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DATE: October 6, 2021
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LOCATION: Jess Dow Field
New Haven, Conn. |
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THE LEAD
A battle of two undefeated teams came down to the final minutes before the Chargers suffered their first conference loss of the season on Sunday afternoon. With that game in the rear view, the Blue and Gold look to get back on track Wednesday afternoon when they travel crosstown to take on rival Southern Connecticut State University. All of the action, with a 4:00 p.m. start on tap, will be available live on NE10 NOW using the link to the right.
SERIES HISTORY VS SCSU
It's a short series history, but it is one the Chargers have owned since its inception as they hold a perfect 2-0 record against the crosstown rival Owls. Both meetings came nearly to the day of this year's match-up with the most recent on October 9, 2019 with the Blue and Gold posting a 1-0 shutout. The first meeting came on October 2, 2018 with New Haven taking a 2-1 victory over the Owls which came at DellaCamera Stadium.
SCOUTING THE CHARGERS
For the fourth time this season, the Chargers took a top-10 team down to the wire before dropping a single goal decision, the most recent against No. 3 Assumption for their first loss in conference play. Despite the setback, the Chargers are set up well in the NE10 standings with eight games remaining in the regular season. For the year, nine different players have found the back of the cage in 2021, led by senior Alexis Rider (Delran, N.J./Delran) who has scored four. Bialko leads the team in overall points with three goals and four assists for 10. Schreck's three goals vaulted her into third on the team in scoring with seven points total. In goal, graduate transfer Keira Integlia (Branford, Conn./Branford) has played every minute between the pipes with 49 saves to her credit on the year.
SCOUTING THE OWLS
Looking for its first win in almost two weeks, the SCSU Owls stand at 2-5 overall with both of those wins in NE10 action against Mercy and Franklin Pierce. For the season, SCSU is being outscored 25-9 with opponents taking five times as many shots as they are. The Owls nine goals have come from six different players with a pair of players scoring at least twice. Leading the way individually is junior Kaitlyn Bourque who has scored three goals, while freshman Josephine Nolet has added a pair of scores. In goal, junior Janelle Ward has started every game and played all 428 minutes on the season. In addition to allowing the 25 opponent goals, she has made 90 saves which leads the NE10 and the entirety of NCAA Division II (12.86 saves per game).
INTEGLIA NAMED TO NE10 WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Following a week where she racked up 22 saves, including back-to-back eight save outings against Pace and West Chester, graduate transfer goalkeeper Keira Integlia (Branford, Conn./Branford) was named to the NE10's weekly honor roll on Monday, September 20. Integlia is the second player to earn the honor after senior Alexis Rider (Delran, N.J./Delran) picked up the distinction last week after a two-goal performance against Saint Michael's. Click Here for the full weekly report.
THE 2021 SCHEDULE
The New Haven Field Hockey team kicks off its fourth season in the history of the program with seven of its first nine games at home, part of an 18-game schedule that makes up the 2021 campaign. A total of 11 of the Chargers 18 games will come on the home turf at Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium. Following the regular season, the top eight teams in the conference standings following regular season qualifying for the NE10 Championship, which opens with a quarterfinal match-up on Nov. 2 at the home sites of the four highest seeds. The semifinal and championship matches will also take place at home sites on Nov. 5 and Nov. 7, respectively.
CHARGERS NINTH IN PRESEASON POLL
Entering their fourth season as a varsity program, the New Haven field hockey team has been picked to finish 9th in the 2021 Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Chargers return to the field for the first time since the 2019 campaign when they finished with five victories, all of which came in NE10 action. New Haven finished the preseason voting with 87 points, the most they have earned in the preseason poll, keeping them inside of the top-10 for the first time. Saint Anselm earned the top billing, scoring 11 of the 15 possible first place points for a total of 190 points. Assumption and Adelphi split the remaining first place tallies with Assumption earning 171 points and one first place vote to finish second and Adelphi earning 163 points including three first place votes to finish third overall. Rounding out the top-five was a pair of teams tied for fourth place with 146 points, Stonehill and Southern New Hampshire.
UP NEXT
The Chargers return to West Haven for their next two games, first welcoming the Southern New Hampshire Penmen to campus on Saturday, October 9, capping off Homecoming under the lights at DellaCamera Stadium. The NE10 battle is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start with all of the action available live on the Charger Sports Network on NE10 NOW.
