PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania field hockey team hits the road for the weekend for a two-game stretch in Connecticut, taking on Yale Saturday before a Sunday matinee with Quinnipiac.
 
GAME DAY 13: Penn at Yale
Saturday, Oct. 22 | Noon
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GAME DAY 14: Penn at Quinnipiac
Sunday, Oct. 23 | 1 p.m.
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The Series with Yale
The Quakers are meeting the Bulldogs for the 45th time in program history Saturday, with Penn owning a 29-13-2 lead in the all-time series. Riding a four-game winning streak against Yale, the Quakers has won eight of the last 10 matchups with three coming in New Haven.
 
Last Time We Met
Penn hosted the Bulldogs last season at Ellen Vagelos Field, cruising to a 3-1 victory. The Quakers got out to a hot start, putting away two goals in the opening 10 minutes by Meghan Ward and Allison Kuzyk. In the final three minutes of the contest, Ward put away the insurance goal to seal Penn's third Ivy League victory of the season. Ward had a hand in all the goals, scoring twice and sending the assist to Kuzyk on the second finish for a career-high five points.
 
About The Bulldogs
Yale enters Saturday's matchup with a 7-7 overall record, 1-3 in league play. Currently 2-3 for the month of October, the Bulldogs shot back into the win column on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Lafayette, snapping a three-game skid that involved losses to Harvard (4-0), UMass (1-0) and Columbia (2-1). Yale has a pair of players in double-digit points for the season led by Theodora Dillman with 13 points off six goals and an assist. She is closely followed by Ellie Barlow with 10 points on three goals and four assists. In the cage, Luanna Summer has tended every minute of the season, making 61 saves on a 1.88 goals-against average.
 
The Series with Quinnipiac
The Quakers will be facing the Bobcats for the first time in program history on Sunday.
 
About The Bobcats
Quinnipiac enters the weekend with a 5-10 record, 1-4 in the Big East. The Bobcats also have a two-game weekend, traveling to Villanova on Friday night before hosting the Quakers on Sunday. They have dropped seven of their last eight outings prior to Nova, with four matchups against top 15 opponents: No. 13 Old Dominion (6-1), No. 14 Liberty (5-0), No. 12 UConn (4-1), and No. 9 Saint Joseph's (4-1). The Bobcats are led by Emilia Massarelli and Stella Tegtmeier with 14 points each, totaling 11 goals combined.
 
Penn's Last Time Out
The Quakers continued in the win column last Saturday, overcoming a two-goal deficit in the first quarter to Brown to score three unanswered for the 3-2 Ivy League victory. Kuzyk and senior Julia Russo connected twice in the game, scoring the first goal and the game-winning goal. Sophie Freedman scored the second goal of the game, shoving a penalty stroke into the top left shelf to draw the game even in the fourth quarter. The final goal for Kuzyk was put away with just 2:30 left in the game, scoring on an open target after Russo flipped the ball over the goalkeeper's stick. The backline played strong in the contest, including the second half that saw Meghan McGinley record a defensive save and Frederique Wollaert collect her fourth victory of the season in the cage with five saves.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*With the strongest schedule in the country and a No. 23 RPI ranking, Penn busted into the NFHCA Top 25 this week. They received 110 points to come in at No. 24.
 
*The Quakers opened the season playing four top-10 opponents in their first five games: No. 9 Louisville, No. 2 UNC, No. 20 Boston College, and No. 1 Northwestern. They have since then played No. 7 Princeton, No. 24 Temple, and No. 15 Harvard.
 
*Seniors Gracyn Banks, Ward and Elita Van Staden lead the Red and Blue this season as team captains. It is Banks' second-straight year as a captain.
 
*Head coach Colleen Fink heads the program for her 13th season, totaling 99 victories entering Saturday's game.