Field Hockey | 10/17/2014 11:47:00 AM
BLOOMSBURG (3-7, 2-6 PSAC) vs. BELLARMINE (6-4, 3-2 ECAC)
Saturday, October 18 - 11:00 a.m.
Steph Pettit Stadium
Online Coverage - Live Stats STORYLINEThe Huskies return home for their first home contest since Oct. 4 when Bellarmine comes to Steph Pettit Stadium on Saturday for an 11 a.m. start.
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clicking here. LAST TIME OUTThe Huskies lost to Kutztown, 2-0, on Tuesday at Kutztown. Bloomsburg outshot the Golden Bears, 17-7, and held a slight edge in penalty corners, 9-8.
HUSKIES STAT LEADERSThe Huskies are led in scoring this season by
Candice Smith (Selinsgrove/Selinsgrove) with nine points coming on three goals and three assists, while
Whitney Kowski (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills Regional) and
Gina Monahan (Newtown Square/Marple Newton) each have four goals for eight points.
Felicia Domenici (Kunkletown/Pleasant Valley) and
Stephanie Halsted (Fairfax Station, VA/South County) have two goals and two assists each for six points. In all 11 players have scored at least one goal for the Huskies. In the cage
Lindsay Cassel (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin) has played in eight games with a goals against average of 1.62 and 32 saves.
LAST MEETING The Huskies and Bellarmine played a year ago in Louisville with the Huskies getting a 4-0 win.
Felicia Domenici (Kunkletown/Pleasant Valley) scored three goals to lead the Bloomsburg attack with
Brittany Mathews (Reedsville/Indian Valley) scoring the Huskies other goal.
The Huskies hold a 4-0 lead in the series. Prior to last year the Huskies and the Knights played in 2006 with Bloomsburg winning 2-1.
SCOUTING BELLARMINEBellarmine, located in Louisville, KY, went 2-0 last week to and extending its winning streak to three. The Knights defeated Newberry, 6-3, last week, before doubling up Centre College, 4-2, on Sunday evening. Kelsey O'Bryan, the back-to-back ECAC Offensive Player of the Week, led the way in the win over the Wolves, recording her first career hat trick, and adding an assist. O'Bryan scored the first goal of the game, and then tallied two in a row in the second half to give the Knights a 5-2 lead. Sophomore Kathryn Schneidtmiller added a goal and a pair of assists as well. On Sunday, it was more of the same for Bellarmine, as O'Bryan and Schneidtmiller once again led the way with each adding a goal and an assist. Tied at two, the Knights scored two late goals less than a minute apart to put away the Colonels. Senior goalkeeper Lara Williams earned both victories, improving to 6-4 on the season and making a combined six saves.
O'Bryan leads the team in scoring with nine goals and six assists for 24 points, while Schneidtmiller is second with six goals and five assists for 17 points. Alexis Van Wallaghen is third with five goals and three assists. In goal Lara Williams has a goals against average of 2.50 with 57 saves.
UP NEXTThe Huskies travel to face Slippery Rock on Oct. 22 at 4:00 p.m.
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