College Field Hockey
Rider Hosts Lock Haven Sunday
LAWRENCEVILLE—The Rider University field hockey team hosts former conference rival Lock Haven University on Sunday at noon on Ben Cohen Field.
The game begins at noon.
The Broncs have been sparked by the return of senior Laura McCormick (West Windsor, N.J./WW-P South) who after returning from a leg injury, has two goals and an assist in her last three games (all starts) and more importantly, has averaged 58 minutes of playing time (out of a possible 70).
Rider has won two of the three games since McCormick returned to the starting lineup.
For the season, senior Dezarae Fillmyer (Florence, N.J./Roebling) and freshman Allison Baligian (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central) have led the offense with each scoring four goals this season.
Between the pipes is Bronc junior goalie Joelle Prettyman (Newark, Del./St. Mark's) who has three of Rider's four wins this season (1.77 goals against average) with freshman Hannah Isaacs (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) pushing for more playing time after defeating Villanova last Sunday to earn Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors.
For the season, Isaacs is 1-0 with a 1.43 goals against average.
Last season, Lock Haven defeated Rider 1-0.
In 2012, the Lady Eagles gave Rider its first home loss ever at Ben Cohen Field, the lighted on-campus turf facility that opened in the fall of 2010 with the Broncs losing 5-2.
The teams have met 12 times with Rider winning three. Rider posted a 3-2 win at Lock Haven on September 25, 2011 and in a November 1, 2009 contest, Rider won the Northeast Conference regular season title with a 1-0 double overtime victory over the Lady Eagles.
If you can't make the game, Sunday's event (weather permitting) and every home field hockey game can be seen on BroncVision and MAAC.TV as part of Rider's pay per view service powered by GoBroncs.com. The match will be streamed live in high definition.
GameViewer (LiveStats) will also be available, free of charge via the link on GoBroncs.com and live tweets will be sent out which you can follow via twitter @RiderAthletics.
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