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  Britney Long

Britney Long

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Lancaster, Pa.

High School:
Penn Manor

Height:
5-5

Position:
F

Career honors
- NFHCA National Academic Squad (2005, 2006) - Academic All-Big Ten (2005, 2006)

Lion Career
2006: Appeared in all 22 games, making 12 starts while alternating with Natalie Blasco in making starts and coming off the bench at both the forward and midfield positions....Scored four goals, which included two game-winners, and recorded two assists....Ranked in a tie for sixth on the team in goals and points (11)....Put 14 of her 19 shots on goal for nearly a 74 percent shot on goal rate....Half of her goals on the year came in the two games against North Carolina....Team went 5-1 in games that she recorded a point in....Named Academic All-Big Ten and also named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad.

Game-by-Game: Scored goals in back-to-back games vs. Ohio (8-28) and at Lock Haven (8-31) and had the team lead in goals and points after three games....Her goal vs. Lock Haven was the game-winner....Her goal against Ohio came 55:31 into the game, the longest Penn State went into a game without scoring on the year, excluding the two shutouts....Assisted on Allison Scola's first goal of the game, the eventual game-winner, in the win over West Chester (9-17)....Took a season-high four shots vs. Michigan State (9-23)....Also took two shots in five different games....Scored the game-winning goal in Penn State's 2-1 upset win over North Carolina (10-13) after Penn State had fallen behind 1-0. She took a pass from Shaun Banta and one-timed a wicked shot into the cage for her second game-winner of the year....Assisted on Kiersten Wood's goal against Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament (11-3)....Scored the game-tying goal in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against North Carolina (11-11), her first goal since her game-winner vs. UNC in the regular season game, and then just over seven minutes later, assisted on Natalie Blasco's game-winning goal.

2005: Saw action in all 21 games....Started one contest....Scored first career goal vs. Connecticut (9-4)....Tallied one goal against Saint Joseph's (9-11)....Scored once at Lafayette (9/16)....Notched one goal against West Chester (9-18)....Recorded one assist at Michigan (10-2)....Tallied an assist vs. Michigan State (10-15).

2004: Redshirt Year.

High School
Led team to a sectional championship and a district qualifier in 2002....Earned four varsity letters while receiving team MVP honors in 2002 and 2003....Was team captain senior year...first team all-state in 2002-03...four-year Lancaster/Lebanon League All-Star....Gold medal in indoor nationals in 2003 and 2004....Earned gold medal in National Futures Tournament in 2002....Earned a silver medal in the Junior Olympics in 2002....Was a National Future Elite honoree from 2002-04....Nominated for High School Heisman Award.....Also played basketball, track and soccer in high school....Achieved honor roll all four years in high school....Earned the strength training award and most outstanding senior female athlete.

Personal
The daughter of Ken and Heidi Long....Has one brother, Mitch (23)....Full name is Britney Ann Long....Born on May 5, 1986.

Char Morett on Britney Long
"Brit brings a passionate energy to the game with or without the ball. Her intense style of play puts tremendous pressure on the opposing team. She has developed her stick skills to eliminate defenders, especially when entering the scoring circle. She will certainly be a threat when she has the ball. Brit will give you 100 percent effort every game and every practice."



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