| Ariana Branchini |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Old Lyme, CT
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| High School:
Choate Rosemary Hall
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| Height:
5-7
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| Position:
Midfield
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2009: Started all 19 and led the team in goals (7) • finished with career-highs in goals and points (19) • went 2-of-2 on penalty strokes • named Third Team All-American by both the NFHCA and womensfieldhockye.com • earned Second Team All-Centennial and First Team NFHCA All-Region honors • tallied a pair of assists in shutout of Kenyon • scored in loss at #2 Salisbury • scored on penalty stroke in strokeoff win over #13 Gettysburg • scored both of JHU's goals, including one on a penalty stroke, in overtime win at #8 TCNJ • second career multi-goal game and first career overtime winner • scored in come-from-behind win at Franklin & Marshall • assisted on game-winner against McDaniel • scored and tallied an assist in loss at #3 Ursinus • notched a career-high five points (2g, 1a) in Centennial Conference semifinals win over #14 Gettysburg.
2008: Started all 21 games • finished with a career-high five goals and five assists for 15 points • also scored two game-winning goals • had first career multi-goal game in win over #10 Christopher Newport • notched assists in back-to-back games versus Delaware Valley and Roanoke • scored the game-winner in shutout of Swarthmore • scored a goal and added two assists in win over Virginia Wesleyan • assisted on game-winner against Franklin & Marshall • scored in loss to #3 Ursinus • named to NFHCA All-Academic Squad.
2007: Played all 20 games and started one • made collegiate debut in upset win over #4 Cortland • tallied first career point, an assist, in loss at #13 Juniata in NCAA First Round.
Personal: Ariana Z. Branchini • born June 15, 1989 • daughter of Bruce and Ann Branchini • father, Bruce, earned his Ph.D from Johns Hopkins in 1975 • captained team as a senior • also played lacrosse • majoring in international relations and romance languages.
