Field Hockey | 11/1/2023 1:56:00 PM

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Six members of the Bloomsburg field hockey team earned Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) all-conference selections while Nikki Hartranft was named Coach of the Year and Genna Bush (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) was named Freshman of the Year as the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
 
Head coach Nikki Hartranft earned the Coach of the Year award after improving the Huskies record to 14-5 after finishing 9-9 in 2022. The Huskies reached as high as fourth in the national rankings. It is the first Coach of the Year award for Hartranft since 2011 and her third overall. This is the ninth time a Bloomsburg coach has won the award. 
 
Genna Bush (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) claimed the Freshman of the Year award after posting nine goals and one assist in her rookie season. Bush netted four game-winners this season while starting all but one contest for Bloomsburg. She is the first Huskies to be named Freshman of the Year since Brieann Wolfe in 2007. Bush was named to the All-PSAC Second Team.
 
Junior Bella Culp (Dauphin, Pa./Central Dauphin) received her first all-conference selection, earning a spot on the All-PSAC First team. Culp led the Huskies in assists this season with 11. She is the first Huskies since 2011 to record double-digit assists. Overall, Culp finished the season with 19 points.
 
Aydan McFarland (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg Area) earned a spot on the All-PSAC Second Team after posting a career-high 9 goals and 21 points in 2023. McFarland's season was highlighted by a four-goal performance in Bloomsburg's victory over Roberts Wesleyan.
 
Emily Swineford (Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) landed a spot on the All-PSAC Second Team with a team-leading 11 goals and 25 points. Her 25 points is the most points in a season for Bloomsburg since MacKenna Mahan in 2017. Swineford finished the season ranked fifth in the conference in goals and points.
 
Meg Barnard (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) picked up her second All-PSAC classification after being named to the Third Team this season. Barnard scored one goal this season while serving as a key piece to the Huskies' defense. The Huskies ranked fifth in the nation in in shutouts per game (.42) and seventh in goals against average (1.22). She finished the season with a pair of defensive saves and ranked fifth in the conference.
 
Goalkeeper Jackie Nevel (Nescopeck, Pa./Berwick Area) was named to the All-PSAC Third Team after an incredible season backstopping the maroon and gold. She finished the regular season third in the conference in saves with 75. Nevel recorded seven shutouts in 19 games, including five straight from October 7 to October 21.