Roisin Upton

Roisin Upton
Personal information
Born (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994
Limerick, Ireland
Playing position Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
2006–2012 Crescent College[1]
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20xx–2012 Catholic Institute
2012–2015 Connecticut Huskies
2016– Cork Harlequins
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–  Ireland 39 (8)
Medal record
World Cup
2018 London

Roisin Upton (born 1 April 1994) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Upton was also a member of the Connecticut Huskies teams that won the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championships.

Early years and education

Upton is the daughter of Dermot and Pauline Upton [2] and is originally from Raheen, County Limerick. [3] She has two older brothers, Diarmuid and Sean, both of whom have played rugby union for Munster at schoolboy level and have played for Young Munster in the All-Ireland League. [3][4] Upton attended An Mhodh Scoil and Crescent College before studying at the University of Connecticut were she gained a BA in Psychology. As of 2018, she is studying for her Masters at Mary Immaculate College. [1][5][6] As well as playing field hockey in her youth, Upton also played ladies' gaelic football for Mungret St. Pauls [3][4][7] and women's association football for Janesboro. [8]

Field hockey

Early career

Upton started playing field hockey at Crescent College and then subsequently for Catholic Institute. She helped Crescent College win two Munster Schools Junior Cup and two Senior Cup titles. She also captained the Crescent College team. She also helped Catholic Institute challenge for Munster club honours. [4][9][10]

Connecticut Huskies

Between 2012 and 2016 Upton attended the University of Connecticut. [1] During this time she was a prominent member of the Connecticut Huskies teams that won the 2013 [11][12][13] and 2014 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championships. [14][15] Upton captained the team during the 2014 season and in 2015 was nominated for the Honda Sports Award. [4][9][10][16][17] Upton also helped the team win four consecutive Big East Conference Field Hockey Tournaments between 2012 and 2015. [18] During her time with the Connecticut Huskies, Upton also worked as a member of the teams coaching staff. [1][19]

Cork Harlequins

In November 2016 Upton began playing for Cork Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League. [16][19][20] Her team mates at Harlequins include Yvonne O'Byrne. [21] Upton, along with O'Byrne, played for Harlequins in the 2017 Irish Senior Cup final, losing 1–0 to UCD. [22][23]

Ireland international

Together with Emily Beatty and Katie Mullan, Upton represented Ireland at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. [4][6][24] Graham Shaw first included Upton in an Ireland squad in 2015. In January 2016 she was also included in a squad for series of away games against Spain. However on both occasions Upton had to withdraw from the squads because of injuries. [20][25] She eventually made her senior debut on 6 November 2016 against Scotland. [6][10] She subsequently played for Ireland in the 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League. On 17 January 2017 in Round 2 she scored her first senior Ireland goal in a 10–0 win against Hong Kong. On 19 January 2017, in the same tournament, she also scored a hat-trick in a 10–0 against Singapore. [10][17] Upton also represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. [26]

Upton represented Ireland at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal. [3][5][27][28][29][30] She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States, [31] India, [32] and England, [33] the quarter-final against India, [34][35] the semi-final against Spain [36][37] and the final against the Netherlands. [38] In the quarter-final against India, Upton was the first Ireland player to score in the penalty shoot-out. [21][39]

Honours

Ireland
Connecticut Huskies
Cork Harlequins
Crescent College
  • Munster Schools Senior Cup
    • Winners: ?
  • Munster Schools Junior Cup
    • Winners: ?

References

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  2. ↑ "Limerick's Roisin Upton on Irish squad for Euros". www.limerickleader.ie. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Limerick congratulates hockey athlete Roisin Upton and the Irish team for their achievement in the World Cup final". www.ilovelimerick.ie. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Meet the Irish girl who's been one of the top hockey players in America this year". www.sportsjoe.ie. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Róisín Upton, and entire Irish Women's Hockey team, pride of the Nation". www.limerick.ie. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Roisin Upton". www.hockey.ie. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ladies Football News – Roisin Upton". mungretstpauls.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Limerick's Roisin Upton eyes Hockey World Cup glory bid". www.limerickleader.ie. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. 1 2 "One Limerick girl has been tearing up American college field hockey for the last two years". www.the42.ie. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Roisin Upton – Women's World Cup profile". www.hookhockey.com. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "UConn beats Duke to win NCAA field hockey title". www.theday.com. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Field Hockey Claims Third National Championship". UConn Today. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Limerick's Upton tops NCAA ranking". www.hookhockey.com. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "2014 Division I Field Hockey – UConn victorious as old foes meet again". www.ncaa.org. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "UConn Field Hockey Wins 2014 National Championship". UConn Today. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  16. 1 2 "American idol Upton ready to end Ireland's World Cup wait". www.independent.ie. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Field Hockey Alum Swaps UConn Blue for Irish Green". UConn Today. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "UConn Huskies Field Hockey: Big East Champions, Again". theuconnblog.com. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  19. 1 2 "Upton the bolter as five players set for ranking level debuts". www.hookhockey.com. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Third time's a charm as Upton finally gets extended opportunity to shine for Green Army". www.hookhockey.com. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  21. 1 2 "Cork hockey ace Upton rallies Ireland to a historic victory". www.eveningecho.ie. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  22. ↑ "UCD v Cork Harlequins – Irish Senior Ladies Hockey Cup Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  23. ↑ "UCD secure cup title beating Harlequins". www.rte.ie. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  24. ↑ "Ireland U-17 impress in Youth Olympics warm-up". www.hookhockey.com. 14 August 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  25. ↑ "Upton over injury funk to lead Ireland's World Cup bid". www.irishexaminer.com. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  26. ↑ "Ireland rue missed chances in Scotland draw". www.irishtimes.com. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  27. ↑ "20 things you didn't know about Ireland's hockey heroes". www.irishexaminer.com. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  28. ↑ "Meet Ireland's history-making World Cup hockey heroes". www.irishtimes.com. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  29. ↑ "Meet the Irish women's hockey team who are making history as they take on the World Cup final". www.thesun.ie. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  30. ↑ "Irish Hockey Squad homecoming from Women's Hockey World Cup Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  31. ↑ "'Magnificent' Ireland open hockey World Cup campaign with USA scalp". www.rte.ie. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  32. ↑ "'We can beat anyone in the world' – Optimism growing as O'Flanagan puts Ireland in last eight for first time". www.independent.ie. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  33. ↑ "England v Ireland – Women's Hockey World Cup Finals Group B Photos". 29 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  34. ↑ "'If you told us before that we'd get to a quarter-final, we'd have bit your hand off'". www.the42.ie. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  35. ↑ "Green Army Beat India To Reach World Cup Semi Final". www.hockey.ie. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  36. ↑ "There are no words – Ireland's Upton". www.bbc.co.uk. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  37. ↑ "Ireland v Spain – Women's Hockey World Cup Finals Semi-Final Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  38. ↑ "As it happened: Ireland v Netherlands, Women's Hockey World Cup final". www.the42.ie. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  39. ↑ "Irish hockey's penalty hero Upton: It's just up, up, up from here". www.irishexaminer.com. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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