Jessica Cowperthwait #30
Goalkeeper, 5-4, Senior
Wilmington, DE/Wilmington Friends School
At Hofstra
Fourth year on the Hofstra Field Hockey roster...Selected to USFHA National Regionalization Program...2005: STX/NFHCA All-Mid-East Region second team selection...First team All-Colonial Athletic Association pick...Started all 20 games...Posted a 13-7 record with a 1.46 goals against average and 75 saves...Tallied three shutouts...Made eight saves in shutout wins at Syracuse and Princeton...Had eight saves in loss at Northeastern...Ranked second in the CAA in goals against average...2004: Started all 21 games...Posted a 13-8 record, 117 saves, a 1.79 goals against average and five shutouts on the season...Ranked fourth in the CAA in goals against average...Made eight saves in shutout of top-seeded William & Mary in CAA semifinals...Stopped 19 shots in loss at California...Made nine saves in overtime loss to Delaware...Had shutouts over Rhode Island, Columbia, Sacred Heart, Drexel and William & Mary...Attended USFHA "A" and "B" Camps...2003: Started all 20 games...First team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection...Recorded a 12-8 record, a 1.39 goals against average and 106 saves in 1413:20 of action...Posted five shutouts and a .791 save percentage...Led the CAA in save percentage and ranked second in goals against average...Made 10 saves in shutout win over Towson...Had 14 saves in loss at Michigan State and 12 saves in losing effort at Michigan...Had 11 saves versus Virginia Commonwealth...Posted eight saves versus Brown...Had shutouts versus Rhode Island, Fairfield, James Madison, Towson and Rutgers.
During High School
Lettered in field hockey, soccer and ice hockey at Wilmington Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware...Helped lead team to conference championship and state semifinals in 2002...Began playing varsity field hockey in seventh grade and started every game since midway through freshman year...Earned first team All-Delaware and all-conference honors as a senior after posting a 0.375 goals against average with 10 shutouts...First team all-conference and all-state honorable mention as a junior...Member of the Futures Program...Earned all-conference accolades in soccer and was a member of the Delaware Olympic Development squad.
Personal
Has one brother...Attended 2003 USFHA Open Camp...Began playing field hockey at age 12...Is an active volunteer for the MS Society...Aspires to pursue a career in veterinary medicine...Biochemistry major.
Year GP Min W L SF GA GAA Svs.
2003 20 1413:20 12 8 134 28 1.39 106
2004 21 1528:14 13 8 156 39 1.79 117
2005 20 1392:19 13 7 104 29 1.46 75
Career 61 4333:53 38 23 394 96 1.55 298
