SELINSGROVE, (Pa.) — Susquehanna University freshman inner Leah Bailor (at left) (Richfield/Middleburg H.S.) is a 1999 AstroTurf/National Field Hockey Coaches Association NCAA Division III Third Team All-American — becoming the first field hockey All-American in school history.
A 1998 all-state selection as a prep senior, Bailor started all 19 games and led the team in scoring this season with 12 goals and nine assists for 33 points (1.74 points per game) — marking the second-most points and assists in a season at Susquehanna, and the fourth-most goals (Records: 15 goals, 10 assists, 40 points, Cheryl Irvine, 1992). She finished second in MAC Commonwealth Conference assists per game (0.44), was third in scoring, and fourth in goals per game (0.63 per game). Bailor helped lead the team to its first NCAA Tournament win with a 6-1 decision vs. Gwynedd-Mercy, notching one goal and one assist. She was MAC Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week on September 20. She also led the team in shots on goal with 79.
"I'm just really delighted and think Leah is very deserving. Right from the get-go in the preseason, she was just on-fire and really opened everyone's eyes," said 25th-year head coach Connie Harnum. "Once the games actually started, she definitely led us offensively and set the tone in many of the games. She's a tremendous inspiration, not just to the other freshmen, but the upperclassmen as well."
A liberal arts major, she is the daughter of Mark and Jane Bailor.
Bailor helped Susquehanna achieve its best field hockey season in school history in 1999. The Crusaders finished 15-4, 6-1 and second in the MAC Commonwealth Conference as they made the NCAA Division III Tournament for just the second time in school history and were ranked as high as eighth in the NCAA Division III STX/NFHCA national rankings. They won a NCAA Tournament game for the first time before falling at sixth-ranked Skidmore, 3-2, in the second-round. Along the way, the team broke school records for wins in a season (15), consecutive victories (7, twice), and goals in a season (44).
1999 STX/NFHCA Division III All-American Team
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