COMPLETE NORTHEAST-10 PRESEASON PREVIEW
FULL 2021 NEW HAVEN SCHEDULE
MANSFIELD, Mass. –Entering their fourth season as a varsity program, the University of 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.
The Chargers received 87 points are 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.
Leading the Chargers into the 2021 campaign is senior Taylor Geaglone (Enfield, Conn./Enfield), the lone returning NE10 All-Conference honoree, earning Third Team distinction. Geaglone finished the year second overall in scoring with seven points on a pair of goals and a trio of assists. Senior Julia Battino (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) returns after leading the team in scoring with four goals for eight points. Overall, the top three leading scorers from 2019 return to the pitch in 2021 with senior Alexis Rider (Delran, N.J./Delran) rounding out the trio with a pair of goals for four points.
The field hockey team will open up an 18-game schedule with seven of its first nine games at home and 11 total on the Blue and Gold turf of Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium. The 2021 season opener comes on Thursday, September 2 when they Chargers host Adelphi in a non-conference game slated for a 7:00 p.m. start.
2021 NE10 Field Hockey Preseason Poll
1. Saint Anselm – 190 (11)
2. Assumption – 171 (1)
3. Adelphi – 163 (3)
4. Stonehill – 146
4. Southern New Hampshire – 146
6. Bentley – 136
7. Pace – 109
8. Franklin Pierce – 98
9. New Haven – 87
10. St. Thomas Aquinas – 81
11. Saint Michael's – 79
12. American International – 72
13. Southern Connecticut – 42
14. Mercy – 31
15. Molloy – 19
