Wolski picked as field hockey all-star

Westfield State College senior Megan Wolski will end her college field hockey career on a national stage on Saturday.

The Plymouth South product has been selected to play in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Senior All-Star game at Ursinus College, just outside Philadelphia. Wolski will be the only player from New England's state schools participating.

The all-time leading scorer at Westfield State with 60 goals and 19 assists, Wolski is also three-time conference all-star and this year was selected co-offensive player of the year with Keene's Erin Dallas. Wolski moved to center forward this season after playing left wing the previous three seasons, finishing the season with 18 goals and four assists.

"Megan gives 110 percent every practice and game," Westfield coach Heather Cabral said in a release. "She dives for loose balls and never gives up on a ball going out of bounds. Megan led by example on the field and set the bar high for her teammates."

In 2005 Wolski was chosen the Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference (MASCAC) player of the year after she set a single-season record for the Owls with 19 goals and 12 assists.

As a junior, Wolski set the all-time scoring record, established by Cabral in 1992, and completed her career with 139 points, 40 more than her coach.

"Megan is definitely deserving of the honor, and I'm just glad I got to coach the person who broke my record," Cabral said.

Nicholas Boretti of Marshfield helped the Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer team earn its first Little East Conference title last week, converting a penalty kick in a 3-2 shootout win against Keene State College.

Boretti scored the deciding goal on penalty kicks, breaking a 2-2 tie. The victory boosted ECSU into its first NCAA Division 3 tournament as the conference champion. This will be the team's first postseason appearance since 1992.

ECSU has not experienced a playoff win in the Little East, much less a title. In its previous appearances - in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004 - ECSU lost in the first round.

Boretti a sophomore midfielder started in all 20 games this season, recording six goals and two assists. In that span, the Warriors assembled an 11-6-3 record.

Junior Meghan Wheeler of Canton was one of five University of Connecticut field hockey players selected to the Big East All-Tournament team last week. Wheeler, a midfielder, was part of the Huskies' 1-0 win against Providence to capture its fourth straight Big East title.

With the conference title, the No. 4 Huskies earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Division 1 tournament. A year ago, the Huskies advanced to the Final Four.

The Huskies are 20-2 and earned both the tournament and regular season titles for the eighth time in school history. This season, Wheeler has started in 21 of 22 games and picked up four assists.

In July, Wheeler and teammate Melissa Gonzalez were selected to the US Under-21 national team. Team members are eligible to compete in the Junior Pan American Championhsip and the Junior World Cup among others throughout the season.

University of Massachusetts at Lowell midfielder Edens Chery of Brockton was selected to the Northeast-10 Conference men's soccer all-star team, one of six River Hawks to earn all-star honors.

Chery had six goals and five assists to earn his second all-conference selection.

UMass-Lowell (12-3-3) played NE-10 rival Southern Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA Division 2 tournament on Thursday.

Coach Ted Priestly shared the conference's coach of the year with Franklin Pierce's Marco Koolman, who led his team to a Northeast-10 regular season title.

Monique Walker can be reached at mwalker@globe.com.