Field Hockey Eyes Fourth Straight Win Saturday vs. Southern Connecticut (1 p.m.)

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The Merrimack College field hockey team returns to Martone-Mejail Field on Saturday afternoon when the Warriors host Southern Connecticut State University at 1 p.m. in a Northeast-10 Conference duel.   

Last Time Out:

• Picking up its biggest win to date, the Warriors went on the road and upset third-ranked Saint Anselm, 4-2, by scoring four unanswered goals to hand the Hawks their first loss of the season
• Senior forward Rylie Hammond (Phillipston, Mass.) notched a hat trick, totaling six points and by doing so, became the fifth player to reach 100 career points in the program history
• Classmate Mikayla Panneton (Andover, Mass.) provided an insurance tally, while senior Taylor Simpson (York, Maine) and junior Delaney Yule (Southbury, Conn.) picked up assists to account for Merrimack's point contributors
• Sophomore goalkeeper Katharina Ohmen (Bremen, Germany) picked up eight saves to record her eighth win of the season
• The four goals Merrimack scored were the most an opponent put on the Hawks also season, and equaled the output Saint Anselm had allowed over its previous six games combined

• Hammond reached the 100-point plateau on the heels of Simpson accomplishing the same feat two games ago against Saint Michael's
• Merrimack's 100-point club features April Daugherty '12 (159), Candace Waldie '13 (119), Jen Otis '12 (113), Simpson (103) and Hammond (100)
• Hammond also has tied her career high in goals scored, equaling the total she posted as a sophomore. Her 43 career markers are four shy of moving into second place all-time at Merrimack ,
• The Phillipston native's six game-winning strikes this season have brought her career total to 18, setting a new program record
• Simpson's team-leading sixth assist on Saturday tied her previous personal best, set in 2015

• The Warriors have won six consecutive games against the Owls, including a 10-4 trouncing of Southern Connecticut last season
• Hammond set a career high with four goals last season, while current sophomore Miranda Judd (Lebanon, N.H.) picked up her first tally as part of the goal-scoring party

 
Up Next
Merrimack only plays once next week, but it will be another NE10 showdown when the Warriors travel to Brookville, N.Y. on Friday to face No. 4 LIU Post at 2 p.m.  

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