Trio of Gators Earn All-E8 Honors
ALBANY, N.Y. – A trio from Russell Sage College Field Hockey garnered All-Empire 8 Conference honors. Accolades, determined by voting done by the league's head coaches, were announced by the E8 office earlier today.
Freshman midfielder Catherine Newkirk (Marathon, NY/Marathon) made the second-team. The rookie totaled 21 points on nine goals and three assists. Newkirk, chosen the E8 Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 28, concluded the regular season tied for eighth in the E8 in goals scored.
Junior midfielder Cheyanne Zobel (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) was voted third-team All-Conference for the third-straight year. The co-captain, who excelled offensively and defensively for RSC, finished the fall with a program career record 22 assists. She currently sits fourth among Gators with 44 career points and tied for seventh with 11 career goals.
One member of each team was named that institution's representative on the 2025 E8 Field Hockey Sportswomen of the Year Team. The Empire 8 Conference emphasizes that "Competing with Honor and Integrity" is an essential component of a student-athlete's experience in conjunction with an institution's educational mission. These honorees have distinguished themselves and consistently exhibit the critical traits as outstanding sportswomen. Junior defender Alexis Olen (Woodstock, NY/Onteora) represented the Gators (5-12/3-7 E8) on the squad.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: The fall marked the second with Head Coach Carissa Warren leading the Gators…She arrived to Albany from two-time defending Empire 8 Conference Champion Hartwick…RSC closed the fall by defeating Utica for the first time in program history, a 3-2 home win on October 29…Sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Brand (Little Falls, NY/Little Falls) and Zobel , who finished the autumn with a program career record 22 assists, and Brand highlight the nine returning Gators…Zobel, now a three-time third-team All-E8 selection, wrapped up the campaign ranked fourth among RSC players with 44 career points…Warren added six new players to this year's squad…Sophomore Skyler Van Wormer (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland/SUNY Oneonta) was selected the Conference's Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 14…The forward scored three goals in a 2-0 week...Newkirk was chosen the E8 Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 28...The rookie tallied four goals and an assist in a 2-0 week…Van Wormer tied for sixth in the E8 with 11 goals, while Newkirk tied for eighth with nine…Zobel topped the Gators with five assists, good for tied for seventh in the Conference…Brand finished her fall second in the E8 with 161 saves, 9.47 per-game…She closed the autumn with a program career record 11.37 saves per-game and sat third among Gator goalkeepers with 307 career stops and a .716 career save percentage…The co-captain, who boasts two of the top-three single-season marks for saves in a season by an RSC goalkeeper, has made double-digit stops 20 times in her career, ten in each season.
