October 27, 2009
FARMVILLE, Va. – Longwood University senior
Melissa Strickland/Virginia Beach (Princess Anne) has been named the Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference (NorPac) East Division Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, October 25. Strickland scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in Longwood’s 4-3 overtime win over NorPac rival Radford University. She scored her first goal of the match in the 68th minute to give Longwood a 3-2 lead. Her second goal came 5:57 in to the overtime period from just inside the circle. Strickland and the Lancers (8-8, 3-1 NorPac) return to action on Saturday, October 31, when they travel to Davidson, North Carolina to face NorPac foe Davidson (5-11, 1-4 NorPac) at 1 p.m..