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Providence College Athletics
Sunday, September 26
Amherst, Mass.
1:00 PM
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Photo by: Stew Milne
Field Hockey Hits The Road To Face No. 22 UMass
9/25/2021 11:19:00 AM | Field Hockey
The Friars and Minutewomen will play at 1:00 p.m. in Amherst, Mass. to close the weekend slate.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College field hockey team will travel to Amherst, Mass. to take on non-conference foe and 22nd-ranked UMass at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26.
Providence vs. UMass
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SCOUTING PROVIDENCE (5-4):
• The Friars enter the match against No. 22 UMass with a 5-4 overall record.
• 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 (0-4).
• The Friars are coming off of a 2-1 victory over Georgetown in BIG EAST play on Friday, Sept 24.
• Three of the Friars' four losses have come against opponents either currently ranked in the national poll (No. 14 Harvard and No. 20 Monmouth) 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.
• McNamara entered the weekend leading the BIG EAST in assists per game (0.88) and ranked eighth in the nation among NCAA Division I players.
• Forward Olivia Ward (Havelock North, New Zealand) is third on the team in scoring with eight points on four goals.
• Asia Porter has played 484 minutes in the cage for Providence and owns a 2.36 goals against average and a 0.759 save percentage.
• Offensively, 10 different players on the roster have recorded a goal or an assist in the Friars' first nine games.
• Junio Nora Goddard-Despot (North Vancouver, British Columbia) was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Goddard-Despot recently returned from Santiago, Chile, where she competed for Canada at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships (Aug. 21-29). 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 five games, including a goal in Providence's most recent game against 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.
SCOUTING NO. 22 UMASS (5-3):
• The Minutewomen are 5-3 overall this season and ranked No. 22 in the nation.
• Two of UMass' three losses have come against nationally ranked opponents and each by a single goal.
• UMass fell to No. 7 Maryland, 1-0, and No. 15 Wake Forest, 3-2, in its most recent match on Sept. 19.
• UMass is 3-0 at home this season at the Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex and 7-1 over the course of the last two seasons.
• Bella Ianni leads UMass in scoring with seven points on three goals and one assist.
• Amalie Green and Georgie McTear are tied for second in scoring with six points each. Green has recorded one goal and a team-best four assists, while McTear owns three goals.
• Twelve players on the roster have scored at least one goal for UMass through eight games.
• Marlise van Tonder has started all eight games this season in the cage. She owns a 5-3 record, a 0.807 save percentage and ranks 18th in the nation in goals against average (1.34).
• UMass averages 2.38 goals per game, while holding its opponents to 1.38 goals per contest.
WHAT'S NEXT:
• Providence will return to action on Friday, Oct. 1 at 6:00 p.m. against BIG EAST opponent Connecticut.
• The match will be played in Storrs, Conn. and will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network via FloSports.
• The Friars will return home to Lennon Family Field to host VCU on Sunday, Oct. 3 as part of the College's Homecoming Weekend. Providence's match against the Rams will serve as the backdrop for the program's annual Alumni Day.
- GO FRIARS! -
Providence vs. UMass
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Live Video: N/A
SCOUTING PROVIDENCE (5-4):
• The Friars enter the match against No. 22 UMass with a 5-4 overall record.
• 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 (0-4).
• The Friars are coming off of a 2-1 victory over Georgetown in BIG EAST play on Friday, Sept 24.
• Three of the Friars' four losses have come against opponents either currently ranked in the national poll (No. 14 Harvard and No. 20 Monmouth) 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.
• McNamara entered the weekend leading the BIG EAST in assists per game (0.88) and ranked eighth in the nation among NCAA Division I players.
• Forward Olivia Ward (Havelock North, New Zealand) is third on the team in scoring with eight points on four goals.
• Asia Porter has played 484 minutes in the cage for Providence and owns a 2.36 goals against average and a 0.759 save percentage.
• Offensively, 10 different players on the roster have recorded a goal or an assist in the Friars' first nine games.
• Junio Nora Goddard-Despot (North Vancouver, British Columbia) was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. Goddard-Despot recently returned from Santiago, Chile, where she competed for Canada at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships (Aug. 21-29). 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 five games, including a goal in Providence's most recent game against 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.
SCOUTING NO. 22 UMASS (5-3):
• The Minutewomen are 5-3 overall this season and ranked No. 22 in the nation.
• Two of UMass' three losses have come against nationally ranked opponents and each by a single goal.
• UMass fell to No. 7 Maryland, 1-0, and No. 15 Wake Forest, 3-2, in its most recent match on Sept. 19.
• UMass is 3-0 at home this season at the Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex and 7-1 over the course of the last two seasons.
• Bella Ianni leads UMass in scoring with seven points on three goals and one assist.
• Amalie Green and Georgie McTear are tied for second in scoring with six points each. Green has recorded one goal and a team-best four assists, while McTear owns three goals.
• Twelve players on the roster have scored at least one goal for UMass through eight games.
• Marlise van Tonder has started all eight games this season in the cage. She owns a 5-3 record, a 0.807 save percentage and ranks 18th in the nation in goals against average (1.34).
• UMass averages 2.38 goals per game, while holding its opponents to 1.38 goals per contest.
WHAT'S NEXT:
• Providence will return to action on Friday, Oct. 1 at 6:00 p.m. against BIG EAST opponent Connecticut.
• The match will be played in Storrs, Conn. and will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network via FloSports.
• The Friars will return home to Lennon Family Field to host VCU on Sunday, Oct. 3 as part of the College's Homecoming Weekend. Providence's match against the Rams will serve as the backdrop for the program's annual Alumni Day.
- GO FRIARS! -
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