Friday, October 2
University Park, Pa.
6 pm
Quinnipiac University
at
Penn State
QU Field Hockey Travels To Penn State On Friday, Oct. 2
10/1/2015 12:33:00 PM | Field Hockey
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (3-7) at Penn State Nittany Lions (4-5)
Friday, Oct. 3, 2015 // 6 PM
Field Hockey Complex // University Park, Pa.
All-Time Series vs. Penn State: 0-2
Last Meeting: L, 0-4 (Sept. 7, 2015 // Hamden, Conn.)
The Quinnipiac field hockey team is back in action on Friday, Oct. 3 when it travels to University Park, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State in a non-conference match-up at 6 p.m. at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex. Quinnipiac enters the game at 3-7
overall with wins in two of their last three games while Penn State enters the weekend with a record of 4-5 overall.
The Bobcats' Last Time Out
Quinnipiac is coming off a 4-3 win against Vermont on Sunday, Sept. 27 in Hamden, Conn. Three different Bobcats scored, led by a two-goal outing from Lauren Belskie while Haley Swartz and Angie King both scored for the Bobcats.
All-Time Against Penn State
Quinnipiac and Penn State have faced each other twice all-time, with the Nittany Lions taking both games. Last year, Quinnipiac lost to Penn State, 4-0, in Hamden, Conn. while Penn State won on their home field, 6-1, in 2011.
Scouting The Nittany Lions
King Me
For Whom The Bel(skie) Tolls
They See Me Rollin'
What's Up Next?
Following its tilt at Penn State, Quinnipiac will be home for its next two contests when it hosts Bryant for its MAAC opener on Friday, Oct. 9 and Providence on Sunday, Oct. 11.
Friday, Oct. 3, 2015 // 6 PM
Field Hockey Complex // University Park, Pa.
All-Time Series vs. Penn State: 0-2
Last Meeting: L, 0-4 (Sept. 7, 2015 // Hamden, Conn.)
The Quinnipiac field hockey team is back in action on Friday, Oct. 3 when it travels to University Park, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State in a non-conference match-up at 6 p.m. at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex. Quinnipiac enters the game at 3-7
overall with wins in two of their last three games while Penn State enters the weekend with a record of 4-5 overall.
The Bobcats' Last Time Out
Quinnipiac is coming off a 4-3 win against Vermont on Sunday, Sept. 27 in Hamden, Conn. Three different Bobcats scored, led by a two-goal outing from Lauren Belskie while Haley Swartz and Angie King both scored for the Bobcats.
All-Time Against Penn State
Quinnipiac and Penn State have faced each other twice all-time, with the Nittany Lions taking both games. Last year, Quinnipiac lost to Penn State, 4-0, in Hamden, Conn. while Penn State won on their home field, 6-1, in 2011.
Scouting The Nittany Lions
- Brook Birosik and Aurelia Meijer have both tallied a team-leading nine points to date, while Birosik and Shay Cannon have each scored a team-best four goals to date.
- Meijer currently leads Penn State with three assists to go along with her three goals for the year.
- Jenny Rizzo has logged every minute in goal for Penn State, posting a 4-5 record with a .717 save percentage and a 1.78 goals-against average.
- Penn State opened the year with losses at Old Dominion (2-1) and Virginia (4-3, OT) before back-to-back wins at home against Temple (2-0) and at Bucknell (3-1). After back-to-back losses to California (3-2, OT) and Michigan (3-1), the Nittany Lions knocked off Kent State (2-1) and Michigan State (6-1) before falling to Ohio State (2-1, 2OT) in their last outing.
King Me
- Quinnipiac defensive whiz Angie King sits atop the NCAA Division I Defensive Saves rankings with a national-best 11 to date.
- King's 16 career defensive saves rank second among all active NCAA Division I players, trailing Indiana's Sydney Supica's 17.
- For the month of September, King totaled two goals and an assist as well as an NCAA Division I leading 10 defensive saves.
- Quinnipiac's single-game, single-season and career defensive saves leader, King had a defensive save in seven of eight games for the month including a six-game streak.
- Against Yale in a 2-1 win at home, King scored once and also had two defensive saves.
- Against Maine, she had a program-record three defensive saves.
- She also had a goal and one defensive save against Vermont in a 4-3 win at home.
For Whom The Bel(skie) Tolls
- Sophomore Lauren Belskie joins King among the national defensive saves leaders with three to date, good for sixth among all NCAA Division I field hockey players.
- Belskie's two-goal afternoon against Vermont were a career-high and gave her three in her last two games after she also scored against Hofstra.
They See Me Rollin'
- Quinnipiac mustered just seven goals in its first seven games, but have exploded for nine goals across its last three outings, of which they are 2-1.
- Lauren Belskie (3 goals), Savanna Reilly (2g, 1a), Haley Swartz (2 goals), Meghan McCullough (1g, 1a) and Michelle Federico (2 a) have paced the Bobcats in the stretch.
What's Up Next?
Following its tilt at Penn State, Quinnipiac will be home for its next two contests when it hosts Bryant for its MAAC opener on Friday, Oct. 9 and Providence on Sunday, Oct. 11.
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