DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 9, 2023) – The Mercy University field hockey team plays at NE10 foe University of New Haven on Tuesday, October 10th at 7 p.m.
Who, When and Where
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 10th 7 p.m.
Records: Mercy (3-8, 2-5 NE10), New Haven (4-8, 4-4 NE10)
Location: West Haven, Conn.
Last Meeting vs. New Haven
Mercy earned a 3-1 win over New Haven on November 9, 2022 in Dobbs Ferry.
Scouting the Mavericks
The Mavericks dropped a 2-0 decision to Bentley on Saturday. Mercy is coming off a season in which they went 8-7 overall and 7-6 in NE10 play. The Mavericks posted their first-ever winning season and had their most overall and NE10 wins in a season last year. Mercy just missed out on qualifying for the NE10 Championship for the first time due to a tiebreaker. The Mavericks have been picked a program-best 11th in the NE10 Preseason Poll. Leading the returners for Head Coach Marissa Spinazzola is senior Ally Schreck who had eight goals and three assists last season. Senior Rachel Palladino also returns after posting three goals and six assists last season and senior Rieley Fitzgerald also returns after recording three goals and five assists. Senior Kelly Rosenfeld had five goals last season and senior Kate Ringstad had a goal and a team-high seven assists a year ago. On defense, seniors Victoria Devlin and Flynn Kirk both return after combining for 14 defensive saves last year. Junior Kasey Volz also returns after scoring the winning goal against Molloy last season. Junior Alexandra Giordano returns in goal after appearing in two games last season with six saves. Senior Rachel Palladino has a team-high seven goals and 14 points on the year and was named to the NE10 Honor Roll on September 11th. Senior Kelly Rosenfeld is second on the team with 11 points and three goals and has a team-high five assists. Rosenfeld was named to the NE10 Honor Roll last Monday. Senior Kate Ringstad is third on the team with eight points on three goals and two assists and juniors Jessica Evans and Kasey Volz and senior Rieley Fitzgerald all have three goals and an assist. Sophomore Samantha Trickel has two goals and an assist. Senior Ally Schreck has four assists. Senior Rory McComb also has a goal and senior Victoria Devlin has a team-high eight defensive saves. Junior Alexandra Giordano is 2-7 in goal with 77 saves and a .748 save percentage. She was named to the NE10 Honor Roll for the second time this season on September 18th. Sophomore Rebecca McClure is 1-1 in goal with 36 saves and a .735 save percentage. Mercy is 2-3 all-time against New Haven and is looking to win at New Haven for the first time since 2017.
Scouting the Chargers
New Haven is coming off a 4-2 win over Southern New Hampshire on Saturday. The Chargers were picked sixth in the NE10 Preseason Poll after going 9-11 last season, advancing to the NE10 Championship Semifinals. New Haven is led by Kat Trammel who has a team-high six goals, four assists and 16 points. Femke Boers and Eliza Cavan both have four goals and eight points and Abby Nixon has three goals and two assists. Hallie Reiger is 3-5 in goal with 87 saves, an .806 save percentage and 2.53 goals-against average. Ally Saigh is 1-3 in goal with 23 saves, a .657 save percentage and 4.00 goals-against average.
Next Game
Mercy resumes action on Saturday, October 14th when they play at American International at 12 p.m.
