2015 Field Hockey Roster
Pippa Best
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland
2016 (So.)
• Played in all 18 games, making 16 starts
• Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad for second straight year
• Earned inclusion on BIG EAST All-Academic team
• Tallied four goals, one assist and nine points
• Recorded 34 shots, 18 on goal
• Scored a career-high two goals in an 8-0 win over Georgetown on Oct. 8
• Scored all four of her goals in conference contests (Georgetown, Quinnipiac and Temple)
• Tallied an assist against Quinnipiac on Sept. 23
• Notched a season-high six shots (five on goal) vs. Georgetown
• Finished sophomore campaign ranked 10th in program history in career shots with 47
2015 (Fr.)
• Competed in 17 games, starting one game
• Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Finished the season with two goals
• Tallied 13 shots, six on goal
• Scored a goal in the Lady Flames’ 3-2 win over Temple on Oct. 4
• Tallied a goal in Liberty’s 12-0 victory over Appalachian State on Nov. 7
Prep
• Helped guide her high school team, Royal School Armagh, to the Victor Ludorum cup in 2013
• Captain of her school teams for five years
• Won the Thelma Barnes Millennium Cup in 2010 and the Johnston Millennium Cup in 2013
International
• Competed for both the province of Ulster and the country of Ireland as a member of the U16 and U18 teams
• Won an All-Ireland schools bronze medal in 2010
• Captained U14 junior schools cup winners
Personal
• Daughter of Lindsay and Jo Best
• Majoring in kinesiology
• Birthday is Oct. 10
