FOREST, Va. -- The University of Lynchburg field hockey team earned eight All-ODAC honors for the 2025 season, highlighted by junior forward Anna Dorrestijn's ODAC Offensive Player of the Year award and head coach Jenni Releford's first ODAC Coach of the Year honor, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.

It marks the ninth time in program history that Lynchburg has claimed both major awards in the same season.

In just her second year at the helm, Releford guided the Hornets to a 16-win campaign, including a perfect 10-0 mark at home, and captured her first ODAC championship.

Dorrestijn enters the NCAA Tournament as the ODAC leader in shots on goal (56), goals (21), and points (56). She also finished second in the conference with 14 assists. The Netherlands native tallied four hat tricks this season — two of which came in the opening half — and set a career-high with five goals on Senior Day against Eastern Mennonite, tying the second-most goals scored in a single game in program history. Dorrestijn earned three Offensive Player of the Week Awards throughout the course of the season 

Lynchburg placed four student-athletes on the All-ODAC First Team: Danielle Coon, Khanyisile Mzizi, Allie Freeman, and Anna Dorrestijn.

Coon picked up her first All-ODAC honor after ranking second on the team in both goals (13) and points (32), finishing inside the conference's top five in each category. Freeman recorded 13 assists — third-most in the ODAC — along with five goals, including seven assists over the final four games of the season. Mzizi earned her third straight All-ODAC First Team selection, anchoring the midfield with lockdown defense while adding four assists and two goals.

Four more Hornets were named to the All-ODAC Second Team: Maddie Schuchter, Aurora Balsamo, Saar Prins, and Olivia Muir.

Schuchter secured her second All-ODAC accolade after scoring 12 goals and adding six assists as a sophomore, including back-to-back hat tricks in mid-October and a career-best four goals against Bridgewater. Balsamo moved up from her Third Team selection a year ago with a seven-goal, four-assist season, tallying four contributions in the final four games. Prins earned her first All-ODAC nod in her senior campaign, totaling 11 goals and one assist. Muir returned to the Second Team for the second straight year, earning her third All-Conference honor overall. The senior defender anchored a back line that posted eight shutouts and allowed just 0.95 goals per game.

2025 Field Hockey All-ODAC Awards
ODAC Offensive Player of the Year: Anna Dorrestijn, Jr., F, Lynchburg

ODAC Defensive Player of the Year: Valentina Ambrogi-Torres, Jr., GK, Randolph-Macon

ODAC Coach of the Year: Jenni Releford, Lynchburg

ODAC Rookie of the Year: Reagan Flory, Fy., F, Shenandoah

ODAC/VAFB Scholar-Athlete: Madison Short, Sr., D, Shenandoah

ALL-ODAC FIRST TEAM

Danielle Coon    Sr.    F    Lynchburg

Anna Dorrestijn *    Jr.    F    Lynchburg

Reagan Flory    Fy.    F    Shenandoah

Sydney Baggett ^    Sr.    F    Washington and Lee

Madeline Lancione    Fy.    F    Washington and Lee

Allie Freeman *    Jr.    M    Lynchburg

Claudia Lenahan ^    Sr.    M    Shenandoah

Margaret Scheurer    So.    M    Washington and Lee

Jade Buckles *    Sr.    D    Bridgewater

Khanyisile Mzizi *    Jr.    D    Lynchburg

Camryn DeLeva *    Jr.    D    Shenandoah

Madison Short ^    Sr.    D    Shenandoah

Valentina Ambrogi-Torres ^    Jr.    GK    Randolph-Macon

ALL-ODAC SECOND TEAM

Kylie Amberger    Sr.    F    Bridgewater

Maddie Schuchter ^    So.    F    Lynchburg

Breea Dresler    Jr.    F    Randolph-Macon

Landry Meyer +    Jr.    F    Virginia Wesleyan

Betty Boatwright ^    Sr.    F    Washington and Lee

Mollie Best +    Jr.    M    Bridgewater

Aurora Balsamo +    Sr.    M    Lynchburg

Saar Prins    Sr.    M    Lynchburg

Zoe Dolfis ^    Jr.    M    Washington and Lee

Olivia Muir ^    Sr.    D    Lynchburg

Grace Oates    Fy.    D    Randolph-Macon

Jordan Hoover ^    Sr.    D    Washington and Lee

Julia McDonald    Sr.    GK    Washington and Lee

ALL-ODAC THIRD TEAM

Corinne Orlando    Fy.    F    Roanoke

Ellie Quinn    Fy.    F    Shenandoah

Kierney Weigle    Fy.    F    Shenandoah

Kylee Gorham    Fy.    M    Randolph-Macon

Brenna McLean    Jr.    M    Randolph-Macon

Courtney Moodie    Sr.    M    Randolph-Macon

Ava Fields    Sr.    M    Shenandoah

Ava Stauch    Sr.    M    Virginia Wesleyan

Anne Burns Fiveash +    Jr.    M    Washington and Lee

Riley Chandler +    Sr.    D    Bridgewater

Katherine Seal +    Sr.    D    Roanoke

Mallory Holup    Sr.    D    Shenandoah

Cassidy Alexander    Fy.    GK    Shenandoah

* 2024 All-ODAC First Team (5)

^ 2024 All-ODAC Second Team (9)

+ 2024 All-ODAC Third Team (6)

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