Quinnipiac Closes Out Regular Season at Home Against Stonehill

Quinnipiac vs Stonehill
Friday, Oct. 20, 2026 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | QU Field Hockey Stadium
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HAMDEN, CT – The regular-season finale awaits as Quinnipiac field hockey welcomes NEC opponent Stonehill on Friday afternoon.

CATS KEEP CLIMBING

Quinnipiac enters the weekend with a 10-5 overall record and 6-1 in NEC play.
The Bobcats rank 18th nationally in save percentage (.752), 20th in goals per game (2.67), and 22nd in points per game (7.40).
QU leads the NEC in overall scoring average (3.07) and goals-against average (1.67), and sits third in save percentage (.757).
Ava Bleier leads the team and conference with 11 goals and 25 points, while Rozemarijn van Keulen and Martina Calveira are in second and third with 24 and 23 points.

BLEIER ON FIRE

Ava Bleier leads the Bobcats and NEC with a career-high 11 goals and 25 points.
Bleier scored her first collegiate hat trick against Merrimack on Oct. 18, recording a game-high eight point performance.
The forward earned NEC Offensive Player of the week for the third time this season after recording four goals and three assists against Mercyhurst and Merrimack last weekend.
The senior sits 1st in the NEC and 17th nationally in goals per game (0.733) and 22nd nationally in points per game (1.79).

ROZE TO THE OCCASION

Rozemarijn van Keulen tallied the lone goal against No. 12 Yale, marking a season-high nine goals.
Van Keulen joined Bleier in scoring her first collegiate hat trick against Merrimack on Oct. 18 and recording a game-high seven point performance.
The forward has recorded 24 points over twelve games, including a six-game point streak from Sept. 4-27.
The forward ranks 11th nationally in points per game (2.00) and 21st in goals per game (0.75).
Van Keulen leads the NEC in points per game (1.85), ranks second in goals per game (.692), points (24), tied for second in total goals (9) with teammate Martina Calveira, and third in assists (6) and assists per game (0.462).

MEIKE-ING AN IMPACT

First-year goalkeeper Meike van Schoot has posted a 10-5 record in her debut collegiate season.
Van Schoot ranks 22nd nationally in save percentage (.750).
The rookie kept No. 12 Yale off the scoreboard through the first three quarters, including a crucial penalty stroke save. Van Schoot has now stopped each of the last two penalty stroke attempts she has faced.
Van Schoot earned NEC Rookie of the Week honors on Oct. 13 after helping the Bobcats secure back-to-back wins over LIU and Dartmouth. She came up with a crucial save in overtime against Dartmouth to help seal the victory.
The rookie 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.

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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Players Mentioned

Ava Bleier

Martina Calveira

Francisca Eschoyez

Meike van Schoot

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