PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College field hockey team will travel to Hamden, Conn. to face Quinnipiac in BIG EAST action on Friday, Oct. 28 at 3:00 p.m. It marks the regular-season finale for both programs.
PROVIDENCE @ QUINNIPIAC • Friday, Oct. 28 | 3 pm
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SCOUTING PROVIDENCE (5-11, 2-4 BIG EAST):
• Providence enters the match with a 5-11 overall record and a 2-4 mark in the BIG EAST.
• Seven of the Friars 11 losses have come at the hands of nationally ranked opponents.
• The Friars remain in the BIG EAST Tournament picture with a victory on Friday at Quinnipiac.
• Providence also needs a Villanova victory over Georgetown and a Temple loss to UConn. In this scenario, Providence, Villanova and Temple would be locked in a three-way tie for fourth place in the final league standings and the tie-breaking procedures would require the tie to be settled using goal differential.
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Ally DeCoste leads the Friars in scoring with 14 points on five goals and four assists. Eleven of her 14 points have come during BIG EAST regular-season play (4g / 3a).
• In the Friars' most recent game against No. 16 Liberty, DeCoste scored Providence's lone goal. She is the only BIG EAST player to score a goal against Liberty this season, as Liberty's previous nine victories this season were shutouts.
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Sophia Pompeo and
Nora Goddard-Despot are tied for second on the team in scoring with nine points each. Pompeo has recorded four goals and one assist, while Goddard-Despot owns three goals and three assists.
• Pompeo will face her younger sister, Lucia, on Friday as Providence takes on Quinnipiac.
• The two met as college and BIG EAST rivals for the first time last season in Providence, R.I. The Friars picked up a 5-2 victory and the elder Pompeo scored two goals, including the eventual game winner.
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Niamh Gowing and (3g / 2a) and
Lisa McNamara (2g / 4a) are tied for fourth on the team in scoring.
• Nine players overall have scored at least one goal, and five of those nine are multi-goal scorers.
• DeCoste and McNamara are tied for the team lead in assists, with four each.
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Asia Porter has played 1,004 minutes in the cage for Providence and owns a 2.51 goals against average and a 0.706 save percentage.
SCOUTING QUINNIPIAC (6-11, 1-5 BIG EAST):
• The Bobcats enter Friday's game with a 6-11 mark (1-5 BIG EAST).
• The lone BIG EAST victory for Quinnipiac came against Georgetown on Oct. 14 (3-1).
• In Quinnipiac's most recent league game against Villanova on Oct. 21, the Bobcats found themselves trailing 3-0 after the first 41 minutes of play. From there, the Bobcats scored three-straight goals to tie the game, 3-3, with 3:30 to play in regulation, but the Wildcats scored on a penalty corner with 1:07 remaining to claim victory.
• Emilia Massarelli leads the team in scoring with 20 points on eight goals and four assists.
• Stella Tegtmeier ranks second with 19 points on six goals and a team-best seven assists.
• Eva Veldhorst (14 points) and Lucia Pompeo (11 points) round out the list of players with double-digit points. Both players have recorded five goals this season.
• Cristina Torres has played the majority of minutes in the cage this season (737) and owns a 2.53 goals against average and a 0.644 save percentage. Nina Santore has seen 267 minutes of action and owns a 4.05 goals against average and a 0.609 save percentage.
- GO FRIARS! -