PHILADELPHIA – No. 12 Penn is back at Franklin Field on Saturday, hosting Georgetown at 1 p.m. in the third game of a four-game homestand.
The Quakers (3-1) are coming off a 17-9 win over Lehigh at Ace Adams Field at Penn Park on March 7. The Hoyas enter with a 2-4 record, and are 1-2 on the road this season.
Notes To Know…
• Penn is 3-1 all-time against the Hoyas. The series started in 2012 with an 11-9 win for Georgetown in Philly, but the Quakers have responded with three wins in a row.
• The last two wins for the Quakers have been a pair of 15-8 victories. Last year, Penn scored five of the first six goals to open a 5-1 lead and then broke the game open with a four-goal run in the second half to take a commanding 13-5 lead.
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Emily Rogers-Healion scored four goals in the win over the Hoyas last season. She is coming off a game against Lehigh on Tuesday where she also had four goals.
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Alex Condon had two goals, two draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls last year against the Hoyas.
• Condon enters the weekend No. 4 in the Ivy League with 20 points. She is almost halfway to her 44-point total from all of 2016. Her 15 goals through four games are tied for third in the Ivy League.
• Condon's 12 caused turnovers are tied for the most by an Ivy League player.
• Freshman
Erin Barry is fifth in the Ivy League with 18 draw controls. She has had 4+ draw controls in three of four games this season.
• Barry had six goals on Tuesday, the most by a Penn freshman since Ali DeLuca had five against Towson on 3/3/07.
Get To Know Georgetown
• The Hoyas snapped a three-game losing streak on March 4 with an 11-6 win over George Mason.
• Georgetown will be playing its fourth Top-20 opponent of the season – they are 0-3 against Top-20 opponents entering Saturday's game.
• Two of Georgetown's losses this season have been by one goal – each to teams Penn has defeated. The Hoyas opened the season with a 10-9 loss at Delaware, and dropped an 11-10 decision in overtime to No. 18 Johns Hopkins on March 1.
• Georgetown has four players with 10+ goals and are averaging 11.2 goals-per-game as a team.
• Francesca Whitehurst, a second-team All-BIG EAST selection in 2016, leads the Hoyas in points (17) and draw controls (21).
• Maddy Fisher, a second-team All-BIG EAST goalkeeper in 2016, is 2-3 in goal this year. She has a .478 save percentage and a 12.94 GAA. Haelle Chomo has played 83:32 in goal, appearing in four games. She has a .464 save percentage and a 10.77 GAA.
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