MANCHESTER, N.H. – The nationally-ranked field hockey program at Saint Anselm College heads to Franklin Pierce University on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. tilt with the Ravens.

No. 8 SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (9-3, 7-2 NE10)
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FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY RAVENS (3-9, 1-7 NE10)
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Saint Anselm, the eighth-ranked team in NCAA Division II, enters play with a 9-3 overall record and a 7-2 mark against Northeast-10 Conference opponents. The Hawks own a modest two-game winning streak and have won five games this season via shutout.

Franklin Pierce owns a 3-9 overall record and a 1-7 mark in NE10 competition. The Ravens have dropped two straight after opening the month of October with a convincing 6-0 victory over Molloy on Sunday, Oct. 3.

PREVIEWING THE HAWKS

• Last time out, Saint Anselm recorded a 2-0 shutout of Mercy (N.Y.) on Saturday. The Hawks have now won via shutout in 25 games dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
• Saint Anselm is ranked second in NCAA Division II in shutouts per game (0.42), fifth in goals-against average (0.99), sixth in scoring margin (1.82), sixth in shot percentage (0.185), seventh in save percentage (0.812) and eighth in goals per game (2.83).
• The Hawks fired 24 shots in the contest and a stout Saint Anselm defense conceded just one opposing shot – backstop Mackenzie McConnell (Concord Township, Maine) was there on the shot attempt, making her lone save of the game in her fifth shutout of the season.
• McConnell leads NCAA Division II with an 0.62 goals-against average and an .878 save percentage.
• With what proved to be the game-winning goal in the game's 33rd minute, senior Carly LaCasse (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) moves into a tie for sixth place all-time on the career points leaderboard for Saint Anselm, scoring 25 goals with eight assists for 58 points (25-8=58). LaCasse is tied with Allia Connolly '18 and her 24 goals and 10 assists (24-10=58).
• Junior Avery Tucker (Westbrook, Maine) netted her second goal of the season in the fourth quarter, adding insurance off another penalty corner chance for the Hawks. Junior Joanna Archambault (Andover, Mass.) injected the penalty corner right to Tucker, who moved slightly to her right and sent a booming blast that eluded the lunging Mercy netminder for the team's second goal of the contest.
• The NCAA Division II runner-up team in 2019, Saint Anselm has sprinted out to a 9-3 record so far this season with an unblemished record at home (6-0). The Hawks own a 56-6 record when playing at Grappone Stadium since the start of the 2015 season.

SCOUTING THE RAVENS

• Last time out, Franklin Pierce posted a 4-0 loss to No. 3-ranked Assumption on Oct. 10. Freshman backstop Addy Araneo made a season-high 15 saves against the Greyhounds, who have steadily increased their national ranking throughout the season.
• The lone senior on the roster, Feline van Doorn has scored eight goals and an assist for 17 points (8-1=17), the team's far-and-away leader on offense. Junior Christine Jarowicz has scored four goals with three assists for 11 points (4-3=11) and Anna Beck has also logged four goals for the Ravens.
• Araneo ranks seventh in the nation by averaging 8.12 saves per game. Her .756 save percentage is the nation's 16th best figure.
• Franklin Pierce competes under second-year Head Coach Marissa Shaw, who took the reins of the program prior to the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 year of competition. In 2019, she served as an Assistant Coach at Stonehill and was previously a graduate assistant coach at NCAA Division III Springfield from 2016-18.

ALL TIME vs. FRANKLIN PIERCE

• Saint Anselm holds the narrow 19-16 edge in the all-time series that dates back to 2001, the inaugural season of varsity field hockey on the Hilltop.
• Wednesday's game against the Ravens will be the 37th all-time meeting between both programs, far and away the most frequent opponent for the Hawks field hockey team in history.
• The Hawks own a 14-game winning streak over Franklin Pierce dating back to Sept. 17, 2013, an overtime win at Grappone Stadium.