Enaire enables River Hawk Victories
The record books were forced to be rewritten as a UMass Lowell Field Hockey player became the first since Sara Hohenberger, the program’s all-time leading scorer, to net nine points in a game for the River Hawks.
Junior forward Katie Enaire scored four goals and assisted one back on Sept. 19 in a 9-1 victory over Saint Anselm.
“It is probably the biggest accomplishment so far besides winning freshman of the year,” Enaire said.
Enaire struck quicker then lightning in the game last month, as she scored her four goals within the first eight minutes of the match.
“I do not even know how it happened. I just capitalized on the opportunities we had. We had possession of the ball pretty much the whole time down in their end,” she said.
The 5’5” junior forward from Amesbury, MA grew up playing soccer and softball, her favorite sport after field hockey, and started playing field hockey her freshman year in high school.
“It was something new that I wanted to try and ended up really liking it,” she said.
There were two reasons why Enaire chose to pursue her field hockey career as a River Hawk; Head Coach Shannon Hlebichuck and the University’s nursing program.
Enaire says that being a student athlete and in the nursing program demands a lot of work from her, but she is up to the challenge and it is something that she has learned how to manage with experience.
“It is really tough, I just learned to manage my time. I am a junior now so I kind of know what I need to do to excel on both,” she said.
As far as her nursing career, Enaire might stay and do more school to become a nurse practitioner.
Enaire gets ready by being with the team and getting excited as she looks forward to the games. She also listens to any genre of music on her Ipod except country and says that rapper Lil Wayne is probably her favorite artist.
Enaire says that she has enjoys her experience at the university because she can still go to her hometown when she can.
“I love it here, is close to my home. I live like 40 minutes away so I like being able to go home, I do not go home often but I like that I can go home when ever I want.”
As for her favorite TV shows, she likes Sons of Anarchy, Grey’s Anatomy, and One Tree Hill.
She also says that the Red Sox and Celtics are her favorite professional teams and picks California and the Bermuda as her favorite vacation spots.
There is one fond memory fresh in the mind of the scoring machine, last year’s semi-final game against Bentley.
“Last year when we beat Bentley to make it to the finals. That was an exciting game.”
Enaire made it clear that she has one singular focus this season.When asked what is the team’s primary goal, she simply replied “National Champions.”
Entire and the rest of the ‘Hawks look to continue on the path of achieving that goal with their next game against Stonehill College Tuesday Oct. 13 at Cushing Field.
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