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Field Hockey Hosts Harvard Saturday on Alumni Day; Visits Penn State Sunday
October 20, 2010 | Field Hockey
GAMETIME: Saturday, Oct. 23 at 12 noon
RECORDS: PU (10-3, 4-0 Ivy); HU (3-10, 1-3 Ivy)
RANKINGS: PU (Poll: 5, RPI: 5), HU (Poll: NR, RPI: 69)
SERIES RECORD: PU leads 33-5-2 overall and is 16-2 at home
LAST MEETING: PU won 9-0 on Oct. 24, 2009 at Harvard
STREAK: 16 Princeton wins
LINKS: Live Video | Livestats
No. 5 Princeton at No. 11 Penn StateGAMETIME: Sunday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m.
RECORDS: PU (10-3, 4-0 Ivy); PSU (10-4, 3-2 Big Ten)
RANKINGS: PU (Poll: 5, RPI: 5), PSU (Poll: 11, RPI: 9)
SERIES RECORD: PSU leads 22-6 overall and is 10-1 at home
LAST MEETING: PU won 3-0 on Sept. 23, 2009 at home
STREAK: 3 Princeton wins
LINKS: Livestats
PRINCETON (10/20/10) - The fifth-ranked Princeton field hockey team plays twice this coming weekend, hosting Harvard on Saturday for Alumni Day, and visiting 11th-ranked Penn State on Sunday in non-league action.
Saturday will be Princeton field hockey alumni day at Class of '52 Stadium. During halftime of the game, there will be a ceremony recognizing all the former team captains, including the 15 former captains slated to attend the event. The list includes Mary Cole Baldwin '72, Sue Perles '75, Jane Kenny Austin '76, Patti Owens '85, Karen Collins '94, Kim Simons Tortolani '94, Hilary Matson Trevenen '01, Claire Miller '04, Hillary Schmidt '06, Allison Nemeth '07, Paige Schmidt '08, Nicole Ng '09, Holly McGarvie '09, Candice Arner '09 and Tina Bortz '10.
Princeton will look to get back in the win column on Saturday following a loss last Sunday at Connecticut. Princeton and UConn entered the game ranked fourth and fifth respectively, but traded spots in the poll and RPI following the Husky win. Princeton now sits fifth in both the Kookaburra / NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll and the NCAA RPI rankings. North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut make up the top four positions in the poll, while the RPI has Virginia ranked first, followed by Maryland, North Carolina and Connecticut. Penn State, ranked 11th in the poll and ninth in the RPI represents Princeton's final ranked opponent of the regular season.
The Ivy League schedule continues this weekend with all eight Ivy teams playing league games. Princeton tops the standings with a perfect 4-0 league record, while Cornell and Yale are tied for second at 3-1. Saturday's opponent, Harvard, is one of four teams tied for fifth at 1-3. Princeton also has league games against Cornell and Penn left on its docket.
Princeton and Harvard meet on Saturday for the 44th time in a series Princeton leads 33-5-2 overall and 16-2 at home. Princeton has won the last 16 games in the series, including a 9-0 win in Cambridge last fall. In the win, Kaitlin Donovan scored three goals and Katie Reinprecht and Alyssa Pyros each scored twice. Julia Reinprecht and Christina Bortz also added goals.
Harvard is currently 3-10 overall and 1-3 in the Ivy League. The Crimson has dropped its last five entering the weekend, including a 2-0 loss to Cornell last weekend. Harvard has wins over Holy Cross, Bryant and Penn this season.
The Tigers visit Penn State on Sunday in the 29th meeting between the regional rivals. Princeton has won the last three games in the series, including a 3-0 shutout at home last season. Princeton also picked up its first-ever win at Penn State in the stretch, a 3-2 win in 2008. Last year Michelle Cesan had a goal and assist in the Tiger win.
Penn State is currently 10-4 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten. The 11th-ranked Nittany Lions had a three-game win streak snapped last weekend at Ohio State, but had beaten Iowa, Monmouth and Michigan State in the previous three games. Penn State and Princeton share three common opponents and faired the same against all three, beating Bucknell and falling to Virginia and Connecticut.
Following this weekend, Princeton has two remaining Ivy League games on the schedule, including a trip to Cornell next Saturday afternoon.