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The William and Mary field hockey team looks to continue its strong start to the season this weekend with two matches against in-state foes. The Tribe will play at Longwood Friday night at 7 p.m., before continuing on to Lynchburg and a date with Liberty Sunday at 2 p.m.
Live Stats against Longwood
Live Stats against Liberty
Scouting the Tribe
William and Mary is 2-0 on the year after recording two impressive wins down in North Carolina. The Tribe beat Davidson 5-1 behind a school-record four goals from senior captain Christine Johnson (Williamsburg, Va.), before downing Appalachian State 7-2 with two goals and two assists from senior Allison Moran (Wynnewood, Pa.).
Scouting the Lancers
Longwood is 0-2 after losses to St. Francis and Lock Haven last weekend. Stacey de Grandhomme is leading the team with a goal and an assist, while freshman goalkeeper Meg Mitchell is stopping 75% of the shots against her.
Scouting the Flames
In just its second year of playing field hockey, Liberty is 1-1 with a 1-0 win over Lehigh last week. Sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Morley was credited with the win and named the NorPac East Defender of the Week, while Abbey Basom and Megan Johnson have a goal apiece.
The Series
William and Mary is 19-4-2 all-time against Longwood, including a 2-1 win last season. The Tribe has never played Liberty in a regulation match, although the two teams have scrimmaged each of the past two years.
News and Notes
- Christine Johnson was named the CAA co-Player of the Week on Tuesday, after scoring four goals and a defensive save to lead her team to a 5-1 win over Davidson. Johnson is the seventh player in school history to score four goals in a single game, and the first since Katie Silverthorne '02 in 2001. She is the first Tribe player to be named the conference Player of the Week since October of 2007.
- In her 26th season at W&M and 30th overall, head coach Peel Hawthorne '80 enters the weekend with 298 career victories. Two wins will make her just the 12th coach in the history of Division I to record 300 wins, 269 of them coaching the Green and Gold.
- The Tribe has 12 goals through its first two games, which is second-most in school history. Only the 1974 team (14 goals) has ever scored as many or more. The record for goals in the first three games is 19 (also by the 1974 team), and through four games is 22 goals (by the 1979 squad).
-The Tribe had three players earn spots on the pre-season all-conference team, the most ever for a W&M squad. Leah Zamesnik was one of 11 players selected to the first-team, while sophomores Jesse Ebner and Emma Clifton were both named honorable-mention.
-Clifton was recently the focus of W&M's "Touting the Tribe" video series. The program highlights one player from each of the Tribe's 23 intercollegiate sports.
-Six of W&M's 17 regular season opponents earned a spot in the top-25 in the NFHCA pre-season poll. Old Dominion led the way with a No.-3 ranking, and No. 8 Virginia also checked into the top-10. Wake Forest (13th) and Boston University (14th) were also ranked, as were Northeastern (No. 21) and Drexel (No. 24).
Live Stats against Longwood
Live Stats against Liberty
Scouting the Tribe
William and Mary is 2-0 on the year after recording two impressive wins down in North Carolina. The Tribe beat Davidson 5-1 behind a school-record four goals from senior captain Christine Johnson (Williamsburg, Va.), before downing Appalachian State 7-2 with two goals and two assists from senior Allison Moran (Wynnewood, Pa.).
Scouting the Lancers
Longwood is 0-2 after losses to St. Francis and Lock Haven last weekend. Stacey de Grandhomme is leading the team with a goal and an assist, while freshman goalkeeper Meg Mitchell is stopping 75% of the shots against her.
Scouting the Flames
In just its second year of playing field hockey, Liberty is 1-1 with a 1-0 win over Lehigh last week. Sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Morley was credited with the win and named the NorPac East Defender of the Week, while Abbey Basom and Megan Johnson have a goal apiece.
The Series
William and Mary is 19-4-2 all-time against Longwood, including a 2-1 win last season. The Tribe has never played Liberty in a regulation match, although the two teams have scrimmaged each of the past two years.
News and Notes
- Christine Johnson was named the CAA co-Player of the Week on Tuesday, after scoring four goals and a defensive save to lead her team to a 5-1 win over Davidson. Johnson is the seventh player in school history to score four goals in a single game, and the first since Katie Silverthorne '02 in 2001. She is the first Tribe player to be named the conference Player of the Week since October of 2007.
- In her 26th season at W&M and 30th overall, head coach Peel Hawthorne '80 enters the weekend with 298 career victories. Two wins will make her just the 12th coach in the history of Division I to record 300 wins, 269 of them coaching the Green and Gold.
- The Tribe has 12 goals through its first two games, which is second-most in school history. Only the 1974 team (14 goals) has ever scored as many or more. The record for goals in the first three games is 19 (also by the 1974 team), and through four games is 22 goals (by the 1979 squad).
-The Tribe had three players earn spots on the pre-season all-conference team, the most ever for a W&M squad. Leah Zamesnik was one of 11 players selected to the first-team, while sophomores Jesse Ebner and Emma Clifton were both named honorable-mention.
-Clifton was recently the focus of W&M's "Touting the Tribe" video series. The program highlights one player from each of the Tribe's 23 intercollegiate sports.
-Six of W&M's 17 regular season opponents earned a spot in the top-25 in the NFHCA pre-season poll. Old Dominion led the way with a No.-3 ranking, and No. 8 Virginia also checked into the top-10. Wake Forest (13th) and Boston University (14th) were also ranked, as were Northeastern (No. 21) and Drexel (No. 24).
