Field Hockey | 10/3/2018 12:02:00 AM

THE DETAILS
#6 Bloomsburg (5-1, 0-0 PSAC) at #8 Kutztown (7-1, 0-0 PSAC)
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Andre Reed Stadium - Kutztown, Pa.
 
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STORYLINE
Bloomsburg, winners of two straight and ranked sixth in the latest Penn Monto/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II poll, heads to eighth-ranked Kutztown on Wednesday night in the conference opener for both teams. The Golden Bears have won six straight after starting the season with a win and a loss in their first two contests.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Bloomsburg leads the all-time series against Kutztown, 55-8-3. However, back on September 19, the Golden Bears knocked off the Huskies, 2-1, at Steph Pettit Stadium in a non-conference contest. Kutztown scored twice in the first half and did not allow a first-half shot to Bloomsburg. Sophomore Cheyenne Ott (Mount Bethel, Pa./Bangor) scored with just under seven minutes left in regulation to pull the Huskies to within one. The Golden Bears outshot the Huskies, 9-4.
 
SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
The Huskies, ranked sixth in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division II poll, went 2-0 last week with victories at Millersville last Tuesday and at home against Slippery Rock on Saturday. Bloomsburg earned a 3-2 victory over the then-#5 Marauders and, in the process, snapped a ten-game losing streak against their conference rivals. Sophomore Emily Alker (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East), senior Erica Krebs (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia), and junior Tesa Hoffman (Freeburg, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) scored for the Huskies in the win while sophomore Hannah Barnard (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) tied a season-high with eight saves. Then, on Saturday, freshman Arden Morgans (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) scored her first collegiate goal midway through the second half and sophomore Dana Sheply (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) stopped six shots in her first start of the season as the Huskies knocked off The Rock, 1-0. Hoffman entered the season with two goals and one assist for five points in her first 38 collegiate games but leads the team in scoring this season with five goals and four assists for 14 points through only six games in 2018. She is tied for the PSAC lead in assists while ranking fifth in points per game (2.33) and tied for fifth in goals. Senior Erica Krebs (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) is also off to a fast start with four goals and two assists for ten points. Krebs is ninth in the league in points per game (1.67). Junior Ali McKay (Dover, Del./Polytech) is third on the team with a goal and three assists for five points. Eight other Huskies have at least one point on the season to help a balanced scoring attack. In goal, Barnard has seen the most action as she is 4-1 with a 1.14 goals against average and an .824 save percentage. She leads the PSAC in save percentage and is tied for the league lead with two shutouts. She also ranks third in goals against average and saves per game (5.60). Sheply made her first start of the season on Saturday and turned aside all six shots she faced.
 
SCOUTING KUTZTOWN
Kutztown, ranked eighth in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division II poll, comes into Wednesday's contest on a six-game winning streak and sports a 7-1 overall record. The Golden Bears' only loss of the year came on September 7, a 2-1 overtime home loss to Franklin Pierce. Kutztown has outscored its opponents, 25-5, and has outshot the opposition, 173-22 which includes a 100-5 margin in the first half. Kyra Wozniak and Rachel Dusman have combined to score 19 of the team's 25 goals and have 43 of the team's 68 points. Dusman leads the team in scoring with nine goals and four assists for 22 points while Wozniak has ten goals and one assist for 21 points. Wozniak is second in the league in goals while Dusman is third. Meanwhile, Dusman is second in points per game (2.75) while Wozniak is fourth (2.63). In goal, Katie Dotterweich has started all eight games and is 7-1 with a 0.60 goals against average and a .556 save percentage. Kerri Hanshaw and Grace Dow have also seen limited action.
 
UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will return to the friendly confines of Steph Pettit Stadium on Sunday, October 7, when it hosts Queens University of Charlotte at 11:00 a.m. The game will serve as Kids' Day as children of all ages are invited to come make signs to support the Huskies before the contest and then have an opportunity to play with and get autographs from Huskies' players concluding the match.

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