No. 7 Field Hockey Heads for Garden State Friday, Sunday

No. 7 Syracuse at No. 17 Princeton: Friday | Sept. 9 | 4 p.m. | Princeton, N.J. | Bedford Field
No. 7 Syracuse at No. 25 Monmouth: Sunday | Sept. 11 | Noon | West Long Branch, N.J. | So Sweet A Cat Field
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One quick stay at J.S. Coyne Stadium and it's back on the road for the Syracuse University field hockey team as the Orange head for New Jersey for a pair this weekend at No. 17 Princeton and No. 25 Monmouth.

From the Start
- After a brief, one-game stay at J.S. Coyne Stadium, Syracuse hits the road for another weekend of action.
- The seventh-ranked Orange head to the Garden State for a pair this weekend, taking on No. 17 Princeton on Friday at 4 p.m. and No. 25 Monmouth on Sunday at noon.
- The respective fields, Bedford Field and So Sweet A Cat Field, are 40 miles apart.
- Syracuse jumped up three spots in this week's Penn Monto/NFHCA Coaches Poll, sliding into seventh. Both opponents this weekend are ranked and will be the first ranked test for the Orange this season.

Hats Off x2!
- Two Syracuse field hockey players have hat tricks this season: Joy Haarman vs. Vermont (Aug. 27) and Quirine Comans vs. Columbia (Sept. 4).
- The two graduate students each scored their first career hat tricks as members of the Orange program.
- Haarman scored her hat trick in a 33 minute span against the Catamounts while Comans notched her three goals in a 40 minute span against the Lions.
- Through the first two weekends, roughly one-third of Division I teams have not scored six goals, as Haarman and Comans have combined to do. There are eight programs that have not scored more than three goals this season.

Bradley vs. Ranked Opponents
- This weekend, the Orange get their first crack at ranked opponents this season. Syracuse leads with No. 17 Princeton on Friday and No. 25 Monmouth on Sunday.
- Now in her 16th year at the helm, head coach Ange Bradley has coached against ranked opponents 167 times, winning 103 of those contests, a 61.7 winning percentage.
- Bradley's teams hold a 4-1 record against teams ranked 17th in the NFHCA Coaches' Poll. Syracuse has not faced a 17th ranked opponent since Sept. 27, 2015 in a 5-1 home win over Boston University.
- Syracuse has not faced a Princeton team ranked 17th. Friday's tilt will be the 12th time Syracuse faces a ranked Princeton team. The Orange are 7-4 against ranked Princeton teams, but sit 1-2 on the road in such games.
- Under Bradley, the Orange a 2-0 against 25th ranked foe. Most recently Syracuse dispatched Pacific by a 3-0 count out west on Aug. 27, 2017. Syracuse has never played a ranked Monmouth team.

Williamson's #9 Jersey to Be Retired
- Former Syracuse field hockey standout Julie Williamson's #9 jersey will be retired on Oct. 9 prior to the 2 p.m. match at J.S. Coyne Stadium against Cornell.
- Williamson is the first field hockey student-athlete to have a jersey retired.
- During her career (1991-94), Williamson helped lead Syracuse to its first-ever NCAA Tournament (1993) after capturing the BIG EAST title.
- Her Orange teams gathered a 52-20-7 mark in that span.
- She was the first three-time NFCHA All-American, a four-time All-Region pick. She graduated as the all-time points leader and still ranks seventh.
- Williamson was the first-ever Orange player selected to play for the USWNT, scoring against France for her first international goal on July 21, 1993.

No. 7 Field Hockey Heads for Garden State Friday, Sunday

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