Lopez Joins Elite Tier with Third Consecutive NFHCA All-Region Honor - Longwood Athletics

FARMVILLE, Va. – After helping Longwood reach the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship game for the first time in program history, Lancer senior midfielder Luna Lopez was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-South Region fist team for the third straight year.
 
Also a four-time All-MAC selection who was named to the league's first team for a fourth straight year, Lopez becomes only the second Lancer in program history to thrice earn NFCA All-Region honors, joining all-time Longwood great Stacey de Grandhomme, who did so from 2011-13.
 
Lopez's most recent NFHCA All-Region honor followed another standout season from the Mendoza, Argentina native. In her fourth season as a do-it-all midfielder, she set career highs with eight goals, seven assists and 23 points while also anchoring a Longwood backfield that led the MAC in goals against average. As Longwood's leading goal-scorer and assist-maker, she also spearheaded a Lancer scoring attack that averaged a MAC-best 2.7 goals per game.
 
Those contributions helped a breakthrough season for Longwood field hockey, which went 10-6 overall and 4-3 in MAC play on the way to the MAC Championship game. That title-game berth, in which Longwood fell 2-1 to the five-time reigning champion Miami RedHawks, was Longwood's first since joining the MAC in 2014.
 
During Lopez's tenure, the Lancers have earned three top-three MAC finishes and reached two of three MAC semifinals, including this year's 1-0 upset win over perennial title contender Kent State.
 
NFHCA All-South Region First Team
Jill Bolton, Liberty University (Forward)
Marlon DeBruijne, Old Dominion University (Forward)
Bethany Dykema, Liberty University (Defender)
Sasha Elliott, Virginia Commonwealth University (Goalkeeper)
Amber Ezechiels, University of Virginia (Defender)
Adele Iacobucci, University of Virginia (Midfielder)
Azul Iritxity Irigoyen, Liberty University (Goalkeeper)
Meike Lanckohr, Wake Forest University (Midfielder)
Luna Lopez, Longwood University (Midfielder)
Erin Matson, University of North Carolina (Forward)
Daniella Rhodes, Liberty University (Forward)
Rachel Robinson, University of Virginia (Defender)
Maite Sturm, Virginia Commonwealth University (Midfielder)
Cassie Sumfest, University of North Carolina (Midfielder)
Janne Wetzel, Virginia Commonwealth University (Defender)
Eveline Zwager, James Madison University (Defender)
 
NFHCA All-South Region Second Team
Jodie Conolly, Liberty University (Defender)
Leah Crouse, Duke University (Midfielder)
Litiana Field, Virginia Commonwealth University (Defender)
Lindsey Frank, University of Richmond (Midfielder)
Nathalie Friedman, Wake Forest University (Midfielder)
Makayla Gallen, University of Virginia (Defender)
Lizzie Hamlett, Liberty University (Midfielder)
Delphine Lejeune, Old Dominion University (Midfielder)
Cara Menges, Willam & Mary (Defender/Midfielder)
MaryKate Neff, Duke University (Midfielder)
Eva Nunnink, Duke University (Defender)
Diede Remijnse, James Madison University (Defender)
Meredith Sholder, University of North Carolina (Midfielder)
Friederike Stegen, Appalachian State University (Midfielder)
Laia Vancells, Wake Forest University (Midfielder)
 
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