BEVERLY, Mass. – Four Endicott College field hockey players were selected to The Commonwealth Coast Conference’s All-TCCC First and Second teams as announced by TCCC Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye on Friday night. The Gulls’ \#Joanne Reid\# (Clarksville, Md.) and \#Anna Giannoni\# (Granby, Conn.) were selected to the All-TCCC First Team while classmates \#Cassie DeSimone\# (Reading, Mass.) and \#Taylor Teixeira\# (Exeter, N.H.) earned Second Team honors. Voting for the All-TCCC team and each of the major awards was conducted among TCCC field hockey coaches.

Reid and Giannoni have been the backbone of the Endicott offense that was third in the conference in goals scored. For the second consecutive season, both players were selected to the First Team as Reid led the Gulls in points (27), goals (10) and assists (7) this season while Giannoni, the 2008 TCCC Rookie of the Year, ranked second on the team in goals scored (9) and points (20).

Much like their upper-classmen teammates, \#Cassie DeSimone\# and \#Taylor Teixeira\# have backstopped the Gulls defense that gave up only five total scores in TCCC action this year, best in the conference. DeSimone also helped on the offensive half of the field as the freshman netted three goals and had one assist this season. Teixeira has led the Gulls between the pipes, playing and starting in every game for Endicott and giving up only 1.74 goals per game while making 107 saves and picking up five shutouts.

Seven different institutions from The Commonwealth Coast Conference were represented on the 2009 All-TCCC Field Hockey Team. In addition to the all-conference team, four major individual award winners and a team sportsmanship award winner were also selected. University of New England senior Taryn Flagg was named TCCC Player of the Year, Salve Regina University freshman Kelly Burke was named TCCC Rookie of the Year, University of New England senior Anne Cowles was named TCCC Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year, University of New England coach Joan Howard was named TCCC Coach of the Year, and Gordon College was the recipient of the Team Sportsmanship Award.

The Blue and Green earned a first-round bye in the opening round of the TCCC Playoffs and will face the winner of the New England College vs. Salve Regina matchup being played on Saturday. The winner of the Seahawks and Pilgrims matchup will travel to Beverly, Mass. on Wednesday for the TCCC Semifinals to be played at 1:30 p.m. 

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