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DATE: September 14-15, 2019
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LOCATION: DellaCamera Stadium | West Haven, Conn. |
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WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Coming off their first win of the season at Mercy on Wednesday, the New Haven field hockey team will return home for a pair of weekend matchups on Saturday and Sunday against Franklin Pierce. Saturday's matchup (4 p.m.) will be a Northeast-10 contest, while Sunday (12 p.m.) will not be part of the conference schedule. Saturday's game will serve as the program's Hope Happens Here Game for mental health awareness.
INSIDE THE SERIES
New Haven is 0-2 all-time against the Ravens, having allowed 11 goals over the two games.
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SCOUTING THE CHARGERS (1-2, 1-0 NE10)
After dropping a pair of 2-0 decisions to open the season, the Chargers picked up their first win in their NE10 opener at Mercy on Wednesday, 2-1. Freshman
Zharria John (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) and sophomore
Julia Battino (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) each tallied their first career goals in the win. Sophomore
Taylor Geaglone (Enfield, Conn./Enfield) assisted on both tallies, while goalkeeper
Natalie Shaker (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) made five saves in the win, and has 24 saves through the first three games of the season, which ties her for third in the NE10.
Geaglone has both of the team's assists so far this season, and ranks fifth in the conference with a team-high 11 shots.
New Haven returns 15 players, including 12 sophomores to this year's squad that saw significant time as freshmen last season. The Chargers return three upperclassmen in junior forward
Nina Bazan (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining) and Shaker, plus senior defender
Ashley Higgins (North Hatfield, Mass./Smith Academy). New Haven also welcomes back sophomore
Alexis Rider (Delran, N.J./Delran), who was an NE10 All-Rookie selection in 2018, and Geaglone who was named Third Team All-NE10, in addition to the All-Rookie Team.
The Chargers were selected to finish 10th in this year's NE10 Preseason Coaches' Poll. They picked up their first two wins in program history last season with wins over Mercy and Southern Connecticut State.
SCOUTING THE RAVENS (0-3, 0-0 NE10)
Franklin Pierce has dropped each of their three games this season by a combined score of 7-2. FPU collected their first two goals of the season in a 3-2 setback against Assumption on Tuesday. Freshman Demi Sahuleka and Julianne Sacco have scored for the Ravens with Allison Collins and Meghan Winn each picking up assists. Junior Olivia Barnes has played all three games in goal, holding a .774 save percentage and 2.72 GAA.
Saturday will mark the first NE10 game, as well as the first road game of the season for the Ravens.
FPU went 6-12 (3-10 NE10) last season, earning conference victories over New Haven, Saint Michael's and Southern Conn. State. They were picked to finish eighth in the 2019 NE10 Preseason Poll.
ON DECK
Following this weekend, the Chargers will conclude their three-game homestand on Wednesday Sept. 18 against Molloy at 7 p.m.
