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  Jen Long

Jen Long

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Doylestown, Pa.

High School:
Central Bucks East

Height:
5-5

Position:
F

Career honors
- Second Team NFHCA All-American (2006)
- First Team NFHCA All-Mideast Region (2006)
- Second Team All-Big Ten (2006)
- NFHCA National Academic Squad (2005, 2006)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2006)
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (10-16-06)
- Womensfieldhockey.com Weekly Honor Roll (10-16-06)

Lion Career 2006: Named All-Big Ten second team....A first team NFHCA All-Mideast Region selection and a second team NFHCA All-American....Was one of five players on the team to start every game....Has started every game of her college career....Part of the defense that led the Big Ten in goals against average (1.12), shutouts (8) and goals allowed per game (1.14) and that finished second in fewest goals allowed (25)....Defense also ranked fifth nationally in goals against average and ninth in shutouts per game (0.36)....Named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on 10-16 after helping contribute on defense to Penn State's upset win over North Carolina (10-13) and was also named to the womensfieldhockey.com weekly honor roll for that same week....Tied for first on the team in assists with eight as she set a career high for both assists and points after having just three career assists and points entering the year....Tied for ninth in the Big Ten in assists....Her eight assists came in eight different games, including a stretch that included five assists in a seven-game span from 9-20 through 10-13....Team went 7-1 in games in which she recorded an assist....Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team and to the NFHCA National Academic Squad....Was and is still currently a member of the U.S. National Under-21 field hockey team for the second straight year.

Game-by-Game: Assisted on Mallory Weisen's game-tying goal in a 5-1 win over Northeastern (9-2)....Made it assists in back-to-back games when she assisted on another Weisen goal in the 1-0 win over #9 UConn (9-3)....Helped out on Shaun Banta's first goal of her natural hat trick in the win over West Chester (9-17)....Assisted on Shaun Banta's second goal of the game vs. Penn (9-20)....Recorded a defensive save in the win over Michigan State (9-23)....Recorded an assist on Kiersten Wood's game-tying goal vs. Syracuse (9-27)....Assisted on another of Wood's goals in the Ohio State game (10-8)....Assisted on Mallory Weisen's game-tying goal in the win over North Carolina (10-13)....Also helped out on Weisen's goal vs. Northwestern at the Big Ten Tournament (11-3).

2005: Only freshman to start every game....Spent most of her playing time at sweeper where she helped the PSU defense rank among Big Ten leaders in nearly every statistical defensive category....Tallied first career assist vs. Connecticut (9-4)....Recorded an assist at Lafayette (9-16)....Registered one assist against West Chester (9-18).

High School
Led Central Bucks East to the PIAA state championship sophomore year....Suburban One League Patriot Division champions in 2002...NFHCA first team All-America and All-Mideast Region senior year.....Named to Pennsylvania All-State first team as a senior and sophomore....Earned All-State Academic honors senior year....Garnered first team All-League honors sophomore through senior years....Named first team All-Intelligencer 2002-04....US National B Camp participant in 2003 and 2004....US National A Camp selection senior year....Named to US Under-21 National Team in 2004....Won first place at the National Hockey Festival in Florida with team X-Calibur senior and sophomore years....Won the National Futures Tournament in 2003 with Lancaster Field Hockey....Also played four years of varsity soccer....Earned All-League and All-Intelligencer honors....Named Central Bucks East Female Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Personal
Full name is Jennifer Meghan Long...Born on October 9, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea....Parents are Wade and Debbie Long....Has two siblings Chris (22) and Cory (20)....Currently undecided on a major.

Char Morett on Jen Long
"Jen plays the game with tremendous poise, which is a true indication of her self-confidence. She has been the stronghold of our defense for the past two years. Jen communicates with her teammates to instill a sense of team confidence. Her ability to begin the attack from the backfield has helped us to generate an aggressive attack. Every now and then, don't be surprised to see her in the attacking circle."



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