Colby-Sawyer Athletics

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2022: Daly finished off her career in style with another historical season for the Chargers field hockey program. Aoife ended the year with a program record 42 points on 15 goals and another program record 12 assists. Daly had a stellar open to the year with two goals and the game-winning assists against Plymouth State University on September 3rd. Aoife added a six point game against Dean College with two goals and two helpers in a 9-1 win on September 17th. Daly added a career-high three assists on September 24th against Lasell University in a 5-3 to go with a goal. Daly ended the year as a two-time Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) player of the week and a First Team All-Conference Selection. Aoife ranked 9th in the GNAC in goals (15), 4th in assists (12) and 8th in points (42). Daly was later named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-Region Second Team and the NFHCA 2022 Division III National Academic Squad scoring above a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average throughout the first semester of the 2022 academic year. Aoife ended her Charger career with individual season records in points (42 in 2022), goals (18 in 2021), assists (12 in 2022) and game-winning goals (9 in 2021). Daly also is all over the all-time record books in Charger field hockey history ranking second in points (88), second in goals (35), second in assists (18) and first in game-winning goals (14).

2021: In her junior season Daly put up the best season from a field hockey student-athlete in program history setting the single season points (41), goals record (18) and game-winners (9) while leading the team to a 16-4 overall record. Aoife started every game for Colby-Sawyer finishing the year with 18 goals, five assists and nine game-winners. Daly put up her best stretch of play in September scoring back-to-back hat tricks against Plymouth State on September 4th and Keene State on September 8th in two crucial wins. Daly finished the season third in goals, third in points and first in game-winners in the GNAC. Daly was named to the GNAC First-Team All-Conference team and was a GNAC Player of the Week three times in 2021. Daly was also recognized as a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) 2021 Division III National Academic Squad scoring above a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average throughout the first semester of the 2021 academic year. Aoife currently sits fifth all-time in program history in goals (20) and is tied for first all-time in game-winning goals (10) with 2018 alum Jordan Teixeira.

2020: The team did not compete due to COVID-19. 

2019: Daly earned a start in 16 appearances in 2019. She recorded her first collegiate point with an assist against Gordon on September 11th. Daly finished the season with five points on two goals and an assist. She scored the game-winner against GNAC foe Lasell on September 21st. Daly was later announced to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) 2019 Division III National Academic Team scoring above a 3.3 or higher cumulative grade point average throughout the first semester of the 2019 academic year.

PRIOR TO COLBY-SAWYER: Graduate of Monomoy Regional High School and was a two-time all-star. Daly also was a ACL champion, league MVP and won the best offensive player award.