Date: Saturday – 1 p.m.
Location: West Chester, Pa.
Venue: Vonnie Gros Field
Video: PSAC Digital Network
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All-Time Series: Saint Anselm, 2-1
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS
West Chester is coming off a heart-breaking double overtime loss to No. 4 Shippensburg on Tuesday night. The Golden Rams fought back from a two-goal deficit to tie things up and force the overtime.
Youth will be served on this year's Golden Rams' squad that lost almost 70 percent of its offense from a year ago.
Alexa Lehman leads the team with a pair of goals and a pair of assists for a total of six points through three games. Meanwhile,
Sofia Brown logged a two-goal effort on Sunday from her midfield position. Both scoring leaders notched their first career goals over the weekend.
Nina Scott has one goal and three assists for five points in the early going.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS
Saint Anselm enters Saturday's contest ranked second in the nation in the latest NFHCA Poll. The defending Division II national champions are 2-1 on the year. Saturday's contest against West Chester will be the team's third nationally ranked opponent in its first four games. The Hawks will take on No. 4 Shippensburg on Sunday as well before heading back to New Hamphsire.
Senior midfielder Marissa Politano used a second effort to score the eventual game-winning goal 2:51 into the second half as she got her own rebound and scooped a shot over the Bentley keeper to put the Hawks in front for the first time in the contest.
Bentley outshot the visitors, 5-4, in the final quarter of action, but a pair of saves by Cameron, along with a pair of blocked shots, helped keep the Hawks in front to earn their second victory of the young season.
Politano and Kelly Holmes each have a pair of goals to lead the Hawks in scoring early on. Much of the offense runs through Politano, who has more than half the shots on goal as Holmes, who is second on the team in that category. Those two up top are the ones to watch.
Layla Cameron seems to be who head coach Carolyn King-Robitaille has settled upon in the cage. She is 1-1 on the year
WCU CELEBRATES ITS FOUR AIAW NATIONAL CHAMPS SATURDAY
West Chester University will welcome back to campus members of its four consecutive AIAW national championship teams from the mid 1970s. Some of the most prolific field hockey players to set foot on the pitch will join their former head coach, Vonnie Gros, in a celebration of the unprecedented run atop the world of college field hockey. Some of the members will be on hand for a presentation during the Golden Rams' game with Saint Anselm at 1 p.m.
WCU FIELD HOCKEY A FAMILY AFFAIR
West Chester University has always prided itself on being one big happy family. This year's roster is an example of that as freshman
Lily Coombs has joined her older sister, Emma, at West Chester. The two midfielders play up top in head coach
Amy Cohen's system.
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UP NEXT
West Chester remains home for another non-league tilt against Adelphi University on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
