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1. 1. umassathletics.cstv.com

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   Published on: 3/4/2008   Last Visited: 3/4/2008

   New UMass head coach Justine Sowry is familiar with Edmonds on the international scene.
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   Sowry worked with the U.S. Field Hockey Association from December, 2003 through January, 2007 with Edmonds being selected to the 2004 U.S. Under-19 team.

2. 2. atlantic10.cstv.com

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   Published on: 11/1/2007   Last Visited: 2/1/2008

   Lokey and Bird named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year; Wrublesky tabbed Rookie of the Year; Cunfer garners Student-Athlete of the Year honors, while Justine Sowry of UMass named Coach of the Year
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   In that same vote, Jen Wrublesky of Saint Joseph's was tabbed Rookie of the Year and Massachusetts' Justine Sowry was named Coach of the Year.
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   Sowry, in her first season at Massachusetts, receives the Coach of the Year honor after leading UMass to the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship with a 6-1 league ledger.Her squad claimed a share of the league's regular season crown, the program's first since 2001, and the Minutewomen's 11 overall wins are their most since 2001.Sowry graduated from the University of South Australia in 1991 while majoring in physical education and mathematics.

3. 3. umassathletics.cstv.com

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   Published on: 3/4/2008   Last Visited: 3/4/2008

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   After three highly-successful seasons as an assistant coach for the United States National Team, Justine Sowry has been named the head coach of the University of Massachusetts field hockey program, Director of Athletics John McCutcheon announced on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007.
   
   Sowry (pronounced SOU-ree) comes to UMass with a sensational background as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of field hockey in addition to being a top-level coach with various programs at all levels of the game for the past 12 years.
   
   "We are extremely pleased that Justine has joined the UMass athletic family," said McCutcheon."Her experience at the collegiate, national and international levels will be a tremendous asset to our field hockey team.Justine has an infectious energy, enthusiasm and passion that will serve her well as she leads our program forward."
   
   From Dec. 2003 through January 2007, Sowry served as a USA High Performance Coach with the U.S. Field Hockey Association (USFHA) based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.She served as the director of all goalkeeping programs as part of the USFHA, the camp director of the FDIC, High School Open Camp and the Junior National Camp.Recently, she has coached Amy Tran, who was named the Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the 2006 World Cup in Madrid, Spain in addition to being named to the FIH World Team of the Year under Sowry's tutelege.
   
   "I feel honored and privileged to join the UMass athletic family," said Sowry.
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   With the USFHA, Sowry wrote the curriculum for the Futures Team goalkeepers each of the last two years.As an assistant coach with the U.S. National Team in 2006, the team placed sixth in the world at the games in Madrid.She also assisted with the 2005 Junior National Team which placed seventh in the Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.
   
   Prior to joining the USFHA, Sowry served as an assistant coach for the Stanford University field hockey program during the 2003 season.She spent the previous five campaigns (1998-2002) as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville, where she worked under UMass alum Pam Bustin, whom Sowry calls her "mentor at the collegiate level."Sowry aided Bustin in orchestrating one of the most remarkable program-building efforts in the nation.
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   Sowry also had been the Assistant Director for field hockey camps at Louisville over three summers (2001-03) and has taught at various goalkeeping elite clinics since 1993.
   
   The Australian native was a member of the Australian National Hockey Team from 1991-2001.She earned a total of 128 international caps, and was a member of the country's 1996 and 2000 Olympic squads.She earned gold medals while playing on World Cup teams in 1994 and 1998.
   
   Sowry, 36, earned a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education and Mathematics from the University of South Australia in 1991.