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NEC FIELD HOCKEY FACTS & FIGURES NEC FIELD HOCKEY STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S RESULTS WEEK 1 RELEASE • AUG. 28, 2011 Friday, Aug. 26 �� Bryant 1 at Delaware 7 SCHOOL...... NEC PCT. OVR. PCT. STR. HOME AWAY NEU. Sacred Heart 3 at Saint Louis 2 1. Quinnipiac...... 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 W1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Holy Cross 2 at Quinnipiac 6 Rider...... 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 W1 0-0 0-0 1-0 Saint Francis (PA) 0 at Ohio 7 Sacred Heart...... 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 L1 0-0 1-0 0-1 Saturday, Aug. 27 ��Monmouth 0 at Syracuse 4 Bryant...... 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Bryant at Villanova (Postponed) Monmouth...... 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Ball State 3 at Rider 9 Robert Morris...... 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Missouri State 8 at Sacred Heart 4 Siena...... 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 #17 Albany 5 vs. Robert Morris 0 Saint Francis (PA)...... 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 0-0 0-1 0-1 Siena 0 at Maine 8 Richmond 5 at Saint Francis (PA) 0 NEC Co-Player of the Week Sunday, Aug. 28 ��Lehigh at Quinnipiac, PPD Danielle Allan, Quinnipiac Rider at Colgate, PPD Fr., F, 5-1, Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes Villanova vs. Robert Morris, PPD Quinnipiac jumped out to a 3-1 halftime lead in its season-opening victory over Holy Cross, and Allan had a hand UPCOMING SCHEDULE in all three goals. Making for a memorable collegiate debut, the freshman forward logged two first-half tallies and Wednesday, Aug. 31 ��Hofstra at Monmouth assisted on another during the Bobcats’ 6-2 home triumph over the Patriot League member. She assisted on Kaitlyn Thursday, Sept. 1 ��Fairfield at Siena Notarianni’s goal that opened the game’s scoring in the 13th minute and doubled the Bobcats’ lead 15:24 later on her Friday, Sept. 2 ��Sacred Heart at Dartmouth first career tally, which came on a putback. After Holy Cross cut Quinnipiac’s lead in half by getting on the board 3:17 Miami (OH) at Monmouth before halftime, Allan answered back by netting her second goal of the contest with 42 seconds left in the opening half. UC-Davis at Bryant Quinnipiac at Boston College LaSalle at Rider NEC Co-Player of the Week Virginia Egusquiza, Rider Sunday, Sept. 3...... Robert Morris at Central Michigan Sr., M, 5-4, Getxo, Spain Longwood at Sacred Heart Looking everything like the reigning two-time NEC Player of the Year she is, Egusquiza opened her senior season NEC Player of the Week in blistering fashion. The fourth-year Bronc tallied five points on two goals and one assists in a 9-3 thumping of Aug. 29 ��Danielle Allan, QU Ball State. Both of Egusquiza’s goals came during the first half of play as Rider held a 5-1 advantage at the break. Virginia Egusquiza, RID The 5-foot-4 midfielder notched her first goal of the season in the 27th minute, extending Rider’s lead to 4-0 on an NEC Rookie of the Week unassisted tally. One minute and 11 seconds after Ball State finally put itself on the scoreboard to pull within three, Aug. 29 ��Danielle Allan, QU Egusquiza answered back to give the Broncs’ a four-goal edge heading into the locker-room. Her first assist of the season came 4:48 into the second half on Megan Pisani’s goal, which extended the lead to 6-1. Egusquiza led the NEC in scoring during the 2010 season, totaling 44 points in 19 games (11G, 22A). NEC PRESEASON POLL 1. Rider (4) 2. Monmouth (2) NEC Rookie of the Week Danielle Allan, Quinnipiac 3. Quinnipiac (2) Fr., F, 5-1, Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes 4. Bryant Quinnipiac jumped out to a 3-1 halftime lead in its season-opening victory over Holy Cross, and Allan had a hand 5. Saint Francis (PA) in all three goals. Making for a memorable collegiate debut, the freshman forward logged two first-half tallies and 6. Sacred Heart assisted on another during the Bobcats’ 6-2 home triumph over the Patriot League member. She assisted on Kaitlyn 7. Robert Morris Notarianni’s goal that opened the game’s scoring in the 13th minute and doubled the Bobcats’ lead 15:24 later on her 8. Siena first career tally, which came on a putback. After Holy Cross cut Quinnipiac’s lead in half by getting on the board 3:17 First-place votes in parentheses ( ). before halftime, Allan answered back by netting her second goal of the contest with 42 seconds left in the opening half.

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THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG! Playing more than 9,000 miles away from her native New Zealand, Bryant’s Rosie Bird (Hamilton, New Zealand) needed only one minute and 58 seconds to score her first collegiate goal. Bird’s unassisted tally, which was blasted from 10 yards out, gave Bryant a 1-0 lead over Delaware in an eventual road setback on Aug. 26.

NOT ONE, BUT TWO ROOKIES CONTRIBUTE: Three of Quinnipiac’s six goals in the victory over Holy Cross came courtesy of rookies. Co-NEC Player of the Week Danielle Allan (Riverdale, NJ/Pompton Lakes) scored two of the Bobcats’ first three tallies of the 2011 season. SophomoreKacie McCreesh (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) got into the mix later on, providing the Bobcats’ sixth score of the contest. McCreesh is considered a rookie being that she missed her entire freshman season due to injury.

POLLING PLACE: Defending NEC champion Rider topped the league’s preseason coaches’ poll for the second consecutive year, but Garden State rival Monmouth wasn’t far behind. Rider received four first-place votes to finish just ahead of Monmouth, last year’s NEC Tournament runner-up. Quin- nipiac, which pulled in the remaining two first-place nods took third in the summertime survey of the conference’s eight head coaches. The poll has accurately predicted the NEC Tournament champion in each of the past five seasons.

TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES BRYANT BULLDOGS MONMOUTH HAWKS OVERALL RECORD: 0-1, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 0-1 OVERALL RECORD: 0-1, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 0-1 LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: L, 7-1 at Delaware (Aug. 26) LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: L, 4-0 at #5 Syracuse (Aug. 27) THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 2 vs. UC Davis; Sep. 4 at Maine THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Aug. 31 vs. Hofstra; Sep. 2 vs. Miami (OH); Sep. 4 vs. William & Mary

• Freshman • Since has taken over the MU field Rosie Bird (Hamilton, New Zealand) A TOP-4 TEAM Carli Figlio KATZ AWAY scored the team’s lone goal, in unassisted fashion, hockey program, the Hawks have opened their in the Bulldogs’ 2011 season opener at Delaware. The Bulldogs qualified for the NEC Monmouth’s all-NEC goalie Melissa Katz season against an opponent ranked in the NFHCA She fired a team-high three shots on goal during Tournament in their first season of has graduated, but it appears the Hawks Top 20. This year, it was No. 5 Syracuse. The her debut. eligibility a year ago, and the 2011 NEC have found a suitable replacement. Fac- Orange’s fifth ranking is the highest ranked team ing perennial national power Syracuse, - Bryant saw its Saturday game at Villanova Preseason Poll predicts they’ll be back cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. The game was sophomore keeper Teresa Mathews again in 2011. Bryant was tabbed 4th. the Hawks have faced in its 15-year history. (Lumberton, NJ/Rancocas Valley) one of two contests the Bulldogs are slated to play • MU received two defensive saves from senior vs. Big East members. They host Georgetown on made 17 saves in first career start. Melissa Murphy (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Sep. 9. - The Bulldogs used two goalies in their opener. Sophomore Megan Hancock (Skowhegan, Regional) and junior Nicole Manziano (Monroe ME/Skowhegan) got the start before giving way to senior Jennifer Gullotti (Waltham, MA/ Township, NJ/Monroe). Waltham), who made four stops in 42 minutes of action. •The Hawks open up a six-game home stand beginning August 31 when Hofstra visits Jersey - Junior Rachel Blitz (Riverwoods, IL/Deerfield) recorded the only defensive save in the game Shore. RIDER BRONCS QUINNIPIAC BOBCATS OVERALL RECORD: 1-0, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 1-0 OVERALL RECORD: 1-0, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 1-0 LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: W, 9-3 vs. Ball State (Aug. 27-neutral site) LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: W, 6-2 vs. Holy Cross (Aug. 26) THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 2 vs. LaSalle; Sep. 4 at Appalachian State THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 2 at Boston College; Sep. 4 vs. Yale

• Rider tripled up Ball State, 9-3, in its season opener, once • Freshman forward Danielle Allan (Riverdale, The players really got on track and BACK & BETTER THAN BEFORE again displaying the high level of offensive potency that ac- NJ/Pompton Lakes) became the first player in counted for a NEC-best 67 goals over 19 games in 2010. put the ball in the back of the cage. Sophomore Kacie McCreesh (Perkasie, “ Quinnipiac history to score two goals in her first • Senior Virginia Egusquiza (Getxo, Spain), the two-time We had a lot of different players PA/Pennridge) suffered a potentially career game. Allan had a hand in the Bobcats first reigning NEC Player of the Year, looks like she’s ready scoring and that made it very dif- career-ending injury during her fresh- three goals, which ultimately stood up as the dif- to challenge for the NEC’s scoring title once again. The ficult to stop us. man season, but has made a successful 5-foot-4 midfielder, who tallied a league-high 44 points as ference in a 6-2 win, with two goals and an assist. return to the field. In the first game ac- a junior, totaled five points (2G, 1A) in the Broncs’ season- Lori Hussong • Quinnipiac’s six goals against Holy Cross were tion of her collegiate career, the forward opening win. She sits tied atop the league’s scoring leader Rider head coach the most against a non-conference opponent in rattled the. McCreesh’s goal was the board along with Quinnipiac freshman Danielle Allan. program history, and the most in a season-opener Bobcats’ sixth of the day in a 6-2 rout • That’s Efficiency! Rider fired 17 shots in its season opener against Ball State and nine of them found the back of the cage! in the Bobcats’ Division I history. • The Broncs received two impressive offensive performances from former NEC Rookie of the Year award • The Bobcats face a pair of regional rivals this week in New England-based programs Boston recipients. Junior Marlaine Schneider (Feasterville, PA/Neshaminy) notched a goal and two assists and College (Sep. 2) and Yale (Sep. 4). sophomore Sandra Penas (Barcelona, Spain) hit the back of the cage twice.

WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS SACRED HEART PIONEERS OVERALL RECORD: 0-1 NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 0-1 OVERALL RECORD: 1-1, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 1-1 LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: L, 5-0 vs. #17 UAlbany (Aug. 27 - neutral) LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: W, 3-2 at Saint Louis (Aug. 26); L, 8-4 vs. Mizzou St. (Aug. 27) THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 3 vs. Saint Louis (neutral); THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 2 at Dartmouth; Sep. 4 at Central Michigan Sep. 3 vs. Longwood (neutral)

• Freshman goalkeeper • After assisting on the game-winner in a 3-2 triumph over Erin McKenzie (Lismore, FRESH FACES Australia) started in the cage and tallied a three SLU (Aug. 26), junior midfielderKate Boyd (Nottingham, NH/ Eight of the 14 Colonials that saw action saves in 35 minutes of action. Dover) rattled the cage the following day against Missouri • Robert Morris’ scheduled game Sunday at Vil- in the season opener against nationally- State (Aug. 27). lanova was postponed due to Hurricane Irene. A ranked Albany were freshmen, including • Sacred Heart registered 28 shots to Missouri State’s 12, but makeup date has yet to be announced. six that were in the starting lineup. lost the game by an 8-4 count. • RMU will head to Central Michigan for a pair of • The Pioneers are next in action at Dartmouth’s Big Green games next weekend. The Colonials face Saint Classic. They’ll look for their second win of the season when Louis (Sep. 3) and Central Michigan (Sep. 4). they face event host Dartmouth (Sep. 2). One day later, SHU will face Longwood (Sep. 3).

SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH SIENA SAINTS OVERALL RECORD: 0-2, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 0-2 OVERALL RECORD: 0-1, NEC RECORD 0-0, RECORD LAST WEEK: 0-1 LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: L, 7-0 at Ohio (Aug. 26); L, 5-0 vs. Richmond (Aug. 27) LAST WEEK’S OPPONENT: L, 8-0 at Maine (Aug. 27) THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 4 vs. Lehigh THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS: Sep. 1 vs. Fairfield

• Saint Francis dropped a pair of games to open the 2011 • Siena opened 2011 on the road at Maine, falling 8-0 to the Black Bears. season in Athens, Ohio. The Flash fell to event host Ohio • The Saints managed only one shot in the contest. and Richmond. Both opponents received votes in the • Sophomore goalkeeper Beth Meyers (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland), who was fifth in the Kookaburra/NFHCA preseason poll. NEC in saves last year, stopped 14 shots in the losing effort. • Senior Kelsey Gavigan (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May) earned the start in net in both games for the Red Flash and made 15 stops in the opening pair of games for SFPA. • Saint Francis (PA) looks to knock off Lehigh for a second straight season when the Flash open their home schedule against the Patriot League member on Sep. 4.

YEAR-BY-YEAR TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 1998...... No Tournament Contested 1999 ��Quinnipiac 2000 �� Rider 2001 ��Quinnipiac 2002 �� Rider 2003 ��Quinnipiac 2004 �� Rider 2005 �� Sacred Heart 2006 �� Lock Haven 2007 �� Lock Haven 2008 �� Lock Haven 2009 �� Lock Haven 2010 NEC FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPION RIDER BRONCS 2010 �� Rider

2011 NEC FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP The 2011 Northeast Conference Tournament, the winner of which will represent the league in the NCAA Opening Round, is slated for November 4 & 5 and will once again be played at the home facility of the No. 1 seed.

WWW.NORTHEASTCONFERENCE.ORG 2011 NEC FIELD HOCKEY SCHEDULES UPDATED THROUGH AUG. 28, 2011 BRYANT (0-1, 0-0 NEC) MONMOUTH (0-1, 0-0 NEC) QUINNIPIAC (1-0, 0-0 NEC) RIDER (1-0, 0-0 NEC) A 26 at Delaware...... L, 7-1 A 27 at Syracuse...... L, 4-0 A 26 Holy Cross...... W, 6-2 A 27 vs. Ball State...... W, 9-3 A 27 at Villanova...... PPD A 31 Hofstra...... 3:00 pm A 28 Lehigh...... 11:00 am A 28 at Colgate...... 12:00 pm S 2 UC-Davis...... 3:00 pm S 2 Miami (OH)...... 3:00 pm S 2 at Boston College...... 4:00 pm S 2 LaSalle...... 7:00 pm S 4 at Maine...... 3:00 pm S 4 William & Mary...... 12:00 pm S 4 Yale...... 2:00 pm S 4 at Appalachian State...... 11:00 am S 9 Georgetown...... 4:00 pm S 9 Lehigh...... 4:00 pm S 9 at Colgate...... 7:00 pm S 11 at Hofstra...... 1:00 pm S 12 Pacific...... 4:00 pm S 11 Columbia...... 1:00 pm S 11 at Penn State...... 12:00 pm S 17 Radford...... 1:00 pm S 18 at Dartmouth...... 3:00 pm S 17 Vermont...... 12:00 pm S 18 Harvard...... 2:00 pm S 24 Bucknell...... 1:00 pm S 20 at Brown...... TBA S 18 at Rutgers...... 3:00 pm S 21 at Columbia...... 6:30 pm S 25 at Lock Haven...... 1:00 pm S 24 Colgate...... 11:00 am S 21 at Delaware...... 7:00 pm S 25 Maine...... 12:00 pm S 28 at Villanova...... 7:00 pm S 25 at Harvard...... 3:00 pm S 24 vs. Albany...... 1:00 pm O 2 at Lafayette...... 1:00 pm O 2 at Lehigh...... 1:00 pm O 1 LaSalle...... 11:00 am S 25 at Temple...... 3:00 pm O 4 at Brown...... 4:00 pm O 7 at SIENA...... 4:00 pm O 4 at Holy Cross...... 7:00 pm O 2 Georgetown...... 12:00 pm O 7 ROBERT MORRIS...... 3:30 pm O 9 at BRYANT...... 12:00 pm O 7 MONMOUTH...... 7:00 pm O 7 at BRYANT...... 7:00 pm O 9 SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 12:00 pm O 14 SACRED HEART...... 7:00 pm O 9 RIDER...... 12:00 pm O 9 at SIENA...... 1:00 pm O 14 at MONMOUTH...... 4:00 pm O 16 QUINNIPIAC...... 12:00 pm O 14 at ROBERT MORRIS...... TBA O 14 QUINNIPIAC...... 4:00 pm O 16 at RIDER...... 12:00 pm O 21 at MONMOUTH...... 3:00 pm O 16 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 1:00 pm O 16 SACRED HEART...... 12:00 pm O 21 at SIENA...... 3:30 pm O 23 ROBERT MORRIS...... 12:00 pm O 21 SACRED HEART ��7:00 pm O 21 RIDER...... 3:00 pm O 23 BRYANT...... 12:00 pm O 26 Pennsylvania...... 7:00 pm O 23 at QUINNIPIAC...... 12:00 pm O 23 SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 1:00 pm O 28 SACRED HEART...... 3:30 pm O 30 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 1:00 pm O 30 at SIENA...... TBA O 30 at ROBERT MORRIS...... 1:00 pm

ROBERT MORRIS (0-1, 0-0 NEC) SACRED HEART (1-1, 0-0 NEC) SIENA (0-1, 0-0 NEC) SAINT FRANCIS (PA) (0-2, 0-0 NEC) A 27 vs. #17 Albany...... L, 5-0 A 26 at Saint Louis...... W, 3-2 A 27 at Maine...... L, 8-0 A 26 at Ohio...... L, 7-0 A 28 vs. Villanova...... PPD A 27 vs. Missouri State...... L, 8-4 S 1 Fairfield...... 2:00 pm A 27 vs. Richmond...... L, 5-0 S 3 at Central Michigan...... 1:00 pm S 2 at Dartmouth...... 2:00 pm S 7 at Holy Cross...... 7:00 pm S 4 Lehigh...... 1:00 pm S 4 vs. Saint Louis...... 12:00 pm S 3 vs. Longwood...... 2:00 pm S 10 at LaSalle...... 2:00 pm S 7 at Lock Haven...... 6:00 pm S 11 Colgate...... 12:00 pm S 9 vs. Drexel...... 7:00 pm S 14 Colgate...... 4:00 pm S 10 vs. Radford...... 12:00 pm S 13 Lock Haven...... 1:00 pm S 11 at Holy Cross...... 12:00 pm S 16 at Hofstra...... 3:00 pm S 11 at Fairfield...... 12:00 pm S 16 Ohio...... 1:00 pm S 18 at Yale...... 2:00 pm S 18 Davidson...... 1:00 pm S 17 at Colgate...... 1:00 pm S 17 Lindenwood...... 11:00 am S 21 at Fairfield...... 4:00 pm S 21 Albany...... 4:00 pm S 18 at Cornell...... 1:00 pm S 18 Liberty...... 12:00 pm S 23 Lehigh...... 4:00 pm S 24 at Vermont...... 1:00 pm S 24 LaSalle...... 12:00 pm S 24 at Davidson...... 12:00 pm O 1 Lock Haven...... 12:00 pm S 28 at Lehigh...... 4:00 pm S 25 Georgetown...... 1:00 pm S 25 at Appalachian State...... 12:00 pm O 2 LaSalle...... 1:00 pm O 2 Saint Joseph’s...... 1:00 pm S 28 Lock Haven...... 7:00 pm S 30 at Stanford...... 7:00 pm O 7 SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 4:00 pm O 7 RIDER...... 4:00 pm O 2 at Towson...... 12:00 pm O 2 at Pacific...... 3:00 pm O 9 ROBERT MORRIS...... 12:00 pm O 9 MONMOUTH ��1:00 pm O 7 at SACRED HEART...... 4:00 pm O 7 at QUINNIPIAC...... 3:30 pm O 14 at RIDER...... 7:00 pm O 14 at SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 3:00 pm O 9 at QUINNIPIAC...... 12:00 pm O 9 at SACRED HEART...... 12:00 pm O 16 at MONMOUTH...... 12:00 pm O 16 at ROBERT MORRIS...... 12:00 pm O 14 SIENA...... 3:00 pm O 14 BRYANT...... TBA O 21 at BRYANT...... 7:00 pm O 21 QUINNIPIAC...... 3:30 pm O 16 BRYANT...... 1:00 pm O 16 SIENA...... 12:00 pm O 23 SIENA...... 3:00 pm O 23 at SACRED HEART...... 3:00 pm O 21 at ROBERT MORRIS...... 12:00 pm O 21 SAINT FRANCIS (PA)...... 12:00 pm O 28 at QUINNIPIAC...... 3:30 pm O 30 BRYANT ��TBA O 23 at MONMOUTH...... 1:00 pm O 23 at RIDER...... 12:00 pm O 30 RIDER...... 1:00 pm O 30 MONMOUTH...... 1:00 pm