Macon
Vanessa Landis, Jr., Eastern Mennonite
Stephanie Mansey, Sr., Washington and Lee
Valerie Nowlan, So., Virginia Wesleyan
Jessica Perkins, Jr., Roanoke
Christina Pybus, Sr., Bridgewater
Mariah Vietri, Sr., Roanoke