QU Field Hockey To Face Rider, Monmouth This Weekend

Friday, October 23

Lawrenceville, N.J.

4:30 pm

Quinnipiac University

Rider

QU Field Hockey To Face Rider, Monmouth This Weekend

10/22/2015 11:51:00 AM | Field Hockey

By: QU Sports Information

Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-9, 3-0 MAAC) at Rider University Broncs (9-5, 1-1 MAAC)
Date: Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Ben Cohen Field//Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-9, 3-0 MAAC) at Monmouth University Hawks (5-9, 2-0 MAAC)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015
Time: 1 PM
Location: "So Sweet a Cat" Field//West Long Branch, New Jersey

The Quinnipiac University field hockey team will resume Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play this weekend when the Bobcats (5-9, 3-0 MAAC) travel to Lawrenceville, New Jersey on Friday, Oct. 23 to take on Rider University (9-5, 1-1 MAAC) at 4:30 p.m. before heading to West Long Branch, New Jersey on Sunday, Oct. 25 to face Monmouth University (5-9, 2-0 MAAC).

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Bobcat fans will be able to watch all the action live on Friday at Rider on BroncVision. Live stats are available for Quinnipiac's tilt at Monmouth.
Big Weekend For The Bobcats

Quinnipiac improved to 3-0 in the MAAC after defeating Sacred Heart in overtime, 3-2, on Friday, Oct. 16 before downing Siena, 4-2, on Sunday, Oct. 17.
Entering this weekend, Quinnipiac (3-0) and Monmouth (2-0) are the only two teams in the six-team MAAC without a conference loss to date. Monmouth faces Sacred Heart at home on Friday.
Quinnipiac is 3-0 in conference play for the first since the 2005 season.

All-Time Against Rider

Quinnipiac and Rider have faced each other 29 times with the Broncs holding an 18-11 advantage in the all-time series.
Quinnipiac opened the all-time series with a loss in Lawrenceville in 1997 and then went on to win eight of the next 12 meetings between the two teams. Since then, Rider is 12-3 in their last 15 meetings.
Seven of their 28 games have gone to overtime, with Quinnipiac winning two.
In New Jersey, Quinnipiac is 3-12 all-time at Rider.

The Last Time They Played

Rider won last year's match-up, on a goal by Melyssa Alonso in overtime.
Danielle Allan gave Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead midway through the second half before Dezarae Fillmyer tied it with five minutes to play.

Scouting The Rider Broncs

Rider enters the weekend with a record of 9-5 overall and 1-1 in the MAAC.
In their last time out, the Broncs lost to Monmouth, 4-3, highlighted by a two-goal performance by Allison Baligian and a one-goal, one-assist showing from Jessica Randazzo.
Baligian leads a Rider offense that has scored 44 goals in 14 games this year with 12 goals of her own to go along with one assist for a team-leading 25 points.
Carlie Spaeder has tallied nine goals and six assists to give the Rider line-up a pair of 20-point scorers with Spaeder's 24 points.
Joelle Prettyman enters the weekend with a record of 7-3 with a .646 save percentage and a 1.98 goals-against average.

All-Time Against Monmouth

Quinnipiac holds the advantage in the all-time series against Monmouth with a record of 17-9 in 26 outings.
Quinnipiac won 16 of the first 20 games against the Hawks, while Monmouth has won five of the last six.
Quinnipiac's last win against Monmouth was a 4-2 decision in West Long Branch on Oct. 27, 2013.
Quinnipiac is 9-4 all-time in 13 games on the Hawks' home playing field.

The Last Time They Played

Monmouth's tandem of Trish O'Dwyer (two goals) and Amanda Schoenfeld (two goals, two assists) led the Hawks to a 4-3 overtime win against the Bobcats. O'Dwyer scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in the shocker in Hamden.
Danielle Allan had a goal and an assist for Quinnipiac while Gemma Cirera and Lea Dietrichs also scored for the Bobcats.

Scouting The Monmouth Hawks

Monmouth enters the weekend with a record of 5-9 overall including a 2-0 record in MAAC play.
The Hawks spelled a four-game losing streak with back-to-back wins against Fairfield – 2-1 on Oct. 10 – and Rider – 4-3 on Oct. 18.
Cori Allen leads the Hawks in goals (8) and points (18) while Teresa Warner's seven goals and two assists for 16 points give the Hawks a pair of players averaging better-than a point per game.
In goal, Christian Piersanti is 5-9 with a .649 save percentage and a 2.78 goals against average.

Player Notes
Angie King

Angie King currently leads NCAA Division I field hockey with 12 defensive saves to date.
King's 12 defensive saves are more than all but two other NCAA Division I teams (Towson, 14; Indiana, 13); Quinnipiac leads the nation with 20.
King has scored a career-best four goals this season – good for second in the Bobcats' line-up. Her nine points rank fifth at Quinnipiac.

Meghan McCullough

In a 2-0 week, Meghan McCullough posted back-to-back two-assist outings in wins against Sacred Heart and Siena.
In her last four games, McCullough has piled-on a goal and seven assists in leading the Bobcats to a 3-1 mark.
For the year, McCullough leads Quinnipiac in assists (10) and points (16), while her assist total is also a conference-best.

Felicia Costanzo

With a two-goal performance against Siena, Felicia Costanzo rocketed to the top of the Bobcats scoring chart and is now tied with Savanna Reilly with a team-leading five goals to date.
Costanzo scored the Bobcats first goal of the season in a 2-1 loss at UMass Lowell on Aug. 28 and then went scoreless over her next 10 games through Oct. 2; In her last four games, she has scored four times.

Savanna Reilly

Savanna Reilly enters the weekend with a team-high five goals to date.
Reilly scored her first goal of the year in a 2-1 win at home against Yale before scoring in back-to-back games against Holy Cross and Hofstra.
Reilly has scored twice in the last three games – a 3-2 loss to Providence and a 4-2 win against Siena.

Lily Shemo

Lily Shemo heads into Friday night's game against Rider with three goals and three assists to date.
Shemo went scoreless through the first seven games of the season but has totaled three goals and three assists in the Bobcats' last seven games.
Shemo's scored twice in the Bobcats' come-from-behind win against Sacred Heart including the game-winner in overtime.

Lauren Belski

Lauren Belskie currently ranks fifth nationally five defensive saves.
Belskie has also scored a career-high three goals this year, including a two-goal game in a 4-3 victory against Vermont.

Dayna Barlow

Dayna Barlow checks-in with two goals and three assists for seven points to date.
Barlow has come on with force lately, shrugging off a season-opening 10-game scoreless streak and has now registered a point in four of the Bobcats' last five games.