3 Dayna Kowesky
Dayna Kowesky
  • Height:
    5-1
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Leominster, Mass.
  • High School:
    Leominster
  • Position:
    F
  • Major:
    Health Sciences
  • g
    5
  • a
    0
  • p
    10
  • sh %
    .294
  • gw
    2
  • ds
    0

Bio

As a Senior in 2018: Played in all 18 games as a forward for the Ravens, including 17 starts...NFHCA National Academic Squad selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll selection...Led the team in goals (5) and game-winning goals (2)...Finished with 10 points and recorded 17 shots, including 12 on goal...Scored the game-winning goal in the season opener against St. Thomas Aquinas on 8/31...Netted two goals, including the game-winner, against New Haven on 10/5...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 10/7...Put home a goal against Southern Connecticut State on 10/13...Tallied a goal against Assumption on 11/6.
2018 Statistics

As a Junior in 2017: Played in all 17 games as a forward for the Ravens, including six starts...NFHCA National Academic Squad selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Tallied eight points on two goals and four assists...Attempted 13 shots, including nine shots on goal...Dished out her first collegiate assist in the season opener at New Haven on 9/2...Had her first career multiple-goal game with a pair of goals at Molloy on 9/3...Contributed an assist at Southern Connecticut State on 9/16...Chipped in an assist against American International on 10/18...Notched an assist at Bentley on 10/21.
2017 Statistics

As a Sophomore in 2016: Played in all 17 games as a forward for the Ravens, including 15 starts...NFHCA National Academic Squad selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Finished third on the team in shots on goal (11)...Scored one goal for two points and attempted 21 shots...Notched a game-winning goal...Made her first collegiate start in the season opener at Bentley on 9/1...Put home the game-winning goal, her first career goal, against Mercy on 9/3.
2016 Statistics 

As a Freshman in 2015: Played in six games as a reserve in the midfield for the Ravens...NFHCA National Academic Squad selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Recorded two shots on goal...Made her collegiate debut at Saint Anselm on 9/15.
2015 Statistics 

Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner at Leominster (Mass.) High School...Team captain as a senior...Central Massachusetts semifinalist...Played at the club level for Element Athletics Club...With Element Athletics, attended the National Field Hockey Festival in 2013...Four-year honor roll student...Served as a student-athlete ambassador for the school at the state level...Member of the school's Athletic Advisory Committee...Also played four years of basketball, one year of tennis and one year of lacrosse at Leominster...Basketball team captain as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Rick and Robin Kowesky...A health sciences major...Has a younger sister, Nikki.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 23 Bentley L, 3-0
Oct 26 at Merrimack L, 3-0
Oct 31 at American International L, 3-2
Nov 3 Southern New Hampshire L, 1-0
Nov 6 Assumption L, 2-1
Nov 9 at Saint Anselm L, 1-0
  Overall Conf
Games 18 13
Games started 17 13
Goals 5 4
Assists 0 0
Points 10 8
Shots 17 13
Shot Pct .294 .308
Game-winning goals 2 1
Defensive saves 0 0
Penalty strokes 0-0 0-0
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct gw ds ps-att
Aug 31 St. Thomas Aquinas W, 2-1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 1 0 0-0
Sep 7 at Kutztown W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Sep 8 vs. Lindenwood (MO) L, 3-2 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Sep 12 at Saint Michael's W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0-0
Sep 18 Merrimack L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Sep 23 Adelphi L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0-0
Sep 29 at Pace L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Oct 5 New Haven W, 6-0 1 2 0 4 4 .500 1 0 0-0
Oct 9 at Stonehill L, 6-3 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0-0
Oct 13 Southern Connecticut State W, 5-1 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0 0-0
Oct 16 Saint Michael's W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0-0
Oct 19 at LIU Post L, 5-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Oct 23 Bentley L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Oct 26 at Merrimack L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0-0
Oct 31 at American International L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Nov 3 Southern New Hampshire L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0
Nov 6 Assumption L, 2-1 1 1 0 2 1 1.000 0 0 0-0
Nov 9 at Saint Anselm L, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0-0

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2015-16 6 - .00 .00 .00 .33 .000 .33 1.000
2016-17 17 15 .06 .00 .12 1.24 .048 .65 .524
2017-18 17 6 .12 .24 .47 .76 .154 .53 .692
2018-19 18 17 .28 .00 .56 .94 .294 .67 .706
Total 58 38 .14 .07 .34 .91 .151 .59 .642

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw ds ps-att
2015-16 6 - 0 0 0 2 .000 2 1.000 0 0 0-0
2016-17 17 15 1 0 2 21 .048 11 .524 1 0 0-0
2017-18 17 6 2 4 8 13 .154 9 .692 0 0 0-0
2018-19 18 17 5 0 10 17 .294 12 .706 2 0 0-0
Total 58 38 8 4 20 53 .151 34 .642 3 0 0-0

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 18 17 .28 .00 .56 .94 .294 .67 .706
Conference 13 13 .31 .00 .62 1.00 .308 .69 .692
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 9 .56 .00 1.11 1.22 .455 .89 .727
Away 8 8 .00 .00 .00 .75 .000 .50 .667
Neutral 1 - .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
Result Wins 6 6 .67 .00 1.33 1.83 .364 1.17 .636
Losses 12 11 .08 .00 .17 .50 .167 .42 .833
Month August 1 1 1.00 .00 2.00 2.00 .500 2.00 1.000
September 6 5 .00 .00 .00 .50 .000 .33 .667
October 8 8 .38 .00 .75 1.25 .300 .75 .600
November 3 3 .33 .00 .67 .67 .500 .67 1.000

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw ds ps-att
Event Total 18 17 5 0 10 17 .294 12 .706 2 0 0-0
Conference 13 13 4 0 8 13 .308 9 .692 1 0 0-0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0-0
Location Home 9 9 5 0 10 11 .455 8 .727 2 0 0-0
Away 8 8 0 0 0 6 .000 4 .667 0 0 0-0
Neutral 1 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0
Result Wins 6 6 4 0 8 11 .364 7 .636 2 0 0-0
Losses 12 11 1 0 2 6 .167 5 .833 0 0 0-0
Month August 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 2 1.000 1 0 0-0
September 6 5 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 0 0 0-0
October 8 8 3 0 6 10 .300 6 .600 1 0 0-0
November 3 3 1 0 2 2 .500 2 1.000 0 0 0-0

News Mentions

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Field Hockey Falls to Assumption, 2-1, in Home Finale

RINDGE, N.H. (November 7, 2018) – The Franklin Pierce University field hockey team closed out the home portion of its 2018 season on Tuesday...

November 6, 2018

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Strong First Half Leads Field Hockey over SCSU, 5-1

RINDGE, N.H. (October 13, 2018) – Three goals in the opening 27 minutes opened up an early lead on Saturday afternoon for the Franklin...

October 13, 2018

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Field Hockey Snaps Skid with 6-0 Blanking of New Haven

RINDGE, N.H. (October 5, 2018) – The Franklin Pierce University field hockey team broke a three-game scoreless streak in emphatic fashion on...

October 5, 2018

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Field Hockey Stymied in 2-0 Loss to Adelphi

RINDGE, N.H. (September 23, 2018) – A spate of penalty corners in the middle of the second half proved to be the difference on Sunday...

September 23, 2018

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Field Hockey Resilient in 2-1, Season-Opening Win over STAC

RINDGE, N.H. (August 31, 2018) – It was not necessarily pretty, but it got the job done. The Franklin Pierce University field hockey team...

August 31, 2018

Photos

Dayna Kowesky
  • St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Franklin Pierce
Dayna Kowesky
  • New Haven vs. Franklin Pierce
Senior Day ceremony
  • Southern N.H. vs. Franklin Pierce