Field Hockey All-America Carla Tagliente -- Unplugged
8/23/1999 8:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Aug. 23, 1999
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - University of Maryland field hockey All-America Carla Tagliente took a break from preseason practice to answer questions ranging from her favorite song to what she likes to do during her free time.
Tagliente is a returning All-America first-team selection who helped lead the Terps to the 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference championship and into the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament. She scored a team-leading 17 goals and totaled a team-leading 41 points. In only two years in College Park, she has totaled 36 career goals and is tied for seventh on Maryland's all-time goal scoring list.
The Essentials
Position: Forward/Midfield
Birthday: Jan. 2, 1979
School: Marathon
Hometown: Cortland, N.Y.
Varsity Letters: Two
All-America: First-team (1998), third-team (1997)
Q1. What has been the highlight of your summer, non-hockey, to date?
A1. What summer with no hockey? I have had a great time competing internationally and am looking forward to this season at Maryland.
Q2. What is your favorite movie of all time?
A2. Hoosiers
Q3. What tape is in the cassette player of your car right now?
A3. The Goo Goo Dolls
Q4. What is your favorite television show?
A4. ESPN SportsCenter
Q5. What is your favorite musical group/song?
A5. My favorite musical group is Pearl Jam. My favorite song is James, track #2
Q6. What is the coolest thing about being a member of the Maryland hockey team?
A6. My teammates and the friendships I have been able to develop
Q7. What is your favorite hockey moment?
A7. Winning the ACC Championship in 1998.
Q8. Other than hockey, what do you enjoy?
A8. I enjoy kayaking, squash and vacations.
Q9. What is your greatest sports moment?
A9. Scoring a goal in the 1999 Pan American Tournament against Argentina with three seconds remaining before halftime.
Q10. If you could be any athlete, dead or alive, who would it be?
A10. Any member of the U.S. women's world cup soccer team.
Q11. If you believed in reincarnation, what or who would you want to come back as?
A11. I would like to come back as an athlete in the 3,000 Olympics.
Q12. What is your favorite foreign city?
A12. My favorite foreign city is Adelaide, Australia.
Q13. What is your favorite food?
A13. Anything that my dad makes.
Q14. I can't live without...
A14. I can't live without my computer.
Q15. Have you every experienced and brushes with fame?
A15. I have appeared in Sports Illustrated for Women Magazine.
Q16. What is your favorite place you've traveled to, either in the United States or abroad?
A16. I traveled to Holland and really enjoyed going there.
Q17. When I was young...
A17. I played pee-wee football.
Q18. Most People don't know that...
A18. I've changed my major four times.
Q19. What are your hobbies?
Q19. I enjoying kayaking, playing squash and basketball and traveling.
