Four Named All-Centennial Conference for Field Hockey

Posted: Nov 09, 2021

HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford College field hockey team capped a historic season with four all-conference honors, the Centennial Conference announced in a release on Tuesday. Haverford senior attacker Ravenel Davis was named to first-team honors while senior goalkeeper Hannah Roth and junior midfielder Olivia Ahart also picked up recognition on the second team. Senior defender Caroline Channell was named to honorable mention All-Conference honors. Haverford had four all-conference honorees for the first time since the 2010 season.

Davis earned first-team honors, becoming the first Haverford player to earn a slot on the first team since Stephanie Terrell following the 2017 season. Davis was a prolific offensive performer for Haverford, and made her mark on the Centennial Conference in almost every contest. She tallied a CC-best 17 goals and matched Player of the Year selection Maddie Brown-Scherer of Johns Hopkins with 36 total points. Davis fired 75 shots and tallied nine game-winning goals in 2021, setting a Haverford program record and matching the CC record. The Richmond, Va. product was named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week on three occasions, and was recognized by the NFHCA as an honorable mention for National Player of the Week in September. Davis tallied multiple goals in four contests, including hat tricks against Immaculata (Sept. 6) and Elizabethtown (Sept. 15). The senior co-captain was also named to the Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team.

Ahart proved to be another integral member of the Haverford offense in 2021, consistently finding herself in the right place to provide a centering pass or flick on cage that led to offensive chances in the circle. Ahart notched nine assists and two goals on the season, and provided an anchoring presence for Haverford, in the midfield, notably contributing at the top of the circle on penalty corner attempts. Her nine-assist season is tied for the fourth-most helpers in the program's single-season history, while her career assists per game rate (0.29) is good for fifth in program history.

Roth picked up second-team honors in the cage after posting one of the finest seasons between the pipes in the history of the Haverford program. The senior logged every minute of action at goalkeeper for the Fords, and her save percentage ranks 15th in the nation (.809), while her goals against average is currently 21st in Division III (0.92). Roth had the rare distinction of picking up two NFHCA National Defensive Player of the Week awards, earning the honor after blanking then-No. 8 Rowan in September and then again after a two-shutout week with eight saves in wins over Washington College and Gettysburg. The remarkable honors followed Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week awards in the same weeks. The Wilmette, Ill. native picked up six total shutouts this season.

Roth leaves Haverford with the fourth-best GAA in program history (1.13), and the sixth-most wins (21). Her save percentage, saves per game, minutes played, games played, and total saves mark all rank within the top 15 in program history while her 12 wins this season is the second-most in program single-season history.

Channell was another key contributor defensively en route to honorable mention honors, emerging in her senior season as a feared member of the vaunted Haverford backline that lifted the Fords to the 17th-lowest GAA in the nation (0.92). Routinely pestering the attackers from a myriad of Centennial opponents, the co-captain was called upon to make nine defensive saves in 2021, the most in the Centennial Conference. The Hatfield, Massachusetts native also tallied an assist in Haverford's win over then-No. 18 Franklin & Marshall in early October.

The Fords were ranked in the NFHCA Coaches Poll for four consecutive weeks in 2021, reaching a peak of No. 17 in the national poll in late October. Haverford also appeared in the second release of the NCAA Division III Regional Rankings for Region V. Haverford's 13 total wins ranked just one victory short of matching the program's single-season record, and the Fords 13-2 start to the season was the best in program history.