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Hampsch Nabs National Defensive Player of the Week Honor
8/31/2022 11:10:00 AM | Field Hockey
DURHAM –The awards continue to roll in for Duke junior goaltender Piper Hampsch. Already securing two weekly honors, the native of Hopedale, Mass., caps the week as the National Field Hockey Coach's Association Division I Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the NFHCA Wednesday morning.
This is the first national honor for Hampsch and the first time a Blue Devil has won a national weekly award since Sammi Steele captured the defensive award in 2019.
The NFHCA national honor is the third weekly recognition for Hampsch after garnering the PNC Achievers Duke Student-Athlete of the Week and ACC Defensive Player of the Week awards.
Hampsch, in her third season as the starting goaltender, had an outstanding start to the 2022 season, making 11 saves in a pair of top-20 wins. She allowed just one goal in 157:38 of action and finished with a 0.38 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.
In the season opener against No. 8 Rutgers, Hampsch made six saves in 80 minutes of play. In the penalty stroke shootout, Hampsch made three saves to give Duke the 3-2 shootout win. The following afternoon she made five stops to record her first shutout of the season. Hampsch's 11 saves pushed her career total to 172 to rank 11th in Duke history.
The Blue Devils are off to a 2-0 start, garnering a pair of top-20 wins on opening weekend for the first time since 2009.
Duke field hockey is back in action this weekend, traveling to Newton, Mass. for the ACC/BIG 10 Cup. The Blue Devils square off against Northwestern Friday at 3 p.m., before taking on Maryland Sunday at 12 p.m.
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This is the first national honor for Hampsch and the first time a Blue Devil has won a national weekly award since Sammi Steele captured the defensive award in 2019.
The NFHCA national honor is the third weekly recognition for Hampsch after garnering the PNC Achievers Duke Student-Athlete of the Week and ACC Defensive Player of the Week awards.
Hampsch, in her third season as the starting goaltender, had an outstanding start to the 2022 season, making 11 saves in a pair of top-20 wins. She allowed just one goal in 157:38 of action and finished with a 0.38 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.
In the season opener against No. 8 Rutgers, Hampsch made six saves in 80 minutes of play. In the penalty stroke shootout, Hampsch made three saves to give Duke the 3-2 shootout win. The following afternoon she made five stops to record her first shutout of the season. Hampsch's 11 saves pushed her career total to 172 to rank 11th in Duke history.
The Blue Devils are off to a 2-0 start, garnering a pair of top-20 wins on opening weekend for the first time since 2009.
Duke field hockey is back in action this weekend, traveling to Newton, Mass. for the ACC/BIG 10 Cup. The Blue Devils square off against Northwestern Friday at 3 p.m., before taking on Maryland Sunday at 12 p.m.
#GoDuke
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