2025 Field Hockey Roster
Brüning, Sietske
Jersey Number 17
Sietske Brüning
- Position:
- M/B
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- The Hague, Netherlands
- High School:
- Het Maerlant-Lyceum Den Haag
Bio
Plans to major in business administration
2024: Started all 21 games in the midfield for the Tar Heels, scoring 15 points on five goals and five assists ... Finished the year tied for the fifth most points on the team, logging career-highs in goals and assists with five apiece ... An elite circle-to-circle midfielder, she helped the team lead the country in goals per game (3.86) and goals against average (0.50) ... Named to the NFHCA All-America second team, her second career AA selection ... Earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament team ... Selected for the 2024 All-ACC first team ... Secured a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team for the third time ... Awarded CSC Academic All-District honors ... Listed among the honorees for NHFCA D1 National Academic Squad ... Served as one of Carolina’s captains in the 2024 season ... Chosen as the recipient of the Carmen and Michael Hooker Leadership Award.
2023: As a sophomore, started all 21 games in the midfield ... Scored two goals and added four assists ... Earned third-team All-America honors ... Named first-team A-Region and first-team All-ACC ... Earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team ... Her goals came at Saint Joseph's and in the NCAA semifinal game against Virginia ... Assisted on Ryleigh Heck's go-ahead goal in the 58th minute of a 4-3 win at UAlbany
2022: As a freshman, started all 21 games for the NCAA Champions ... Named second-team All-ACC and second-team All-South Region ... Earned spots on the All-ACC Academic Team and the NFHCA National Academic Squad... Selected for the All-ACC Tournament Team as UNC won its 25th title in program history ... Scored three goals and added eight assists for 14 points on the season ... Her first goal as a Tar Heel was against Iowa in the second game of the season and tied the game at 2-2 in the 53rd minute of play, completing Carolina's rally after trailing 2-0 at halftime. (UNC would go on to win in overtime.) ... Also scored in conference matchups with Syracuse and Virginia ... Assisted on Ryleigh Heck's goal in the NCAA Championship game against Northwestern. That score put UNC up 1-0 in the second quarter, and the Tar Heels would go on to win 2-1 ... Registered assists in both of the team's ACC Tournament wins
Before UNC: Graduate of Het Maerlant-Lyceum Den Haag ... Member of the Dutch U21 team ... Also played for the U18 squad ... Represented her country as part of the Dutch National Team at NIL Pro League games in India in April 2022
More on Brüning: Daughter of Patrick Brüning and Marieke van Zanten ... Has one older brother ... Favorite pastimes are hanging out with friends and eating good food together ... Favorite sport other than field hockey is soccer ... Athlete she admires most is Dutch soccer player Frenkie de Jong
2024: Started all 21 games in the midfield for the Tar Heels, scoring 15 points on five goals and five assists ... Finished the year tied for the fifth most points on the team, logging career-highs in goals and assists with five apiece ... An elite circle-to-circle midfielder, she helped the team lead the country in goals per game (3.86) and goals against average (0.50) ... Named to the NFHCA All-America second team, her second career AA selection ... Earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament team ... Selected for the 2024 All-ACC first team ... Secured a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team for the third time ... Awarded CSC Academic All-District honors ... Listed among the honorees for NHFCA D1 National Academic Squad ... Served as one of Carolina’s captains in the 2024 season ... Chosen as the recipient of the Carmen and Michael Hooker Leadership Award.
2023: As a sophomore, started all 21 games in the midfield ... Scored two goals and added four assists ... Earned third-team All-America honors ... Named first-team A-Region and first-team All-ACC ... Earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team ... Her goals came at Saint Joseph's and in the NCAA semifinal game against Virginia ... Assisted on Ryleigh Heck's go-ahead goal in the 58th minute of a 4-3 win at UAlbany
2022: As a freshman, started all 21 games for the NCAA Champions ... Named second-team All-ACC and second-team All-South Region ... Earned spots on the All-ACC Academic Team and the NFHCA National Academic Squad... Selected for the All-ACC Tournament Team as UNC won its 25th title in program history ... Scored three goals and added eight assists for 14 points on the season ... Her first goal as a Tar Heel was against Iowa in the second game of the season and tied the game at 2-2 in the 53rd minute of play, completing Carolina's rally after trailing 2-0 at halftime. (UNC would go on to win in overtime.) ... Also scored in conference matchups with Syracuse and Virginia ... Assisted on Ryleigh Heck's goal in the NCAA Championship game against Northwestern. That score put UNC up 1-0 in the second quarter, and the Tar Heels would go on to win 2-1 ... Registered assists in both of the team's ACC Tournament wins
Before UNC: Graduate of Het Maerlant-Lyceum Den Haag ... Member of the Dutch U21 team ... Also played for the U18 squad ... Represented her country as part of the Dutch National Team at NIL Pro League games in India in April 2022
More on Brüning: Daughter of Patrick Brüning and Marieke van Zanten ... Has one older brother ... Favorite pastimes are hanging out with friends and eating good food together ... Favorite sport other than field hockey is soccer ... Athlete she admires most is Dutch soccer player Frenkie de Jong
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