Friday, October 2
Hamden, CT
1:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Wagner
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Field Hockey Hosts Wagner for Bobcat Weekend
10/1/2026 3:48:00 PM | Field Hockey
Quinnipiac vs Wagner
Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, CT | QU Field Hockey Stadium
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HAMDEN, CT – A first-place NEC showdown awaits on Friday afternoon as Quinnipiac welcomes Wagner to Hamden for Bobcat Weekend and its Breast Cancer Awareness Game.
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SCOUTING WAGNER
For more information on Quinnipiac Field Hockey, visit gobobcats.com/fh and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_FH.
Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, CT | QU Field Hockey Stadium
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here
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HAMDEN, CT – A first-place NEC showdown awaits on Friday afternoon as Quinnipiac welcomes Wagner to Hamden for Bobcat Weekend and its Breast Cancer Awareness Game.
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SCOUTING WAGNER
- Wagner enters the matchup riding a three-game winning streak after opening the season 0-6.
- The Bobcats earned a 2-1 victory in last season's meeting between the two teams.
- Floortje Leunisse leads the NEC with six goals and 15 points, highlighted by a hat trick against LIU on Sept. 24.
- Mia DiGenova has logged the majority of minutes in goal, posting a 2-2 record with a 2.91 goals-against average, .467 save percentage and two shutouts.Â
- The Bobcats picked up their second NEC win and fourth straight with a 5-1 victory over Rider on Sept. 27.
- Martina Calveira recorded her first career multi-goal game and now has eight points on the season.
- Katie Shanahan scored her first goal of the season and second of her career.
- Ava Bleier netted her fourth goal of the season and has scored in four of her last five games.
- Bleier is tied for second in the NEC in goals, alongside Rozemarijn Van Keulen.
- Charlie Caunter recorded her first collegiate goal.
- Meike van Schoot earned her fifth collegiate victory and fourth straight, finishing with five saves and 56 on the season.
- Rozemarijn Van Keulen extended her point streak to six games following an assist against the Broncs last weekend.
- Van Keulen recorded five points against SHU and Columbia, tallying two goals and an assist.
- The forward posted her first multi-goal game of the season against Columbia and the fourth of her career.
- Van Keulen leads the NEC in points per game with 1.83 and is second with four goals and 11 points.
- The sophomore returns to the Bobcats after recording eight goals and four assists, totaling 20 points in 16 games in her freshman campaign.
- Goalkeeper Meike van Schoot has won four straight games, improving to 5-3 on the season.
- The first-year is ranked 10th nationally in save percentage (0.800), and 14th in saves per game (7.00).
- Van Schoot won her second NEC Defensive Player of the Week honor on Sept 22. She recorded 16 saves on the weekend while allowing just two goals.
- The goalkeeper earned NEC Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week on Sept. 9 after an impressive weekend in goal, recording 23 saves on 29 shots faced against Bucknell and Brown.
- Van Schoot posted a career-high 18 saves against Brown, including six on penalty corners and a crucial penalty stroke save just three minutes into the game.
- In just her fourth collegiate appearance, van Schoot's 18 save performance marked the most saves by a Quinnipiac goalkeeper in a single game since Sept. 4, 2011.
- The Bobcats rejoin the Northeast Conference after previously competing as a full-time member from 1998-2013. During that span, QU won the inaugural NEC Field Hockey Tournament in 1999, including two more NEC tournament titles, and four regular-season championships.
- QU was selected to finish second, behind Wagner, in the coaches' preseason poll with five first-place votes.
- Katie Shanahan returns for her second straight year as captain of the Bobcat squad, with the addition of senior Audrey Everett and junior Jule Hoefer to the leadership group.
- Head Coach Nina Klein and her staff brought in eight newcomers ahead of this season.
- Among the group, there are four joining QU from across the Atlantic, with Senne Fassbender, Julia Lutz, and Meike van Schoot from the Netherlands and Evelyn Henderson from England.
- Kaia Jackson, Mia Khazin, Maddie Lathrop, and Lily Mastrella are each from the Northeast.
- QU's roster is made up of 14 underclassmen among the 24 players.
HEAD COACH NINA KLEIN
- Nina Klein enters her fourth season as the head field hockey coach and second coach in program history, replacing longtime head coach Becca Main.
- A season ago, Klein helped lead the Bobcats to their first 10-win season since 2013.
- Sophomore Francisca Eschoyez was named BIG-EAST co-offensive player of the year, ALL-BIG EAST First Team, and NFHCA Third-Team All-American. In 2024, Eschoyez earned Second Team All-BIG EAST honors.
- In Klein's first season at the helm of the Bobcats, she helped the Bobcats to one of their best finishes in BIG EAST play.
- Klein also helped guide Stella Tegtmeier to the first major BIG EAST award in program history, with Tegtmeier taking home BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year in 2023.
- A selector for USA Field Hockey U16 goalkeepers, Klein returns to Quinnipiac after serving as the assistant field hockey coach at Boston College for the 2022 season.
- Prior to her time at Boston College, Klein joined the Bobcats under Becca Main and was elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2019 season.
- A UConn graduate, Klein served the Huskies as a volunteer assistant for the 2018 season.
For more information on Quinnipiac Field Hockey, visit gobobcats.com/fh and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_FH.
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