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PREVIEW: No. 9 field hockey wraps up regular season with three tilts

11/7/2022 2:30:00 PM

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College field hockey team wraps up its regular season with three contests this week, beginning on Monday with a battle for first place in the Northeast-10 Conference.

No. 9 SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (10-5, 9-2 NE10)
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No. 6 ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS (13-3, 10-1 NE10)
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN CHARGERS (8-8, 8-3 NE10 as of 11/07/22)
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SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY OWLS (4-12, 3-9 NE10 as of 11/07/22)
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Saint Anselm, the No. 9-ranked team in NCAA Division II, will host No. 6 Assumption on Monday at 7 p.m. before welcoming the Owls from Southern Connecticut State University in non-league play on Friday at 6 p.m. The Hawks head to New Haven on Saturday for a 1 p.m. NE10 contest.

Assumption carries a 13-3 overall record into play alongside a 10-1 record against NE10 opponents. The Hawks, meanwhile, have a 9-2 mark versus league opponents and first place in the conference will be on the line.

Southern Connecticut State brings a 4-12 (3-9 NE10) record into play on Friday and New Haven, the Saint Anselm opponent for Saturday, is 8-8 as of Monday with an 8-3 record in NE10 play.

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM

  • Saint Anselm matched a program record with 10 goals on Saturday in a shutout victory over Molloy University on Senior Day. The original 10-goal performance was established against New Haven on Oct. 10, 2017.
  • Saint Anselm also set a new team record in point scoring (10-8=28), thanks to eight assists, the second-most in a game in team annals. The Hawks scored all 10 goals in the game's first 27-plus minutes and did not take a shot attempt against Molloy for the remaining 32:23 of game play.
  • Junior Maddie Davis (Exeter, N.H.) posted two goals and an assist for three points (2-1=3), scoring twice for the third consecutive game. In her last five games, she has totaled seven goals and four assists for 18 points (7-4=18) and now has nine assists, falling one short of tying the single-season record for helpers.
  • Senior Maggie Malloy (Canton, Mass.) recorded a goal and an assist in the victory, extending her point-scoring streak to five games. Since Oct. 19 against Southern New Hampshire, Malloy has posted nine goals with four assists for 22 points (9-4=22) and ranks second all-time with 34 points (14-6=34) in a single season.
  • Sophomore Amanda Lewandowski (Franklin, Mass.) had a hand in her team's first three goals, helping the Hawks to a 3-0 lead through the game's first 6:21. She scored what proved to be the game-winning goal just 2:05 in and added assists on the next two strikes, giving her eight points (2-4=8) in her last four contests.
  • The Hawks enter the week with 16 shutouts in the team's last 24 victories dating back to last season. Since the start of the 2019 season, the Hawks have posted 36 shutouts, including 20 in 2019 to set the NCAA Division II record.
  • When playing at home in the friendly confines of Grappone Stadium, Saint Anselm has produced a 65-10 (.867) record since the start of the 2015 campaign. Since the 2018 season, the Hawks have lost just six out of their 42 games played at home and only four of those defeats have come in regulation time.

SCOUTING ASSUMPTION

  • Last time out, the Greyhounds picked up a convincing 5-0 victory over Mercy (N.Y.). Lily Daly scored twice for Assumption, who led by a 3-0 margin at the break and added two more goals in the second half to conclude the contest.
  • Assumption ranks fifth in NCAA Division II in winning percentage (.812) and shutouts per game (0.44), trailing only Saint Anselm (0.47) in the latter category. The Greyhounds are 11th in the country with 1.81 assists per game.
  • Mia Salah is ninth in NCAA Division II as an individual with 0.47 assists per game, producing seven goals with as many assists for 21 points (7-7=21). Christina Leonard leads the Hounds with 10 goals and an assist for 21 points (10-1=21).
  • Kylie Gargiulo has played all but 21:40 in net for the Greyhounds, posting a .750 save percentage and a 1.56 goals-against average.
  • Last season, Assumption posted a 20-2 record alongside a perfect 14-0 record in NE10 play. The Greyhounds fell to West Chester by a 3-0 score in the NCAA Division II Semifinals – both of the team's 2021 losses were at the expense of the Rams.

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.
  • Earlier this season, Malloy posted a hat trick to help the Hawks to a 5-0 victory over the Owls. Malloy scored the first, third and fifth goals for the Hawks, recording the first hat trick for Saint Anselm since Hannah Friend '20 scored three times against Mercy (N.Y.) on Oct. 23, 2019.
  • Trinidad Rodriguez Ricchiuti leads the way with nine goals and three assists for 21 points (9-3=21) and has fired a team-best 24 shots on goal after transferring from Long Island (NCAA Division I). She has each of her team's last three goals across the prior four games.
  • Kaitlyn Parent has seen the vast majority of the time in net for the Owls, recording a 4-11 record to begin this past week with two shutouts. She made six saves in a shutout win against American International on Sept. 30.
  • The Owls are seventh nationally in defensive saves as Grace Conselyea has four this season and Tori Geaglone has three.

SCOUTING NEW HAVEN

  • Entering the week, Sophie Schreck leads the Chargers with eight goals and five assists for 21 points (8-5=21). She is tied for the team lead in game-winning goals with Taylor Geaglone, the sister of Southern Connecticut State's Tori Geaglone.
  • Last time out, New Haven fell at Bentley by a 1-0 margin in the penalty shootout. Only Geaglone scored in the shootout for the Chargers as the Falcons owned a 16-12 edge in shots taken.
  • Keira Integlia began the week with a 2.33 goals-against average, ranking seventh in the NE10, and her 7.93 saves per game stands as the nation's fifth-best mark.
  • The Chargers are led by Kelsi Lykens, who was named the first coach in team history in 2017. New Haven is in just its fifth full season of competition and has steadily improved – posting its first .500 record in team history last season (10-10), the Chargers began this week with an 8-8 record.

ALL-TIME vs. ASSUMPTION, SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE, NEW HAVEN

  • The Hawks and Greyhounds are tied in the all-time series with 16 wins apiece. Saint Anselm lost the first seven games in the all-time series and later added a six-game winning streak over the Greyhounds that spanned from Sept. 8, 2016 through Nov. 16, 2018.
  • Each of the last three games in the all-time series with Assumption were decided by 1-0 final scores, two of them won by the Greyhounds. Each of the game-winning goals was scored in the fourth quarter or in overtime.
  • Saint Anselm possesses a narrow 15-13 edge over the Owls in team history. The Hawks have won eight in a row against SCSU and has outscored the Owls by a 31-0 margin in the past six games dating back to Oct. 22, 2016.
  • Saint Anselm is 5-0 against New Haven in the all-time series, outscoring the Chargers by a combined 28-1 margin. Last season, the teams played twice, once on the road in West Haven, Conn. before returning to the Hilltop for the season finale, a 2-0 win.
  • Against the Chargers on Sept. 5, 2021, then-freshman Sidney Falterer (Fairfield, Conn.) won her debut in a Hawks uniform, finishing with eight saves on nine shots. With an eight-save debut, Falterer posted the most saves by a Hawks goalkeeper in her collegiate debut since Katherine Sears '17 halted eight shots against American Int'l on Oct. 5, 2013.
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