EAST STROUDSBURG, PA – West Chester University's field hockey squad travels to No. 2 East Stroudsburg on Saturday before hopping on a flight for the second time this year and traveling to Missouri to take on Maryville University on Monday.
- West Chester and East Stroudsburg meet for the second time this year on Saturday. The Golden Rams handed the Warriors their only loss of the season so far, 2-1, in a non-league affair last month. The host Golden Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead 23 minutes into the contest. The Warriors got one back in the 34th minute, but could not find the equalizer in a tightly-contested match at Vonnie Gros Field.
- West Chester brings a three-game winning streak in the overall series into Saturday's game, including a win in the NCAA Tournament a year ago at Whitenight Field.
- West Chester and Maryville meet for the first time in each school's history. It marks a return to the "Show Me State" since it was a Division I program and was in the Atlantic 10 Conference with St. Louis University.
- The Golden Rams are coming off a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Bloomsburg earlier in the week. It was the first time this year that West Chester has been shut out, though the Golden Rams played a very tight game with the Huskies and held a 15-7 advantage in shots and a 9-4 advantage in penalty corners.
- Saturday marks the beginning of a very important stretch for West Chester that will see them take on No. 2 East Stroudsburg, No. 4 Shippensburg and No. 1 Kutztown in the next week and a half.
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West Chester heads to St. Louis, Mo., for a non-league contest against Maryville University at 12 p.m. CST – which is 1 p.m. EST.
