Syracuse University
New Hampshire
#2 Orange Makes New England Road Swing
9/6/2012 3:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
| No. 2 Syracuse (3-0) at No. 24 New Hampshire (1-2) | ||
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Friday, Sept. 7 | Durham, N.H. | 5 p.m. Memorial Field | Directions |
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| No. 2 Syracuse (3-0) at No. 12 Boston University (4-0) | ||
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Sunday, Sept. 9 | Cambridge, Mass. | 11 a.m. Jordan Field | Directions |
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - No. 2 Syracuse field hockey (3-0) heads to New England this weekend for a pair of road contests against ranked opponents from the America East Conference. On Friday, the Orange faces No. 24 New Hampshire (1-2) in Durham, N.H. at 5 p.m. before taking on No. 12 Boston University (4-0) on Sunday at Harvard's Jordan Field in a 11 a.m. start.
• The Orange, fresh off a thrilling 1-0 overtime victory over No. 2 North Carolina on Saturday, jumped from No. 7 to No. 2 in this weeks Penn Monto/NFHCA Coaches Poll. It is SU's highest ranking since 2008.
• The Orange, coming off a 19-4 season in 2011 that saw it ranked No. 3 in the country in the final NFHCA poll, opened the season with a pair of convincing wins: at Monmouth (8-1) and at home vs. Ohio (6-0).
• Please note that Friday's game at UNH has been changed to 5 p.m. from its originally scheduled start time of 7 p.m.
GAME COVERAGE
• Links to free live stats of both games will be available at SUathletics.com.
• Friday's game will be webcast on UNHWildcats.tv at UNHWildcats.com and Sunday's game will be webcast on TerriersTV at GoTerriers.com.
• Fans can also follow the games on Twitter.com/cuse, the official Twitter home of Syracuse Athletics, or search #cusefh.
SERIES VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE
• Syracuse is 2-4 all-time against the Wildcats, but both Orange wins have come in the last two meetings, in 2008 and 2009.
• On Aug. 30, 2009, Lindsey Conrad scored two goals to lead No. 3 Syracuse to a 5-2 win in Durham. Then-freshman Kelsey Millman scored her first career goal.
• On Sept. 21, 2008, Shannon Taylor and Martina Loncarica had hat tricks in a 10-0 Orange win over the Wildcats at Coyne Stadium.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• New Hampshire comes into the weekend 1-2 on the season and ranked No. 24 in the country.
• After a pair of losses at home on the season's opening weekend, 2-1 vs. Massachusetts and 1-0 vs. Ohio State, the Wildcats bounced back in a big way at Brown last Friday, winning 9-1.
• Junior forward Hannah Richard has been the force for UNH through three games, scoring three goals and adding one assist.
• Behind Richard, the scoring has been balanced with seven players with one marker each. Senior Emma Erler leads the team with two assists to go with her one goal.
• UNH is coming off an outstanding 2011 season in which it went 17-5, beat Boston University in the America East Championship game and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, falling to Michigan (5-4) in the first round.
• Head coach Robin Balducci is in her 22nd season at the helm for her alma mater. She was named both America East and NFHCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year in 2011.
• Syracuse assistant Steve Simpson was an assistant at UNH from 2007-2010.
SERIES VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
• Syracuse is 8-5 all-time against Boston University, including a last season's match-up that ended a 18-year break in the series.
• Iona Holloway, Kelsey Millman and Heather Susek scored goals to lead SU to a 3-2 victory over the No. 17 Terriers on Sept. 25, 2011 at Coyne Stadium. Macey Gaumond scored for BU. SU held a 22-4 shot advantage.
• The teams met every year from 1982-1993, accounting for the other 12 meetings in the series.
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
• Boston University has jumped out to a 4-0 start in 2012, with three of those wins coming in overtime, and is ranked No. 12 in this week's NFHCA poll.
• BU opened the season with three straight road overtime wins: Delaware (4-3), Rutgers (2-1) and Providence (1-0). It won its home opener last Saturday vs. Kent State, 4-1.
• The Terriers play across town at Boston College on Friday night before hosting SU on Sunday.
• All-American back Jacinda McLeod is BU's top scorer. The penalty corner threat has four goals on the season.
• BU is playing its home games this season at Harvard's Jordan Field while its new on-campus facility is built.
• Head coach Sally Starr is in her 32nd year leading the Terriers. She is sixth among active coaches in win (393) and has led BU to 10 NCAA Tournaments.
SU KNOCKS OFF NO. 2 TAR HEELS
• POSTGAME VIDEOS: Bradley Interview | Russell Interview
• Freshman Emma Russell scored off a penalty corner with 9:03 left in overtime to give No. 7 Syracuse a monumental 1-0 victory against No. 2 North Carolina (2-1) on Saturday afternoon at J.S. Coyne Stadium, running the Orange's home winning streak to 30 games.
• With the win, the Orange defeated its highest-ranked opponent since a 2-1 victory at No. 1 Maryland on Sept. 13, 2008.
• "It was such a monumental moment for our program," head coach Ange Bradley said. "This group of seniors has been working so hard throughout their careers and this is the first time they have gotten a win like this. It was an honor to have a program with the tradition of North Carolina at Coyne, and to get the result we wanted is just awesome."
• It is the first time the Tar Heels have been shut out since 2009, 1-0 vs. Maryland in the ACC Tournament.
HOLLOWAY HONORED BY BIG EAST
• Iona Holloway was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, and Emma Russell, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Orange in its 1-0 victory over the Tar Heels, was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll.
• It is the third career Defensive Player of the Week award for Holloway after winning the honor once each in 2010 and 2011. The senior defender forced several turnovers in Saturday's victory over the Tar Heels, including several key tackles in the circle. The Glasgow, Scotland native was also instrumental on the defensive corner unit, thwarting seven UNC penalty corners, including one in overtime.
• Russell ended the scoreless draw by knocking a shot from the right side of the circle inside the right post off a penalty corner with 9:03 remaining in the overtime period.
ORANGE JUMPS TO NO. 2
• Following its dramatic 1-0 overtime victory against then-No. 2 North Carolina on Saturday, Syracuse has climbed to a No. 2 ranking in this week's Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.
• It is the Orange's highest ranking since being No. 1 on Oct. 14, 2008.
• The Orange was ranked No. 7 in the Aug. 21 preseason poll.
• There were several shake-ups in the top 10 between the 2012 preseason poll and Tuesday's poll as eight different teams received first-place votes. While Syracuse climbed from No. 7 to No. 2 with 671 points and received seven first-place votes, the team it defeated on Saturday, North Carolina (3-1), actually climbed from No. 2 to No. 1, receiving 697 points and eight first-place votes.
TOP 10 STREAK REACHES 44 WEEKS
• The Orange has now been ranked in the top 10 of the NFHCA poll for 44-straight weeks, dating back to Aug. 28, 2008. Last season, SU debuted at No. 5 in the poll and held that position for nine of 11 weeks before finishing the season ranked No. 3 in the final poll.
• Syracuse debuted at No. 5 in the poll in 2011 and spent nine of 11 weeks in that fifth position before finishing the season ranked No. 3 in the final poll.
VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
• Syracuse is 34-51 against ranked teams since 2007, but is an impressive 8-4 in its last 12. SU is 1-0 against ranked teams in 2012 - a 1-0 win vs. No. 2 North Carolina in overtime - and was 7-4 last season, including a 3-2 win over No. 4 Connecticut in the BIG EAST Championship game.
• The Orange is 16-31 against top 10 teams since 2007.
STIVER STYMIES OFFENSES
• Senior goalkeeper Leann Stiver is off to a hot start in 2012. She is 3-0 with a stellar .917 save percentage and a 0.33 goals against average, allowing just one in 213 minutes and 10 seconds of play.
• Entering this weekend, Stiver has not allowed a goal in 145 minutes and 57 seconds, dating back to the season opener at Monmouth (8/24).
• With SU's 1-0 overtime win vs. No. 2 North Carolina (9/1), Stiver became the first goalie since 2009 to shut out the Tar Heels.
• The Amherst, N.Y. native entered the season as the NCAA active leader in career save percentage and in the top five in goals against average.
HOT STARTS
• With the win at Monmouth (8-1) on Aug. 24, Syracuse is now 26-15 all-time in season openers, including a perfect 6-0 under Ange Bradley. The Orange is 13-4 in season openers since 1996.
• Last year, the Orange opened at home vs. Monmouth, winning 4-0. In 2010, SU defeated Northwestern, 6-1, at Coyne.
• Syracuse has started the season 2-0 in five out of six seasons under Bradley. The lone 1-1 year was last season, when SU dropped its second game at North Carolina, 3-2.
