WASHINGTON – In its first home conference game of the season, the American University field hockey team is facing off against Lafayette at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24. The Eagles are looking to win their first home Patriot League match of 2023, while Lafayette seeks its first conference win on the road; both teams are currently 1-0 in league play after opening weekend. American won 2-1 over Colgate and Lafayette won 2-1 over Bucknell.
Sunday's game, originally schedule for a 12 p.m. start on Saturday, has been moved to a 1:30 p.m. start on Sunday due to the tropical storm that is moving through the area this weekend.
QUICK INFO
- Date & Time: Sunday, September 24; 1:30 p.m.
- Site: Washington, D.C. (Jacobs Complex)
- Series History: American leads 26-8
- TV: ESPN+
- Talent: Ethan Jenkins
INSIDE THE SERIES
- In a series that dates to 2003, American holds the edge over Lafayette with a 26-8 series lead.
- The last time out, the Eagles defeated the Leopards 2-1 in overtime on September 17, 2022, in Easton.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN
- The Eagles are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to Cornell in which the Big Red went ahead in double overtime on a penalty corner in the 74th minute.
- Graduate student Charllene Boshoff leads the league in game-winning goals with two. She is also sixth in goals with three. Junior Federica Turina Dellamaggiore is fourth in the league for shots on goal with 11.
- Senior goalkeeper Bryn Underwood is currently leading the league in save percentage (.818), goals against (10), and in shutouts with two. Underwood is also third in the league in saves per game average with 5.63.
- The Eagles topped the Patriot League Preseason Poll, and goalkeeper Bryn Underwood was awarded Patriot League Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year for the second year in a row. In addition, Boshoff and Turina Dellamaggiore were put on the Preseason All-League team.
- American currently holds the lowest goals against in the Patriot League with just 10.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT LAFAYETTE
- The Leopards will enter Saturday's match coming off a 3-2 victory over Fairfield. Lafayette went ahead, breaking the 2-all stalemate, off a goal from Stella Malinowski in the fourth quarter of the contest.
- Freshman Stella Malinowski scored a hat trick in Lafayette's game against Fairfield, bringing her to fifth in goals in the Patriot League with four overall.
- The Leopards opened league play against Bucknell at home in Easton with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Bison.
- Sophomore Josephine van Wijk leads the league in goals with six, and third in the league for shots on goal with 14. Junior Lineke Spaans leads the league for assists with seven.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Raffi Fragomeni is second in the league for goals against with 12, fourth in the league for shutouts with one, and sixth in the league for saves with 24.
- Lafayette leads the Patriot League in fouls with 181 and is third in the league for goals, averaging 2.167 per game.
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