Field Hockey Heads South in Search of Second BIG EAST Victory

Friday, September 28

Lynchburg, Va. / Liberty Field Hockey Field

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Liberty

Field Hockey Heads South in Search of Second BIG EAST Victory

9/27/2018 9:02:00 AM | Field Hockey

Bobcats Take on No. 20 Liberty in Conference Showdown

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-5, 1-1 BIG EAST) at
#20 Liberty Flames (7-2, 2-0 BIG EAST)
Friday, September 28, 2018 | 4:00 PM
Liberty Field Hockey Field | Lynchburg, Virginia
All-Time Series vs. Liberty: 1-1 (Won last meeting, 1-0, on 9/19/17)

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HAMDEN, Conn. –The Quinnipiac field hockey team is in search of its second BIG EAST win when they travel south to Lynchburg, Virginia, for a showdown with the No. 20 Liberty Flames Friday night.

Last Time Out
Quinnipiac had a pair of games this past weekend with the Bobcats posting a 1-1 mark. The Bobcats opened up last weekend with a Friday afternoon victory over Georgetown to even their record in BIG EAST play, their first league win of the season. After a day off Saturday, Quinnipiac traveled to Lowell, Massachusetts, to face the UMass Lowell River Hawks where they fell in non-conference play.

Scouting Liberty
The Flames have spent all season ranked in the Top 25 in the nation, checking in this week at No. 20. Liberty comes into the weekend winners of four straight games, including a pair of BIG EAST wins over Villanova and Temple to improve to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in league play. In their last game, the Flames took down the Temple Owls, 8-2, led by Agueda Moroni's two-goal, two assist performance and Charlotte Vaanhold's two goals and one assist off the bench. Agueda has 40 points on the season from 16 goals and eight assists to lead the Liberty offense while Jill Bolton has eight goals. Goalkeeper Allison Schaefer has seen the bulk of the action in the cage, posting a 7-2 record with one shutout, a 1.52 GAA and a .723 save percentage

All-Time Against Liberty
The Bobcats are 1-1 all-time against the Flames as Quinnipiac picked up its first ever win against Liberty last season in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac pulled off an incredible 1-0 win as Lauren Belskie '18 netted the Bobcats lone goal off a penalty corner. Former goalkeeper Livy Golini made four saves in the shutout while Kiera Godusky '18 had a defensive save.

National Leader
Midfielder Ines Ruiz Martinez (Madrid, Spain) recorded three defensive saves this past weekend, including her first two-defensive save game at UMass Lowell, to push her career-high total to five on the year. With five defensive saves, Ruiz Martinez ranks first in the nation. This is not the first time the Bobcats have had a national leader in defensive saves as former Bobcat Angie King '17 totaled 13 defensive saves as a senior and was crowned the statistical champion.

Mak Attack
Makayla Adams (Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania) has been among the best players on the team this season, tallying 10 points with four goals and two assists. Adams is the first Quinnipiac freshman since Danielle Allan '15 in 2011 to record at least 10 points in her first season with the program.

Kilowatts
Playing in her ninth career game, Alyssa Watson (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) buried her first career goal at UMass Lowell Sunday afternoon. Watson became the fifth different player on the team to record her first career goal of the season. Sunday's goal also came as her first career shot on goal.

Picking Up Where She Left Off
Elisa Ruiz Martinez (Madrid, Spain) scored the game-tying goal against Georgetown last Friday for her first tally of the 2018 season. After picking up two assists earlier this season, the Preseason All-BIG EAST selected now has four points in 2018 after a seven-point junior campaign last season.

Mon-Elisa
Elisa van Winkel (Heeze, Netherlands) capped off a dominant performance by the Elisa's as she scored the game-winning goal against the Hoyas for her first career game-winning goal and to tie for the team lead with four on the season. Her nine points rank second on the team, just behind fellow freshman Makayla Adams with 10.

Marisa's Money
Marisa Larkin (Saratoga Springs, New York) picked up her first assist of the 2018 season as she tallied three points for a season straight season. After picking up a goal earlier this season, Larkin has six career points.

Hannah Bobana
Goalkeeper Hannah Teicher picked up her fourth victory of the season and her career, including her first career BIG EAST win, with the Bobcats 2-1 win over Georgetown. Teicher tallied four saves in the game. With two saves against UMass Lowell, Teicher is up to 37 saves on the season and is averaging 4.63 saves per game.