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Field Hockey Weekly Release - Week 7
Complete Ivy League Weekly Field Hockey release in pdf format
PRINCETON, N.J. -- After a tough week of
non-conference action in which the Ivies ran up against six top-20
ranked teams, Cornell and Columbia came away with two wins apiece.
Big Red freshman Mallory Bannon scored a goal in
each win as Cornell downed Colgate and Lehigh to improve to 8-3 on
the year. Columbia’s move to 7-4 on the season was partly due
to the goalkeeping of sophomore Christie
O’Hara, who picked up her first shutout of the
season by making three saves in Columbia’s 2-0 win against
Monmouth. She then added two stops in the Lions’ win at
Bucknell.
Elsewhere, Dartmouth split a pair of tough road games, while
Princeton also recorded a 1-1 record against a pair of top-10
ranked opponents. The Big Green came from behind to hand regional
rival New Hampshire its first home loss since last season, while
Princeton rebounded from a 2-1 defeat at fourth-ranked Virginia to
shutout eighth-ranked Louisville for the first time this season,
winning 3-0.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior forward Kelly McHenry (Williamsburg, Va.)
led the Big Green to a 1-1 record last week, as Dartmouth found
itself in stern back-to-back road tests. On Wednesday evening,
McHenry helped the Big Green come from behind to defeat New
Hampshire, 4-3. McHenry, Dartmouth’s stopper on penalty
corners, assisted on Kelly Hood’s opening
goal against the Wildcats. She added a second assist on
Kerry Bracco’s goal, ultimately helping
Dartmouth snap New Hampshire’s seven-game home winning
streak.
Then on Sunday against 13th-ranked Boston University, McHenry
helped the Big Green tie the game at 1-1 when she assisted on
another Hood goal. For the season, McHenry ranks second on the
squad in both assists (13) and shots (34) and her 1.18 assists per
game clip ranks fourth in Div. I. She is the second Dartmouth
player to be named Ivy League Player of the Week this season, as
Hood earned the distinction on Sept. 28.
McHenry’s Weekly
Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts., 0 Shots, 0 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 1-1
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman goalkeeper Christina Maida (Doylestown,
Pa.) led third-ranked Princeton to a 1-1 record last week as the
Tigers split games with a pair of Top-10 ranked opponents. On
Friday, Maida matched a career high with six saves in a 2-1
Princeton loss at fourth-ranked Virginia. She made three saves in
the second half to keep the Tigers within striking distance. After
scoring to make the score 2-1 in the second half, Princeton could
not find the equalizer.
Two days later, Maida recorded two saves to blank eighth-ranked
Louisville at home for her third shutout of the season. She became
the first goalkeeper to shutout the Cardinal since last
season’s BIG EAST title game when Connecticut blanked
Louisville, 2-0. In fact, Louisville had scored at least two goals
in each of its previous 14 games this season.
Maida now carries a 0.69 goals-against average on the season, the
second best mark in Div. I. It is the second time this season Maida
has earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors, having also done
so on Sept. 21.
Maida’s Weekly
Stats
2-2 GP/GS, 140:00 Min., 2 GA, 1.00 GAA, 8 SVS, .800 SV%, 1 Sho,
1-1
HONOR ROLL
Mallory Bannon, Cornell, Fr., F (Hopkinton,
Mass.)
2-2 GP/GS, 2G, 0A, 4 Pts., 5 Shots, 4 SOG, 2 GWG, Team: 2-0
Erica Borgo, Yale, Fr., F (Randolph,
N.J.)
2-2 GP/GS, 2G, 0A, 4 Pts., 3 Shots, 3 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-2
Christie O’Hara, Columbia, So., GK (St.
Louis, Mo.)
2-2 GP/GS, 140:00 Min., 2 GA, 0.50 GAA, 5 SVS, .714 SV%, 1 Sho,
2-0
Annie Matthews, Penn, Sr., ST (St. Louis,
Mo.)
2-2 GP/GS, 1 G, 0 A, 2 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-2
Georgia McGillivray, Harvard, Jr., B (Victoria,
B.C.)
2-2 GP/GS, 1G, 0A, 2 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-2
Leslie Springmeyer, Brown, Jr., F (New Vernon,
N.J.)
3-3 GP/GS, 3 G, 0A, 6 Pts. 11 Shots, 10 SOG, 0 GWG, Team: 0-3
THIS WEEK
After a week hiatus, the Ivies resume League play this weekend,
with each team slated to play its fourth Ivy contest of the season.
On Saturday, Princeton host Brown as it looks to remain the only
unbeaten team in the League, but the Bears enter the contest having
won their last Ivy game. Yale plays at Dartmouth in an important
battle of teams currently tied for second in the League with 2-1
records. Also carrying a 2-1 Ivy record into the weekend, Cornell
travels to Harvard, who will be looking to even its Ivy record at
2-2 with a win.
Then on Sunday, Columbia, also looking to even its League record
at 2-2, travels to Penn, who is in search of its first Ivy win of
the year.
Aside from League play, there will be six other contests involving
Ivy teams. The non-conference slate is highlighted by cross-town
rivals Penn and Drexel meeting on Wednesday and Sunday’s
expected top-10 showdown between Princeton and
Connecticut.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October
12
Massachusetts at Dartmouth -- 3 pm
Wednesday, October
13
Lafayette at Columbia -- 6 pm
Penn at Drexel -- 7 pm
Friday, October
15
Penn at Delaware -- 7 pm
Saturday, October
16
Brown at Princeton* -- Noon
Yale at Dartmouth* -- Noon
Cornell at Harvard* -- 2 pm
Sunday, October
17
Columbia at Penn* -- 1 pm
Princeton at Connecticut -- 2 pm
Yale at Holy Cross -- 2 pm
* - denotes Ivy League contest
