Weekend Road Trips to Bryant (Sept. 27) and Harvard (Sept. 29)

Friday, September 27

Providence, RI

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

Bryant University

Weekend Road Trips to Bryant (Sept. 27) and Harvard (Sept. 29)

9/26/2019 3:50:00 PM | Field Hockey

Friday, Sept. 27 ~ 4 pm
Goldberger Family Field ~ Providence, R.I. (Brown University)
UNH (4-3, 0-0 AE) at Bryant (0-8, 0-0 NEC) ~ Video ~ Stats

Sunday, Sept. 29 ~ 2 pm
Berlyson Field ~ Cambridge, Mass.
UNH (4-3, 0-0 AE) at #16 Harvard (3-2, 0-0 Ivy) ~ ESPN+ ~ Stats

UNH vs. BRYANT

New Hampshire has a 2-0 lifetime record against Bryant and that includes last year's 6-0 win at Memorial Field.
Sept. 21, 2018: at UNH 6, Bryant 0 | Recap | Box
In the only other meeting, the Wildcats prevailed 2-0 at Memorial Field in 2010.

UNH vs. HARVARD

New Hampshire has a 23-14-2 lifetime record against Harvard University, but the Crimson have won two straight.
Last year, No. 15 Harvard prevailed 4-1 last year at Memorial Field. | Recap | Box
UNH won seven consecutive matchups spanning 2008-16.

THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE • Home page • Schedule • Roster • Stats

UNH has a 4-3 record that includes 1-3 on the road; two of those four road games were against nationally-ranked teams.
The Wildcats extended their win streak to four games with a 4-3 double-overtime road win against intrastate Dartmouth last Friday (Sept. 20). | Recap | Box
UNH has a 1-2 record against nationally-ranked teams with a 3-2 home win against No. 18 Stanford on Sept. 13.

'CAT NIPS

Kayla Sliz recorded two goals – the game-tying and game-winning goals – and an assist in the 4-3 double OT win at Dartmouth. Both the two goals and five points are personal bests.
Finn Caron tallied a goal and career-high two assists at Dartmouth. Caron has 10 points (4g, 2a) the past two games.
Emily Eckels scored her first career goal at Dartmouth.
Bailey Fanikos recorded an assist in her season debut at Dartmouth.

STAT LEADERS

Finn Caron leads the team in goals (eight), points (18) and shots on goal (16).
Caron, Kayla Sliz and Isabelle Danahy are tied for the lead in assists with two; six 'Cats have one assist.
Sliz is the top 'Cat in shots (20); she ranks second in goals (three) and points (eight).
Nicky Bajus and Erin Malone both have one defensive save.
Freshman goalkeeper Jemma Woods has a 4-1 record with a 2.11 GAA and .676 save percentage in six games (five starts).

CONFERENCE CALL

Finn Caron is ranked No. 2 in America East in both goals per game (1.143) and points per game (2.57). She is also fifth in shots on goal per game (2.29).
Bloem van den Brekel is No. 3 in shots per game (3.50).

BALDUCCI BIO

This is the 29^th season as UNH head coach for Robin Balducci.
She is the program's all-time winningest coach with 284 career victories
Balducci was inducted into the NFHCA Hall of Fame on Jan. 5, 2017.
She was inducted into UNH's Hall of Fame in 1998 and was also part of the 1985 NCAA national championship women's lacrosse team that was enshrined in 1994.
Balducci is a six-time America East Coach of the Year (1998, 2000-10-11-12-13).

SCOUTING BRYANT • Home page

Bryant University (Smithfield, R.I.) enters Friday's game winless through eight games, but each of the last three has been decided by one goal, including two in double overtime.

SCOUTING HARVARD • Home page

Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.) is ranked 16^th in this week's NFHCA national poll.
The Crimson has a 3-2 overall record and carries a two-game winning streak into the weekend.
Harvard plays at Yale on Saturday the 28^th before playing host to UNH.