Field Hockey | 9/28/2018 3:04:00 PM

THE DETAILS
#8 Bloomsburg (4-1, 0-0 PSAC) vs Slippery Rock (5-2, 0-0 PSAC)
Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 5:00 p.m.
Steph Pettit Stadium - Bloomsburg, Pa.
 
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RELATED LINKS
Bloomsburg - Schedule | Roster | Statistics
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STORYLINE
Bloomsburg hosts Slippery Rock on Saturday evening in a non-conference matchup at Steph Pettit Stadium. The Huskies enter the contest with a 4-1 overall record and ranked eighth in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division II poll while Slippery Rock comes in with a 5-2 mark on the season.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
The teams have played 47 previous times in the all-time series with Bloomsburg winning 45 of those 47 contests. Last season, the Huskies needed overtime to take care of The Rock, 3-2, at Steph Pettit Stadium. Ali McKay (Dover, Del./Polytech) scored early before Slippery Rock answered with a pair of goals to take a 2-1 lead. Alyssa Broadt (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) scored her first career goal with just 3:48 left in regulation and MacKenna Mahan (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) won it less than a minute into the extra session. Brittany Morgan and Hannah Downing scored for The Rock in the loss.
 
SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
Bloomsburg, eighth in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division II Coaches Poll, enters the contest with a 4-1 overall record and is coming off of a 3-2 victory at #5 Millersville on Tuesday night which snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Marauders. 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 eight saves. 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 three assists for 13 points through only five games in 2018. She is third in the conference in points per game (2.60), is tied for fourth in the league in goals (5), and is tied for sixth in the PSAC in assists (3). Krebs is also off to a hot start with four goals and two assists for ten points. Krebs is tied for seventh in the conference in both goals (4) and points per game (2.00). Six other Huskies have scored goals this season - junior Ali McKay (Dover, Del./Polytech), freshman Madilyn McKay (Dover, Del./Polytech), freshman Kristen Robinson (Annville, Pa./Palmyra Area), sophomore Cheyenne Ott (Mount Bethel, Pa./Bangor), sophomore Alyssa Broadt (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg), and Alker. The elder McKay is tied with Hoffman for the team lead in assists with three while junior Willow Perkins (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) has chipped in with a pair of helpers. Barnard has played every minute in goal and 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 in shutouts with two. She also ranks second in saves per game (5.60) and third in goals against average.
 
SCOUTING SLIPPERY ROCK
The Rock is 5-2 overall on the season and is coming off of a 3-2 victory over Mercyhurst on Tuesday night. The Lakers held a 2-1 lead with less than ten minutes left but Abby McKay scored to tie it and then Liz Wolfe scored on a penalty corner after the final horn had sounded to finish off the come-from-behind win. Kayla Ulrich leads Slippery Rock in scoring with four goals and two assists for ten points. She is tied for seventh in the league in goals. McKay has three goals and one assist for seven points while a trio of players - Jessie Trube (three goals), Lauren Marks (two goals, two assists), and Courtney Page (two goals, two assists) - have six points apiece. Liz Wolfe is tied for second in the league with two defensive saves. Maddie Murphy has played all but 51 minutes in goals and is 5-2 with a 1.59 goals against average and a .762 save percentage. She ranks in the top ten in goals against average, save percentage, and saves per game (4.57).
 
UP NEXT
Bloomsburg will play its first conference match of the season and will be looking to avenge its only loss of the season when it travels to Kutztown on Wednesday, October 3. Start time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

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