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2012 DEPAUW FIELD HOCKEY NOTES Game 23: DePauw Tigers (21-1) vs. Tufts Jumbos (17-2) Saturday, November 17 • McCooey Field • William Smith College • Geneva, N.Y. • 11 a.m. After Sunday’s 2-1 overtime win over top- Margaret Ellis paces DePauw with 27 goals DEPAUW QUICK FACTS ranked, top-seed and undefeated Middlebury and is second with 10 assists for a team-best 64 Location ............................... Greencastle, Indiana Enrollment ...................................................2,336 in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey third points. Ellis has delivered a team-high seven Founded.........................................................1837 round, DePauw has advanced to the national game winners. Nickname ....................................................Tigers semifinals for the first time in school history. Bridgette Shamleffer is next with 16 goals Colors ................................... Old Gold and Black The Tigers (21-1) square off with 10th- and 36 points, while Paige Henry follows with Field ............................................Blackstock West ranked Tufts University (17-2) in the first semi- 13 goals and 35 total points along with six game Surface ..........................................................Grass Affiliation ..............................NCAA Division III final game at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 17, winners including the one against Middlebury. Conference .......North Coast Athletic Conference on McCooey Field at William Smith College in Maggie Campbell leads with 11 assists. Maggie President .................................Dr. Brian W. Casey Geneva, N.Y. Steele has played every minute in goal and leads Director of Athletics ............ Stevie Baker-Watson Saturday’s 2 p.m. semifinal contest pits third- the country in goals against average (0.54) and Head Field Hockey Coach ..... Gina Preston Wills ranked and third-seeded Mary Washington (20- shutouts (15) and is coming of a career-best 13 Alma Mater .................................... Centre ’04 1) against second-ranked and second-seeded saves in the win over Middlebury. Overall/Career Record ............88-31 (6 years) Assistant Coach .............................. Molly McCue Montclair State (21-1). Tufts earned one of seven at-large berths The winners face off in Saturday’s 1 p.m. into the Championship after falling to Bowdoin, championship match. 4-1, in the New England Small College Athletic DEPAUW RADIO WGRE (91.5 FM), the DePauw campus station, DePauw earned a spot in the 24-team field Conference semifinals. will broadcast the game live to West Central Indi- by winning the North Coast Athletic Confer- The Jumbos opened NCAA play with an 8-0 ana and online at: <www.wgre.org>. Ryan Foutty ence Tournament with a 2-0 win over Denison home win ovver Castleton. Tufts then topped and Michael Appelgate will call the action from on November 3. The Tigers earned a first-round host and fourth-seeded William Smith in the the press box. iPhone and iPad users can also listen bye and then topped Utica by a 3-2 score in one second round by a 4-2 score before avenging the to the game live by downloading the DePauw University App. overtime in the second round before the win previous loss to Bowdoin and earning a spot in over Middlebury. the semifinals with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory. VIDEO DePauw leads the nation with a 0.54 goals Chelsea Yogerst leads Tufts with 13 goals, NCAA.com will provide the live video stream. against average including a Division III leading while Kelsey Perkins follows with 10. Rachel Saturday’s link is: < http://www.ncaa.com/cham- 15 shutouts. The Tigers also lead the country Gerhardt is the team leader with seven assists. pionship/liveplayer/player?gameId=220901&date with a 3.2 scoring margin. Brianna Keenan ranks ninth in the nation with =2012/11/17 > a 1.04 goals against average. LIVE STATS Live stats of Saturday’s game are available at: <http:// www.ncaa.com/game/fieldhockey/d3/2012/11/17/ tufts-depauw> SERIES RECORDS DePauw has not faced any of the other semifinalists. 2012 DEPAUW RESULTS Sept. 1 !vs. Bridgewater ...................................W, 5-3 Sept. 2 !at #7 Lynchburg ..................................L, 2-3 Sept. 5 *WITTENBERG .......................... W, 6-0 Sept. 8 vs. Rhodes ...........................................W, 4-1 Sept.15 *at Oberlin ..........................................W, 9-0 COMPARING THE TEAMS (2012 NCAA rank; only top 50 ranked) Sept. 16 *at Wooster ..........................................W, 1-0 Category DEPAUW TUFTS MWC MONTCLAIR Sept. 20 *EARLHAM ................................. W, 9-0 Goals/Game 3.77 (13) 2.74 (t50) 4.24 (2) 3.50 (t20) Sept. 22 *at Denison ...............................(1 ot) W, 1-0 Goals Against Average 0.54 (1) 1.24 (12) 1.17 (9) 0.63 (2) Sept. 23 *OHIO WESLEYAN .................... W, 2-0 Scoring Margin 3.17 (2) 1.45 (27) 3.00 (4) 2.86 (7) Sept. 29 *at Kenyon ...........................................W, 5-1 Shutouts/Game 0.68 (1) 0.37 (t12) 0.29 (t25) 0.50 (t3) Oct. 3 *at Wittenberg.....................................W, 6-0 Winning Percentage .955 (t1) .895 (t6) .952 (3) .955 (t1) Oct. 6 *at Ohio Wesleyan ...............................W, 2-0 Assists/Game 2.05 (31) 1.74 (50) 2.14 (26) 2.41 (14) Oct. 11 vs. Transylvania....................................W, 5-0 Saves/Game 1.59 (NR) 3.42 (NR) 5.29 (NR) 4.27 (NR) Oct. 13 *OBERLIN ................................... W, 5-0 Points/Game 9.59 (19) 7.21 (NR) 10.62 (9) 9.41 (20) Oct. 14 *WOOSTER ................................. W, 2-0 Save Percentage .745 (NR) .730 (NR) .815 (12) .870 (1) Oct. 17 *at Earlham .........................................W, 5-0 Penalty Corners/Game 12.5 (11) 11.53 (25) 12.48 (12) 11.36 (30) Oct. 20 *DENISON ................................... W, 1-0 Defensive Saves 0 (NR) 4 (NR) 11 (t43) 6 (NR) Oct. 27 *KENYON .................................... W, 4-1 Nov. 1 @OHIO WESLEYAN ................... W, 3-0 Nov. 3 @DENISON ................................. W, 2-0 2012 Record 21-1 17-2 20-1 21-1 Nov. 10 #vs. Utica ...................................(1 ot) W, 3-2 2012 NCAA Record 2-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 Nov.11 #at #1 Middlebury ....................(1 ot) W, 2-1 Current Win Streak 20 3 9 19 Reg. Season Record vs. NCAA Field 0-1 2-2 1-1 5-0 *North Coast Athletic Conference game NCAA Appearances 3rd 7th 9th 4th !ODAC Challenge; Lynchburg, Va. Consecutive NCAA Appearance 1 1 1 2 @NCAC Tournament NCAA Semifinal Appearances 1st 3rd 2nd 1st #NCAA Second/Third Round; Middlebury, Vt. All-Time NCAA Record 2-2 9-6 6-8 5-3 Final NFHCA Ranking NR 10 3 2 1 —— depauw.edu/athletics • @DePauwAthletics • @DePauwFH • #TeamDePauw • facebook.com/DePauwAthletics —— 1 TIGER TEAM NOTES DePauw Career Leaders DePauw Single-Season Leaders DePauw has not been shut out this season mark- ing the fourth time in school history it’s happened Points Points (1972, 1999, 2008) … three of DePauw’s four 1. 172 Margaret Ellis (75g 22a) 2010-12 1. 66 Heidi Shays (32g 2a) 1988 all-time NCAA games have been decided in overtime … the Tigers’ lone loss came to then 2. 156 Colleen Konicek (71g 14a) 1984-87 2. 64 Margaret Ellis (27g 10a) 2012 seventh-ranked Lynchburg in the second game 3. 146 Heidi Shays (64g 18a) 1987-90 3. 57 Margaret Ellis (24g 9a) 2011 of the season and DePauw has won 20 straight 4. 139 Kathy Hesse (64g 11a) 1987-90 4. 54 Colleen Konicek (23g 8a) 1987 since … DePauw’s 83 goals this season are tied 5. 112 Lisa Goecke (51g 10a) 1997-00 5. 52 Colleen Konicek (24g 4a) 1986 for second in school history with that of the 1987 6. 100 Heather Coley (44g 12a) 1991-94 6. 51 Margaret Ellis (24g 3a) 2010 team, while the 1988 squad holds the record with 100 Kirsten Crawford (41g 18a) 1989-92 51 Kathy Hesse (24g 3a) 1990 91 … the Tigers’ 45 assists rank second in school 8. 99 Bridgette Shamleffer (39g 21a) 2009-12 8. 49 Meg Svoboda (23g 3a) 1987 history behind the 54 in 1999 … DePauw’s 15 99 Cara Duckworth (37g 25a) 1998-01 9. 43 Heidi Shays (18g 7a) 1989 shutouts this year matches the school record 10. 97 Cindy Davis (35g 27a) 1998-01 10. 42 Kathy Hesse (19g 4a) 1988 previously set in 1999 … the Tigers’ 0.54 goals against average is second only to the 1999 team’s Goals Goals 0.44 mark … DePauw’s 62 wins in the last four years equals the third-most wins by a DePauw 1. 75 Margaret Ellis 2010-12 1. 32 Heidi Shays 1988 senior class, while the .765 winning percentage 2. 71 Colleen Konicek 1984-87 2. 27 Margaret Ellis 2012 (62-19) is fourth … the Tigers’ 21 wins broke 3. 64 Heidi Shays 1987-90 3. 24 Colleen Konicek 1986 the previous single-season record of 17 set in 64 Kathy Hesse 1987-90 24 Kathy Hesse 1990 1987 and 1999. 5. 51 Lisa Goecke 1997-00 24 Margaret Ellis 2010 6. 44 Heather Coley 1991-94 24 Margaret Ellis 2011 DePauw’s NCAA Appearances 7. 41 Kirsten Crawford 1989-92 7. 23 Colleen Konicek 1987 Date Opponent (Round) Result 8. 39 Bridgette Shamleffer 2009-12 23 Meg Svoboda 1987 11/2/90 at Bloomsburg (1) L, 1-8 9. 37 Cara Duckworth 1998-01 9. 19 Kathy Hesse 1988 11/6/99 vs. Rowan at Springfield (2) L, 1-2 (1ot) 37 Meg Svoboda 1984-87 19 Colleen Konicek 1985 11/10/12 vs. Utica at Middlebury (2) W, 3-2 (1ot) 11/11/12 at Middlebury (3) W, 2-1 (1ot) Assists Assists 72, 99, 2008 never shut out 1. 34 Kim Edgar 1983-86 1. 17 Kim Edgar 1985 2. 27 Cindy Davis 1998-01 2. 16 Kim Edgar 1986 3. 25 Cara Duckworth 1998-01 3. 11 Leslie Davidson 1989 4. 24 Ali Rafferty 1994,96-97 11 Maggie Campbell 2012 5.