Scheuing, Gonzalez, Kirkpatrick, Adolf Sweep Major Awards; Seven Golden Bears earn 2025 All-PSAC Field Hockey

Top-ranked Kutztown University field hockey head coach Marci Scheuing was named the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, senior Erin Gonzalez (East Earl, Pa./Garden Spot), sophomore Olivia Kirkpatrick (Annville, Pa./Palmyra) and freshman Tess Adolf (Lawrence, N.J./Lawrence) received the major awards from the conference and four other Golden Bears were voted All-PSAC.

Gonzalez received the PSAC Athlete of the Year recognition, Kirkpatrick was voted the Defensive Athlete of the Year and Adolf was tabbed Rookie of the Year. The sweep of the major awards is the first time since Shippensburg in 2010 that an institution has accomplished the feat.

Gonzalez, Kirkpatrick, Marissa Rice (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) and Jessica Traynor (Pennsburg, Pa./Upper Perkiomen) are All-PSAC First Team members, Grace Harrold (York, Pa./Central York) is on the All-PSAC Second Team and Taylor Vaccaro (Oley, Pa./Oley Valley) and Adolf are All-PSAC Third Teamers.

It is the third PSAC Coach of the Year award for Scheuing, who is in her 12th season at the helm, also having earned the honor in 2015 and 2022. KU went 18-0 in the regular season and 9-0 in conference play and led all Division II in goals (95), goals against (10), assists (63), and penalty corners (254). The Golden Bears established program records for consecutive victories and wins to start a season (19).

Gonzalez, a senior forward from East Earl, is Kutztown's first Athlete of the Year since 2015. It's her first All-PSAC First Team recognition after being voted to the Second Team last season and Third Team as a sophomore. Gonzalez led the conference in goals (17) and points (40) and started all 20 games. Her 67 shots are fourth-most in the PSAC, with 53 shots-on-goal, the second-most and her six assists tied for 11th in the conference.

Kirkpatrick, a sophomore defender from Annville, is the first Defensive Athlete of the Year since 2023 and just the second all-time. She led a Golden Bear defense that allowed a Division II-low 12 goals all season in her first season in Maroon and Gold after transferring from Liberty. Kirkpatrick earned one defensive save and chipped in offensively with seven goals and five assists in 20 games starting. She was a two-time PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Week and an NFHCA Defensive Athlete of the Week.

Adolf, a freshman goalie from Lawrence, N.J., is Kutztown's first Rookie of the Year since 2018. She led the conference in goals-against-average (.55), while also making 37 saves in cage. Her save percentage of .804 was third-best in the conference while her five shutouts ranked fourth in the PSAC. Adolf is currently 18-1 in her 19 games played this season.

Rice, a sophomore midfielder from Lancaster, received her first postseason accolade of her young career. She started in all 20 games and ranks second on the team in goals (13), assists (7) and points (33). Rice scored the second goal in the 2-0 victory over No. 5 West Chester in last Friday's PSAC semifinal.

Traynor, a junior midfielder from Pennsburg, earned her first All-PSAC honor. She started all 20 games and has tallied 10 goals (4th on KU) and two assists for 22 points. Traynor has found the back of the cage in nine different games.

Harrold, a senior midfielder from York, received her highest honor of her career as she was a two-time All-PSAC Third Teamer the last two seasons. She started all 20 games this season and finished with three goals and a team-best 11 assists for 17 points.

Vaccaro, a sophomore midfielder from Oley, earned her first postseason accolade in her first season at KU after transferring from Delaware. She started in 19 of the 20 games played this season and finished with six goals and two assists for 14 points.

Kutztown will be making its eighth appearance in the DII national tournament all-time and is in the field for the third consecutive year after receiving the No. 2 seed in the upcoming tournament. The Golden Bears will host No. 7 Assumption this Saturday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m.