MANCHESTER, N.H. – The nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College field hockey team has two games this week, opening the schedule at Saint Michael's on Wednesday, Oct. 5 and then hosting Southern Connecticut State on Saturday, Oct. 8.

No. 9 SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (2-4, 1-1 NE10)
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SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE PURPLE KNIGHTS (1-6, 1-2 NE10)
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No. 9-ranked Saint Anselm looks to rebound from a tough 1-0 loss at home against Adelphi on Saturday, Oct. 1. The Hawks had won their last two games via shutout entering the contest, but the Panthers scored an overtime game-winner on their lone shot on net of the game.

Saint Michael's carries a 1-6 record into play with one of those losses coming to Saint Anselm in non-league play on Saturday, Sept. 17. In that contest, the Hawks picked up an 8-0 win with junior Maddie Davis (Exeter, N.H.) matching a program record with four assists.

Prior to the team's Wednesday match against Mercy (N.Y.), Southern Connecticut State has posted an overall record of 3-4 and 2-1 in league play. After opening the year with three consecutive losses, the Owls have turned their season around with three wins in their last four matches.

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM

• In the overtime loss to Adelphi, the Hawks overwhelmed the Panthers with 18 of the game's 22 shot attempts, limiting Adelphi to just one shot on goal. However, the visitors converted on that chance as Kaylee Deleva, the reigning NE10 Player of the Year, put home a rebound attempt just 4:33 into overtime to end the game.
• In the game against the Panthers, Hawks netminder Mackenzie McConnell (Concord Township, Maine) saw her (and her team's) shutout streak end at 202:58 with the overtime tally. Saint Anselm does, however, carry an active road shutout streak of 78:30.
• The Hawks have won 31 of the last 35 games played at Grappone Stadium since the start of the 2018 season. Carolyn King-Robitaille, in the midst of her 11th season as Head Coach at Saint Anselm has won 121 games with just 62 losses (.661) in her tenure on the Hilltop.

SCOUTING SAINT MICHAEL'S

• The team secured its lone victory of the season at Franklin Pierce on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The Purple Knights built a 3-1 lead through the game's first 51 minutes and settled for a 3-2 victory against the Ravens.
• Madeleine Biondi, Bridgie Loughlin and Addy Fenton each scored for the Purple Knights versus Franklin Pierce. Loughlin is the team's leader with five points, scoring two goals and an assist for five points (2-1=5).
• Last time out, the Purple Knights fell at No. 9 Assumption by a 1-0 score in Worcester. Riley O'Connor made 10 saves for Saint Michael's and allowed just one goal, a third-period marker. In total, six of the past seven games between Assumption and Saint Michael's were decided by a single goal.

SCOUTING SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE

• Last season, SCSU posted an overall record of 3-14 with a 3-11 mark against NE10 opponents. The three wins came against Franklin Pierce, Mercy (N.Y.) and Molloy.
• Prior to the game against Mercy (N.Y.) on Wednesday, Trinidad Rodriguez Ricchiuti leads the way with four goals and two assists for 10 points (4-2=10) and has fired a team-best 12 shots on goal after transferring from Long Island (NCAA Division I).
• Kaitlyn Parent has seen the vast majority of the time in net for the Owls, recording a 3-3 record to begin this past week with one shutout. She made six saves in a shutout win against American International on Sept. 30.

ALL-TIME vs. SAINT MICHAEL'S, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE

• Saint Michael's owns a 15-13 record against the Hawks in the all-time series that dates back to 2001, the inaugural season of field hockey on the Hilltop.
• Saint Anselm has won each of the last nine meetings between both teams, limiting the Purple Knights to just five goals in that span.
• The very first win for Saint Anselm over a nationally-ranked opponent came against Saint Michael's on Sept. 30, 2004, a 1-0 victory at Duffy Field.
• Saint Anselm possesses a narrow 14-13 edge over the Owls in team history. The Hawks have won seven in a row against SCSU and has outscored the Owls by a 26-0 margin in the past five games dating back to Oct. 22, 2016.