2014 Field Hockey
Roster
Megan Osanitsch
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Harwinton, CT
- High School:
- Lewis Mills
- Position:
- D
- Two-Time Team Captain (2014-15)
- 2014 All-MAAC First Team
- 2014 QU Best Defensive Player Award
- 2013-14 MAAC All-Academic selection
- 2012 NEC Honor Roll selection
- Four-time Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Div. I National Academic Squad (2011-14)
As a Senior in 2014:
- Named one of three team captains (Osanitsch, Conaboy, Swartz) for the 2015 season
- 2014 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
- 2014 All-MAAC First Team (first career All-Conference nod)
- 2014 MAAC All-Academic Team
- 2014 QU Best Defensive Player Award
- Appeared in all 19 games (all starts) for the Bobcats
- Tallied two assists, 19 shots, two shots-on-goal, one game-winning goal and one defensive save
- Played in all 1390 possible minutes throughout the season, leading all the Bobcats' field players in minutes played
- Captained a defensive back line unit that was crowned the NCAA Div. I statistical champion for defensive saves with 13 in 19 games in 2014
- Picked up two shots against No. 8 ranked Penn State (9/7)
- Tallied two shots in 78 minutes at Yale (9/13)
- Posted three shots against UMass Lowell (9/16)
- Registered one defensive save at Providence (10/5)
- Picked up her first assist of the season, assisting on Angie King's game-winning goal, in a 3-1 win over Brown (10/8)
- Picked up her first shot-on-goal of the season at Siena (10/10)
- Tallied one assist and one shot-on-goal against No. 19 ranked Old Dominion (10/12)
- Was huge in the Bobcats' win at Bryant, scoring the game-winning goal in the fifth round of the penalty shootout, helping lift the Bobcats to their first shootout victory in program history (10/19)
- Picked up at least one shot in seven straight games between Oct. 10 to Nov. 2
- Played in all 70 minutes in the MAAC Semifinals against Rider (11/7)
As a Junior in 2013:
- 2013 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team
- Appeared and started in all 21 games
- Had a career season in 2013, tallying career highs across the board in goals (three), assists (two), points (eight), shots (nine), shots-on-goal (nine), game-winning goals (two) and defensive saves (one)
- Returns as the second-highest returning scorer for the Bobcats from 2013
- Finished the season with the fourth-most game-winners of any Bobcat while she was also just one of four Quinnipiac players to record at least one defensive save on the season
- Tallied her first career goal and points against La Salle on Sept. 1
- Registered her first career assist in a 5-0 victory over St. Joseph’s on Sept. 22
- Picked up the game-winning goal in the second half of a 4-1 victory over Sacred Heart on Oct. 13
- Finished with a career game with one goal (game-winner), one assist and one defensive save on Nov. 8 in the MAAC Semifinals against Bryant
- Osantisch also tallied three shots-on-goal against Bryant in her first career game with at least one goal and one assist
As a Sophomore in 2012:
Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to the 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad...Saw action in 18 games.
As a Freshman in 2011:
- Appeared in three games as a freshman, before taking a medical redshirt
- 2011 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA National Academic Squad
Before Quinnipiac:
- Three-sport letterwinner at Lewis Mills (Conn.) High School
- Four-year letterwinner in field hockey and outdoor track
- Three-year letterwinner in indoor track
- Senior field hockey captain
- 2009 and 2010 All-State and All-Berkshire League Teams
- Led team to 2007, 2008 and 2009 Berkshire League Championship.
Personal:
- Born in Bristol, Conn.
- Daughter of Kristen and Eric Osantisch
- Has one brother, Gregory
- Majoring in physical therapy
