Field Hockey Hosts American for Huge League Matchup on Saturday

Saturday, October 6

Lewisburg, Pa.

11:00 AM

Bucknell University

American

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Field Hockey Hosts American for Huge League Matchup on Saturday

10/4/2018 1:52:00 PM | Field Hockey

The Bison Are One of Two Unbeaten Teams in the Patriot League

***Sunday is Bucknell's Play4Pink game as they join Play4TheCure in the fight against cancer. A raffle will be held at the game. For more information on the event, go HERE. To make donations to the cause, go HERE.

Setting the Scene
(Saturday, Oct. 6 – 11 a.m.)
What: American (5-4, 2-1 PL) at Bucknell (6-4, 2-0 PL)
Where: Graham Field (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
(Sunday, Oct. 7 – 3 p.m.)
What: Yale (4-5, 0-2 Ivy) at Bucknell (6-4, 2-0 PL)
Where: Graham Field (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
Watch Live: Patriot League Network

About the Bison
• Bucknell is 6-4 overall and 2-0 in the Patriot League. In their most recent game, the Bison ended VCU's five-game winning streak with a 3-2 win. The Rams had out-scored their opponents 27-5 during their winning streak.
• Junior Olivia Harris was named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week after making a career-high nine saves against VCU. The Rams entered as the fifth-best scoring team in the nation and had the nation's best individual goal scorer. Harris made seven saves in the first half.
• Harris leads the conference with a 1.66 goals against average.
• Lexi Quick contributed to the defensive effort and added a goal and an assist against VCU. She was named the Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season. The Bison have won the Defensive Player of the Week award four times in the past five weeks.
• Bucknell has the top three players in points in the conference. Brittany Willwerth is first with 17 points on seven goals and three assists, Quick is second with 16 points on five goals and six assists, and Nicole Rupnik is tied for third with 14 points on six goals and two assists.
• The Bison have won eight straight games at Graham Field dating back to last season. The streak includes wins over Lehigh, Quinnipiac, Colgate, Holy Cross, Cornell, Richmond, Lock Haven, and VCU. The last loss came against nationally-ranked Penn State on Sept. 12, 2017.
• Bucknell is one of just two unbeaten teams in the conference. Boston University is 3-0, while the Bison are 2-0. American sits in third at 2-1.

Scouting American
• American is 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the Patriot League after posting back-to-back league wins over Holy Cross (6-1 score) and Colgate (9-1).
• Eagles head coach Steve Jennings became the 14^th active Division I field hockey coach and the 27^th all-time to reach 250 career wins in the victory over Colgate.
• Noor Coenen leads the Eagles with 14 points on five goals and four assists.

Series History with American
• American leads 23-7 in the all-time series with Bucknell. The teams first played in 1990.
• The Bison won the most recent matchup, 2-1 in a shootout in the semifinal round of the 2017 Patriot League Tournament. Nicole Rupnik scored the game-tying goal in regulation and then Chloe Poltonavage, M.C. Evans, and Kaelyn Long all converted on their shootout attempts.
• Four of Bucknell's seven wins against American have come during Jeremy Cook's time as head coach.

Scouting Yale
• Yale is 4-5 overall and 0-2 in the Ivy League after losing back-to-back games to Princeton (5-0 score) and Davidson (2-1).
• The Bulldogs have allowed the most goals in the Ivy League at 2.89 per game.
• Imogen Davies leads Yale with 11 points on five goals and one assist.

Up Next
• The Bison have another key Patriot League matchup as they host first-place Boston University on Saturday, Oct. 13.