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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Two members of the Virginia field hockey team, juniors Paige Selenski (Shavertown, Pa.) and Michelle Vittese (Cherry Hill, N.J.), have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference preseason team, announced Wednesday by the league office. The Cavaliers were also picked to finish third in conference standings.

Both Selenski and Vittese are coming off a European Tour with the United States National Team where they each earned their first international caps.

Selenski is a two-time All-American and All-ACC selection for the Orange and Blue. As a sophomore in 2009 she was a semifinalist for the Honda Award and was named the South Region player of the year, in addition to being selected to the NCAA and ACC All-Tournament teams. Last season Selenski led Virginia with 27 goals, including a conference-best eight game-winners.

Vittese earned her first career All-America honor as a sophomore in 2009. She contributed six goals and nine assists en route to picking up all-conference honors. Vittese was also named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.

Both Selenski and Vittese were named to the preseason All-ACC squad for the second consecutive season.

Virginia is coming off a year in which the Cavaliers returned to the NCAA semifinals for the first time since 1998 and set program records for wins (20) and games played (24) in a season.

Defending NCAA national champion North Carolina was picked to finish first with ACC Tournament champion Maryland second.

ACC Preseason Coaches Poll

Team (First Place Votes)
Points
2009 Record (ACC)
1. North Carolina (4) 24 20-2 (4-1)
2. Maryland (1) 21 23-1 (5-0)
3. VIRGINIA (1)
18
20-4 (3-2)
4. Wake Forest 12 13-7 (2-3)
5. Boston College 9 13-7 (1-4)
6. Duke 6 9-10 (0-5)
Preseason All-ACC Team
Emily Kozniuk, Sr. Boston College
Rhian Jones, Jr. Duke
Tara Jennings, Jr. Duke
Megan Frazer, So. Maryland
Katie O’Donnell, Sr. Maryland
Katelyn Falgowski, Sr. North Carolina
Jackie Kintzer, Sr. North Carolina
Kelsey Kolojejchick, So. North Carolina
Paige Selenski, Jr.
Virginia
Michelle Vittese, Jr.
Virginia
Lizzie Rae, So. Wake Forest
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