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Watching her plane touch down and Boston slip into view before her freshman year, the Harvard field hockey team’s Shelley Maasdorp had no idea what to expect. Alone in a brand-new country with her family stranded halfway around the globe, Maasdorp had left behind all that she had known and loved and now only saw empty tarmac...
...some people, the prospect of starting anew may have seemed overwhelming. But from the very beginning, Maasdorp was never lonely. She grasped the opportunity to learn about American culture and found comfort in the amity of her teammates. Though it would take her all of freshman year to feel completely comfortable here the amity of her teammates greatly helped to ease this passage...
...weeks into preseason I had 20 friends,” Maasdorp said. “It took me my whole freshman year to feel completely comfortable and to learn the culture. The complete openness of the team made me feel instantly welcome...
...Shelley Maasdorp is a phenomenol player,” captain midfielder Kate Gannon said...
...this year, Maasdorp has emerged as one of the top midfielders in the Ivy League, and leads the conference in goals (12) and points (27). On the No. 18 Crimson (8-4-0, 4-0-0 Ivy), the next closest in these categories is McDavitt, who has three and 17, respectively...