University of Richmond Athletics
Larripa, Luna Paratore Named NFHCA All-South Region
12/04/2024 | Field Hockey
MANAHAWKIN, NJ – Sophomores Clara Larripa and Valen Luna Paratore were named to the 2024 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I All-South Region teams, sponsored by Apex Field Hockey. Larripa garnered her second All-Region first team accolades of her career, while Luna Paratore collected second team honors in her first collegiate season.
Larripa also collected the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team and All-Academic honors after being named to the Preseason All- Atlantic 10 and the NFHCA Division I Watchlist. The Buenos Aires, Argentina native finished the season with a team-leading 32 points on 12 goals and eight assists in 19 starts. A key to the squad's return to postseason action for the first time since 2021, Larripa was one of four players in NCAA Division 1 to score four goals in a game, the first to do so of the 2024 season on September 1 against William & Mary. In the career-high nine-point game, all four of her goals against the Tribe were over a five-minute span of game action. Larripa collected NFHCA All-Atlantic Region First Team honors in 2023 as a member of La Salle's program.
Luna Paratore joined Larripa as an Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team selection and an All-Rookie team member after being named to the NFHCA Division I Watchlist in the preseason. Also a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luna Paratore finished second with 25 total points on 12 goals and one assist, while starting in all 19 contests as a forward. She was named A-10 Rookie of the Week four times, the most in program history since the 2005 season. She had a career day against Lock Haven with a seven-point game including her first career hat trick and an assist on the team's fourth goal. Luna Paratore tallied the game-winning goals against App State, Longwood, Saint Louis and Towson.
The pair are the first Spiders to be named to the NFHCA All-South Region team since Lindsey Frank in 2022.
Larripa also collected the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team and All-Academic honors after being named to the Preseason All- Atlantic 10 and the NFHCA Division I Watchlist. The Buenos Aires, Argentina native finished the season with a team-leading 32 points on 12 goals and eight assists in 19 starts. A key to the squad's return to postseason action for the first time since 2021, Larripa was one of four players in NCAA Division 1 to score four goals in a game, the first to do so of the 2024 season on September 1 against William & Mary. In the career-high nine-point game, all four of her goals against the Tribe were over a five-minute span of game action. Larripa collected NFHCA All-Atlantic Region First Team honors in 2023 as a member of La Salle's program.
Luna Paratore joined Larripa as an Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team selection and an All-Rookie team member after being named to the NFHCA Division I Watchlist in the preseason. Also a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luna Paratore finished second with 25 total points on 12 goals and one assist, while starting in all 19 contests as a forward. She was named A-10 Rookie of the Week four times, the most in program history since the 2005 season. She had a career day against Lock Haven with a seven-point game including her first career hat trick and an assist on the team's fourth goal. Luna Paratore tallied the game-winning goals against App State, Longwood, Saint Louis and Towson.
The pair are the first Spiders to be named to the NFHCA All-South Region team since Lindsey Frank in 2022.
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