FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- August 25, 2004
CONTACT: Jason Mucher, Director of Athletic Communications (585) 567-9648

BURGHARDT SET FOR CHALLENGES AS NEW COACH

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Head coach Briana Burghardt is not concerned that she is replacing the most successful field hockey coach in Houghton history. In fact, she is excited about the challenge.

The first-year coach will see if her squad is ready to repeat last year’s record-setting season when they open the 2004 campaign at Brockport State on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 4 p.m.

[Read the complete season outlook]

Houghton, founded by The Wesleyan Church in 1883, provides an academically challenging, Christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a changing world. The college of 1,300 students is located in Western New York, just 65 miles from Rochester and Buffalo.

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