| Height: | 5-9 |
| Year: | Sr |
| Hometown: | Hatfield, Mass. |
| High School: | Smith Academy |
| Position: | D |
The Slysz File
2014: Started all 21 games ... Tallied a goal with three assists for five points ... Recorded 22 shots, including 13 on goal ... Had a team-best three defensive saves ... Assisted in a 3-1 win at Rensselaer (9/6) ... Scored in a 4-1 win against Springfield (10/11) ... Posted an assist in a 6-2 win at Wheaton (11/1) ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... Longstreth/NFHCA New England East Region Second Team ...
2013: Played in seven games ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ...
2012: Played in 17 games, including 16 starts … Led the team in defensive saves with five … Had one goal for two points … Recorded 11 shots, including seven on goal … Posted a defensive save in a 1-0 win at Regis (9/1) … Scored a goal in a 3-0 victory over Simmons (10/10) … Recorded a defensive save in a 3-2 loss at Wellesley in the NEWMAC Quarterfinals (10/31) … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference …
Before Mount Holyoke: Played three years of field hockey … Captain … All-League … Team won two Western Mass Championship titles … Four-year member of the basketball team … Captain … All-League … Team were Western Mass finalists in 2009 … Member of the softball team all four years … Captain … Two-time All-Western Mass …
Personal: Biology major … Member of the Mount Holyoke Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … Serves on SAAC Health & Safety subcommittee … Member of MHC Alcohol and Drug Awareness Committee … Plays on the Mount Holyoke basketball team … Daughter of Patti and David Slysz … Sister, Stephanie is a member of the Class of 2014 at Mount Holyoke …
Getting to Know Alison
- Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - I knew that I would be receiving the best education that I possibly could obtain, and I also knew how much my sister was enjoying it as well.
- What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - I like how everyone is so friendly and welcoming and how our professors are some of the best in the country.
- Favorite Sports Movie - The Street Stops Here
- Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - A Practice Session of the Boston Celtics
- Favorite Pro Sports Team – Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox/Patriots
- Favorite TV Show - Criminal Minds/Grey's Anatomy
- Favorite Athlete(s) - Rajon Rondo, Wes Welker
- Childhood Idol - Kelly Dostal, Lynn-Anne Kokoski
- Best Concert You Ever Attended - Lady Antebellum with Thompson Square and Darius Rucker
- Magazine Cover You'd Like to Be On - A Medical Journal
- Biggest Fear - KK hitting me with one of her drives.
- Most Famous Person Ever Met - Phil Mickelson
- Person You'd Like to Have Dinner With - Ryan Lochte
- Most Prized Possession - My Car
- Place You'd Like to Visit - Alaska
- First Memory of Your Sport - Playing for Make-Trax, an organization for youth field hockey
- Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - First day of practice
- Pre-Game Rituals - Keep to myself and not think about the game.
- Best Advice From a Coach - Don't think, just do.
- If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Pay off my college loans.
- Career Aspirations - Work in the medical field doing research and finding cures.
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | at Westfield State University | W, 5-0 |
| Nov 1 | at Wheaton College | W, 6-2 |
| Nov 8 | vs. MIT | W, 1-0 |
| Nov 9 | at Wellesley College | L, 1-0 |
| Nov 12 | Husson | W, 2-0 |
| Nov 15 | at Bowdoin College | L, 4-0 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 21 | 8 | ||
| Games started | 21 | 8 | ||
| Goals | 1 | 1 | ||
| Assists | 3 | 1 | ||
| Points | 5 | 3 | ||
| Shots | 22 | 9 | ||
| Shot Pct | .045 | .111 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defensive saves | 3 | 0 | ||
| Penalty strokes | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | gw | ds | ps-att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | Simmons University | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Sep 2 | Nichols College | W, 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Sep 6 | at RPI | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Sep 9 | at Amherst College | L, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Sep 13 | Castleton | W, 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Sep 17 | Williams College | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Sep 23 | at Wesleyan University | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Sep 27 | at Wellesley College | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 4 | Clark University | W, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 7 | Smith College | W, 7-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 11 | Springfield College | W, 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 18 | at Babson College | W, 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 21 | at WPI | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 23 | at Western New England University | W, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 25 | MIT | W, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Oct 28 | at Westfield State University | W, 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Nov 1 | at Wheaton College | W, 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. MIT | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Nov 9 | at Wellesley College | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Nov 12 | Husson | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Nov 15 | at Bowdoin College | L, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 21 | 21 | .05 | .14 | .24 | 1.05 | .045 | .62 | .591 |
| Conference | 8 | 8 | .13 | .13 | .38 | 1.13 | .111 | .88 | .778 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Home | 9 | 9 | .11 | .00 | .22 | 1.11 | .100 | .78 | .700 |
| Away | 11 | 11 | .00 | .27 | .27 | 1.09 | .000 | .55 | .500 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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| Wins | 17 | 17 | .06 | .18 | .29 | 1.29 | .045 | .76 | .591 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
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| August | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 2.00 | .000 | 1.00 | .500 |
| September | 7 | 7 | .00 | .14 | .14 | 1.00 | .000 | .57 | .571 |
| October | 8 | 8 | .13 | .13 | .38 | 1.13 | .111 | .88 | .778 |
| November | 5 | 5 | .00 | .20 | .20 | .80 | .000 | .20 | .250 |
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | gw | ds | ps-att | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 21 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | .045 | 13 | .591 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 |
| Conference | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .111 | 7 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-0 |
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| Home | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .100 | 7 | .700 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Away | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .000 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| Wins | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | .045 | 13 | .591 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0-0 |
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| August | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| September | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .000 | 4 | .571 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 |
| October | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .111 | 7 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 |
| November | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 |