Belen Martinez Named to NFHCA Senior All-Star Team
10/22/2008 3:26:45 PM
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University field hockey player Belen Martinez has been named to the 2008 NFHCA Division I Senior All-Star team, as was announced this afternoon. Martinez is just one of two Ivy League players named to the 38 player squad.
Martinez, a second-team Mideast Region All-American in both 2005 and 2007, was named a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection as a junior after earning second-team honors in each of her first two seasons. A two-time team captain, she anchors a Cornell back line which is allowing opponents less than 10 shots per game and a minuscule 4.8 penalty corners per game this season. She has started every game since arriving on East Hill and despite being a defensive player, she provides an offensive spark and currently ranks in the Cornell record books, sitting in seventh place in career goals (17) and ninth in both career points (45) and career assists (12).
The 2008 NFHCA Division I Senior All-Star game will be played on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the University of Louisville at 7:30 p.m.