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Bloomsburg Season Stats | Mansfield Season Stats
THE DETAILS
Teams - No. 7 Bloomsburg (2-3) vs. Mansfield (3-2)
When - Saturday, 11 a.m.
Where - Sports Stadium
Online Coverage - Live Stats
STORYLINE
This Saturday the Bloomsburg University Huskies face the Mansfield University Mountaineers at 12 noon in Sports Stadium. The Huskies record is currently 2-3 while the Mountaineers hold a 3-2 record. The Huskies have owned the all-time series between schools, having won 34 of the last 37 games against Mansfield.
LAST TIME OUT
(Box Score) On Wednesday, Sept. 18 the Huskies fell to Slippery Rock, 3-2. In the first half of the contest, The Rock's Lauren Geiser started off the scoring, but the Huskies came back with a goal scored by Felicia Domenici (Kunkletown/Pleasant Valley) less than five minutes later. In the second half The Rock came back with a pair of goals scored by Courtney Bradshaw and Gina Smarrelli. Bloomsburg's Brittany Mathews (Reedsville/Indian Valley) ended the scoring of the contest unassisted. Goalkeeper Megan Eppley (Camp Hill/Camp Hill) made five saves in goal for the Huskies.
SCOUTING MANSFIELD
The Mountaineers won in their last time out, upsetting IUP 2-1 in overtime. Senior forward Taryn Schawillie leads the team with eight out of the Mountaineers' 14 goals. Goalkeeper Kristie Rollman has made a whopping 75 saves through five games, playing 313 out of the team's 354 total minutes so far this fall.
LAST MEETING
(Box Score) Bloomsburg will seek revenge after Mansfield came away victorious, 4-2, on Sept. 29, 2012 in Mansfield. The Mountaineers took a 2-0 lead at halftime and never looked back, ultimately taking a 4-0 lead before Brooke Simonovich (East Stroudsburg/Stroudsburg) and Brittany Mathews (Reedsville/Indian Valley) scored second half goals for the Huskies.
EPPLEY IN GOAL
Huskies goalkeeper Megan Eppley (Camp Hill/Camp Hill) now has 21 of 22 saves for the Huskies this year. Her career saves now add up to 123 in her four years of playing for the Huskies.
HUSKIES RANKED 7TH IN COACHES POLL
The Huskies were ranked No. 7 in the NFHCA Division II Coaches Poll this past week. During preseason Bloomsburg was ranked No. 3 in the Coaches Poll.
ROONGO'S REWARDS
Attend Saturday's field hockey game and earn 10 points toward Roongo's Rewards! Simply scan the QR code in the game program to receive credit.
UP NEXT
The Huskies will travel to Kutztown on Tuesday, Sept. 24 to take on the Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. in the final game of the season against a PSAC opponent that will not count toward conference standings. Conference games begin on Sept. 28 when the Huskies take on Shippensburg. Games against PSAC teams prior to Sept. 28 do not count toward conference standings this season.
