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Field Hockey Weekly Release - Week 5
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- After the second weekend of Ivy League play, which featured two matchups of League unbeatens, fourth-ranked Princeton and Cornell each moved to 2-0 to stay atop the League standings. Princeton downed Yale, 7-0, and Cornell outlasted Columbia in a double overtime thriller, 3-2. Harvard downed Penn, 2-0, and Dartmouth defeated Brown, 4-2, to even their respective League records at 1-1.
In non-conference action, Cornell hung tough with No. 3 Virginia but ultimately fell at home to the Cavaliers, 5-2. Yale rebounded from its loss to Princeton to record a 4-2 victory over Hofstra and Dartmouth recorded its first shutout of the season, a 5-0 triumph over Holy Cross.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior midfielder Kelly Hood (Berlin, N.H.)
racked up the points in two games last weekend, helping Dartmouth
record two victories en route to improving to 6-1 on the year, its
best start to a season since 2001. Hood tallied her second hat
trick of the season on Saturday as the Big Green downed Brown, 4-2,
to even its Ivy record at 1-1. All three of Hood’s goals
versus Brown came off penalty corners. She notched seven shots in
the game.
Then, in a nonconference tilt with Holy Cross on Sunday, Hood
helped Dartmouth to its first shutout of 2010 and added two goals
and two assists in the 5-0 victory. She assisted on the first two
goals of the game and then scored the last two off penalty
corners.
Hood already has 22 points this season and leads the team in shots
on goal with 31. She was the last Dartmouth player to be named Ivy
League Player of the Week, having shared the honor on Nov. 3,
2009.
Hood’s Weekly
Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 5 G, 2 A, 12 Pts., 21 Shots, 11 SOG, 0 GWG, Team:
2-0
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Cornell’s Hannah Balleza (Severna Park,
Md.) was instrumental in helping the Big Red to a 3-2 overtime
victory over conference foe Columbia. The freshman forward got
Cornell on the board in the early going, converting a penalty
stroke to give the Big Red a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute of action.
She later assisted on Catie De Stio’s
game-winner with 2:23 to play in the second overtime period.
Balleza also got the start against No. 3 Virginia and helped the
Big Red keep the game close, as the teams went to halftime tied at
1-1. Her goal and assist versus Columbia helped the Big Red improve
to 2-0 in Ivy League play, marking the third consecutive year
Cornell has begun League play with a 2-0 record. Balleza is the
first player from Cornell to garner Ivy League Rookie of the Week
honors since Sept. 9, 2008 when Melanie Jue earned
the distinction.
Balleza’s Weekly
Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 1G, 1A, 3 Pts., 3 Shots, 3 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 1-1
HONOR ROLL
Catie De Stio, Cornell, Sr., F (Sea Cliff,
N.Y.)
2-2 GP/GS, 3G, 0A, 6 Pts., 7 Shots, 5 SOG, 1 GWG, Team: 1-1
Carly Dickson, Harvard, Jr., M (Victoria, B.C.,
Canada)
2-2 GP/GS, 1G, 1A, 3 Pts., 4 Shots, 1 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 1-1
Julie Garrison, Columbia, Sr., M, (Virginia
Beach, Va.)
1-1 GP/GS, 2 G, 0A, 4 Pts. 3 Shots, 2 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-1
Mia Rosati, Yale, Jr., F (Lower Gwynedd,
Pa.)
2-2 GP/GS, 1G, 2A, 4 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 1-1
Kathleen Sharkey, Princeton, Jr., ST (Moosic,
Pa.)
1-1 GP/GS, 3 G, 0 A, 6 Pts., 9 Shots, 8 SOG, 1 GWG, Team: 1-0
THIS WEEK
Though it is only the third week of Ivy League play, there are
already some important games on the League slate. On Friday,
Princeton takes its 2-0 record to Columbia, who will be looking to
rebound from an overtime defeat last weekend by scoring an upset
win over the Tigers. On Saturday, Harvard plays at rival Brown,
Penn makes the trip North to face Dartmouth and Yale treks to
Cornell to try and halt the Big Red’s two-game League winning
streak.
The non-conference slate begins with two games on Tuesday,
including Fairfield playing at Brown and No. 4 Princeton hosting
No. 2 Maryland in a rematch of one of last season’s NCAA
semifinal matches, in which the Terps edged the Tigers, 7-5. The
Penn Quakers face Lafayette on Wednesday before the League schedule
is played out on Friday and Saturday.
Sunday will also be a busy day for the Ivies as Columbia,
Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth and Harvard all play non-conference
games.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September
28
Fairfield at Brown -- 4 pm
No. 2 Maryland at No. 4 Princeton -- 6 pm
Wednesday, September
29
Penn at Lafayette -- 7 pm
Friday, October
1
Princeton at Columbia* -- 6 pm
Saturday, October
2
Harvard at Brown* -- Noon
Penn at Dartmouth* -- Noon
Yale at Cornell* -- Noon
Sunday, October
3
Columbia at Holy Cross -- Noon
American at Princeton -- 1 pm
St. Francis (Pa.) at Cornell -- 1 pm
Maine at Dartmouth -- 2 pm
Bucknell at Harvard -- 2 pm
* - denotes Ivy League contest
