Before Bryant: A 2008 graduate of Smith Academy, Czerniak was a four-year letterwinner for the Falcons ... Also participated in softball, basketball and cheerleading ... All-League selection all four years (2005-2008) ... 2007 All-Scholastic Western Mass. selection ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Daughter of Alan and Karen Czerniak, Alexandra Beth Czerniak was born October 9, 1989 in Northampton Mass.

COACHES' CORNER: A speedster up front, Aly has great tools and coupled with the exceptional high school coaching she has received looks to join the ranks of Smith Academy field hockey players who have gone on to great things at the collegiate level.