NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – After earning the No. 3 seed in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) playoffs, the State University of New York at New Paltz field hockey team travels to No. 2 seed Oneonta on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
RECORDS: New Paltz is 12-6 and went 4-2 in SUNYAC play… Oneonta is 11-7 and put together a 5-1 mark in SUNYAC action.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (12-6): New Paltz defeated cross-river rival Vassar College 3-1 on Saturday… Freshman forward
Sam Eberle, senior midfielder
Deirdre O'Neill and sophomore forward
Kayla McKeveny all tallied first-half goals… Prior to the game, O'Neill, midfielder/back
Emily Vanacore and forward
Alex Gallo were honored for Senior Day… Earlier this season, the Hawks fell at Oneonta 2-0 despite outshooting the Red Dragons 16-3… Junior back
Jessica Caruana had a game-high six shots… Junior forward/midfielder
Dani Ackerman fired four shots… Ackerman leads the SUNYAC in shots (95) and shots per game (5.28)… Junior goalkeeper
Alayna Wageman is second in the conference in goals-against average (GAA) (1.77)... The Hawks are 7-3 on the road this year.
STATISTICAL LEADERS: Four players have at least 20 points… Ackerman and McKeveny lead the way with 22 points apiece… Freshman forward
Justine O'Reilly is tops on the squad with 10 goals… O'Neill has notched 20 points… Caruana leads the team with seven assists… Gallo, Eberle and sophomore forward
Erin Landy have all scored four goals… Wageman is 12-6 with a GAA of 1.77, a .752 save percentage, 91 saves and two shutouts.
TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks have outscored teams 50-32, outshooting opponents 367-209… New Paltz holds a 234-134 shots-on-goal margin… New Paltz has attempted 226 penalty corners while allowing just 92… The Hawks have outscored teams 28-17 in the second half.
SCOUTING THE RED DRAGONS (11-7): Oneonta fell to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on Saturday 2-0 despite outshooting the Engineers 20-6… The Red Dragons' lone SUNYAC loss is to Cortland, falling 3-0… Oneonta is 6-3 in home contests this season… Senior forward Andrea Day leads the SUNYAC in points (37), points per game (2.06) and goals (15).
STATISTICAL LEADERS: Day leads the team with 15 goals and 37 points… Day has fired a team-high 66 shots with 45 shots on goal… Sophomore forward Bailee Barrett has tallied 13 goals and 30 points… Day, Barrett and senior forward Kelcy Forbragd have all scored three game-winning goals… Senior back Sierra Earle has chipped in six assists… Senior netminder Tess Tracy is 9-7 with a 2.06 GAA, a .784 save percentage, 105 saves and one shutout… Junior goalkeeper Krista Servedio is 2-0 with a 1.78 GAA, a .667 save percentage and 14 saves.
TEAM STATISTICS: Oneonta has outscored teams 43-36, outshooting opponents 259-252… The Red Dragons have outscored teams 28-20 in the second half, outshooting foes 147-118 in that period.
LAST MEETING: The Hawks were edged 2-0 at Oneonta despite holding a 16-3 shot margin when these two teams met earlier this year on Oct. 15, 2014.
WHAT'S NEXT: The winner of this game will advance to the SUNYAC Championship and will go up against the winner of No. 1 seed Cortland and No. 4 seed Geneseo, also playing on Wednesday.
