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Providence College Athletics
Friday, October 1
Storrs, Conn.
6:00 PM
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Photo by: Stew Milne
Field Hockey Hits The Road To Face No. 16 UConn
10/1/2021 10:03:00 AM | Field Hockey
The match will be played at George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex at 6:00 p.m.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College field hockey team will face No. 16 Connecticut in BIG EAST regular-season action on Friday, Oct. 1 at George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex in Storrs, Conn. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. and will be broadcast live on FloSports.
PROVIDENCE VS. CONNECTICUT
Live Video (FloSports) | Live Stats
SCOUTING PROVIDENCE (5-5, 1-1 BIG EAST):
• The Friars enter the weekend with a 5-5 overall record, including a 1-1 mark in BIG EAST play.
• Providence is 5-0 at home on Lennon Family Field in Providence, R.I., but is seeking its first win on the road in 2021 (0-5).
• The Friars earned their first BIG EAST victory on Friday, Sept 24 against Georgetown (2-1).
• Four of the Friars' five losses have come against opponents either currently ranked in the national poll (No. 14 Harvard, No. 20 Monmouth, No. 22 UMass) or were previously ranked (Maine).
• Midfielder Lisa McNamara (Barre, Vt.) and forward Niamh Gowing (Dublin, Ireland) are tied for the team lead in scoring with 11 points each. McNamara has two goals and a team-best seven assists, while Gowing has notched four goals and three assists.
• Forward Olivia Ward (Havelock North, New Zealand) is third on the team in scoring with eight points on four goals.
• Asia Porter has played 544 minutes in the cage for Providence and owns a 2.32 goals against average and a 0.764 save percentage.
• Offensively, 10 different players on the roster have recorded a goal or an assist in the Friars' first 10 games.
• Junior Nora Goddard-Despot (North Vancouver, British Columbia) was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Goddard-Despot competed for Canada at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships (Aug. 21-29) in Santiago, Chile. The Canadians won the gold medal. After missing the Friars' first two games, she made her 2021 season debut with the Friars against Maine and Harvard.
• Goddard-Despot is fourth among her teammates in scoring with seven points on two goals and three assists. She has recorded a point in three of the Friars' last six games, including a goal in Providence's league victory over Georgetown.
• Fourteen of the 24 players on the Friars' roster are first and second-year players, who are in the midst of their first full fall season of collegiate field hockey.
• The remainder of the roster consists of two graduate students, three seniors and five juniors.
• Providence College Head Coach Diane Madl is a 1989 graduate of Connecticut and helped the Huskies claim an NCAA title in 1985.
• She played for the Huskies from 1985-88, and was a two-time All-America selection (1987, 1988) and the Honda Broderick Award winner upon the completion of her career as the nation's top collegiate field hockey player.
SCOUTING NO. 16 CONNECTICUT (4-6, 1-1 BIG EAST):
• The Huskies enter the weekend with a 4-6 overall record, including a 1-1 mark in BIG EAST play.
• Nine of UConn's 10 opponents have been nationally ranked.
• The Huskies are in the midst of a two-game winless streak, having fallen to No. 13 Liberty (3-1) in BIG EAST play on Sept. 24 and No. 7 North Carolina (3-1) on Sept. 26.
• UConn's lone victory in BIG EAST action came against No. 19 Old Dominion (2-0) on Sept. 17.
• Sophia Ugo leads the Huskies in scoring with seven points on three goals and one assist.
• McKenna Sergi ranks second in scoring, with six points (3g), followed by Jessica Dembrowski's five points (2g, 1a).
• Cheyenne Sprecher has played all 629 minutes in the cage and owns a 1.81 goals against average and a 0.774 save percentage.
• Sprecher has logged three shut-out victories.
• Connecticut was picked to win the BIG EAST according to the preseason coaches' poll, released on Aug. 19.
• The Huskies earned 46 points in the poll, including four first-place votes. Liberty, who already defeated UConn, was second in the preseason standings, with 45 points and four first-place votes.
WHAT'S NEXT:
• Providence will return to Lennon Family Field to host VCU on Sunday, Oct. 3 as part of the program's annual Alumni Day.
• The match is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be broadcast live on FloSports.
- GO FRIARS! -
PROVIDENCE VS. CONNECTICUT
Live Video (FloSports) | Live Stats
SCOUTING PROVIDENCE (5-5, 1-1 BIG EAST):
• The Friars enter the weekend with a 5-5 overall record, including a 1-1 mark in BIG EAST play.
• Providence is 5-0 at home on Lennon Family Field in Providence, R.I., but is seeking its first win on the road in 2021 (0-5).
• The Friars earned their first BIG EAST victory on Friday, Sept 24 against Georgetown (2-1).
• Four of the Friars' five losses have come against opponents either currently ranked in the national poll (No. 14 Harvard, No. 20 Monmouth, No. 22 UMass) or were previously ranked (Maine).
• Midfielder Lisa McNamara (Barre, Vt.) and forward Niamh Gowing (Dublin, Ireland) are tied for the team lead in scoring with 11 points each. McNamara has two goals and a team-best seven assists, while Gowing has notched four goals and three assists.
• Forward Olivia Ward (Havelock North, New Zealand) is third on the team in scoring with eight points on four goals.
• Asia Porter has played 544 minutes in the cage for Providence and owns a 2.32 goals against average and a 0.764 save percentage.
• Offensively, 10 different players on the roster have recorded a goal or an assist in the Friars' first 10 games.
• Junior Nora Goddard-Despot (North Vancouver, British Columbia) was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Goddard-Despot competed for Canada at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships (Aug. 21-29) in Santiago, Chile. The Canadians won the gold medal. After missing the Friars' first two games, she made her 2021 season debut with the Friars against Maine and Harvard.
• Goddard-Despot is fourth among her teammates in scoring with seven points on two goals and three assists. She has recorded a point in three of the Friars' last six games, including a goal in Providence's league victory over Georgetown.
• Fourteen of the 24 players on the Friars' roster are first and second-year players, who are in the midst of their first full fall season of collegiate field hockey.
• The remainder of the roster consists of two graduate students, three seniors and five juniors.
• Providence College Head Coach Diane Madl is a 1989 graduate of Connecticut and helped the Huskies claim an NCAA title in 1985.
• She played for the Huskies from 1985-88, and was a two-time All-America selection (1987, 1988) and the Honda Broderick Award winner upon the completion of her career as the nation's top collegiate field hockey player.
SCOUTING NO. 16 CONNECTICUT (4-6, 1-1 BIG EAST):
• The Huskies enter the weekend with a 4-6 overall record, including a 1-1 mark in BIG EAST play.
• Nine of UConn's 10 opponents have been nationally ranked.
• The Huskies are in the midst of a two-game winless streak, having fallen to No. 13 Liberty (3-1) in BIG EAST play on Sept. 24 and No. 7 North Carolina (3-1) on Sept. 26.
• UConn's lone victory in BIG EAST action came against No. 19 Old Dominion (2-0) on Sept. 17.
• Sophia Ugo leads the Huskies in scoring with seven points on three goals and one assist.
• McKenna Sergi ranks second in scoring, with six points (3g), followed by Jessica Dembrowski's five points (2g, 1a).
• Cheyenne Sprecher has played all 629 minutes in the cage and owns a 1.81 goals against average and a 0.774 save percentage.
• Sprecher has logged three shut-out victories.
• Connecticut was picked to win the BIG EAST according to the preseason coaches' poll, released on Aug. 19.
• The Huskies earned 46 points in the poll, including four first-place votes. Liberty, who already defeated UConn, was second in the preseason standings, with 45 points and four first-place votes.
WHAT'S NEXT:
• Providence will return to Lennon Family Field to host VCU on Sunday, Oct. 3 as part of the program's annual Alumni Day.
• The match is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be broadcast live on FloSports.
- GO FRIARS! -
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