Dartmouth Returns Home for a Pair, vs. No. 15 Harvard and UMass-Lowell

GAME 12
Dartmouth (3-8, 0-3 Ivy) vs. No. 15 Harvard (9-3, 3-0 Ivy)
Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 – 3 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Chase Field
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 24-20-4
Last Time: 10/16/21 – L, 4-0
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GAME 13
Dartmouth (3-8, 0-3 Ivy) vs. UMass-Lowell (9-4, 4-1 America East)
Date: Sunday, October 16, 2022 – 2 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Chase Field
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 9-2
Last Time: 9/29/19 – W, 4-3 (OT)
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SETTING THE SCENE
Coming off a competitive 1-0 defeat at No. 8 Princeton Saturday which saw senior goalkeeper Hatley Post make national headlines, the Dartmouth field hockey team returns to Chase Field this weekend to host No. 15 Harvard on Friday (3 p.m.) and UMass-Lowell on Sunday (2 p.m.). Against the Tigers, Post finished with a career-high 19 saves, the most saves in NCAA Division I this season, as Dartmouth allowed its fewest goals against Princeton since Sept. 17, 2011.

LAST TIME OUT
PRINCETON, N.J. (10/8/22) — Senior Hatley Post stood tall in goal, finishing with a career-high 19 saves, as the Dartmouth field hockey team stayed within striking distance until the final seconds in a slim 1-0 loss at No. 8 Princeton on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers scored 8:14 into the game, but then Post and the Big Green defense shut the door the rest of the way. Dartmouth also had some strong offensive pressure, including a glittering second-quarter opportunity that ended with a Princeton defensive save.

SCOUTING HARVARD
Harvard is coming off a Final Four appearance last season, when it finished 17-2 and 7-0 in the Ivy League. In the NCAA Tournament, the Crimson picked up a 1-0 overtime win over No. 6 Louisville, 1-0 shootout win at No. 2 Michigan then lost to No. 7 Northwestern in overtime, 2-1.

So far this season, the Crimson are 9-3, with their only three losses coming against nationally-ranked foes – then No. 15 UConn (2-0), No. 3 Maryland (2-1) and No. 10 Saint Joseph's (1-0). Harvard has won eight of its last nine overall, most recently a 2-1 double overtime win against (this Sunday's opponent for Dartmouth) UMass-Lowell. Bronte-May Brough leads Harvard in goals (6) and points (13), along with a team-leading 47 shots – 25 more than anyone else. Olivia Hoover is second on the team in both goals (4) and points (9). Brough, Siena Horton and Isa Gooijer all have a defensive save on the season.

Harvard owns one of the nation's top defenses, as Ellie Shahbo is second in the country in goals against average (0.75) to go with a 78.6 save percentage. She has started all 12 games on the season. As a team, the Crimson are fifth nationally in shutouts per game (0.42). In last season's run, Shahbo posted a miniscule 0.44 GAA, along with an 86.0 save percentage.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE CRIMSON
Dartmouth leads the all-time series with Harvard, 24-20-4, but the Crimson have won seven straight. The Big Green's last victory was on Nov. 2, 2013, 4-2. Dartmouth's last home win vs. Harvard came the season prior, 4-1, on Oct. 27, 2012.

SCOUTING UMASS-LOWELL
Still a newer Division I program (moving to DI within the past 10 years), UMass-Lowell has quickly risen to become an America East contender. The River Hawks currently stand 9-4 on the season and 4-1 in the conference (heading into a Friday contest at UAlbany). UMass-Lowell is 6-1 at home, but 3-3 on the road. The River Hawks have won two of their last three – winning at Northeastern (4-2) and Vermont (1-0) before a double overtime loss at No. 15 Harvard.

Jenna Berger leads the River Hawks in goals (5) and points (15) while her five assists are tied for the team lead (with Mirthe Gans and Meike Vischer). Berbel Rozema is second on the team with 10 points behind four goals and two assists. Eleonore Boekhorst has played every minute in goal, recording a 1.16 goals against average and 77.5 save percentage.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE RIVER HAWKS
Dartmouth holds a 9-2 all-time advantage vs. UMass-Lowell, which includes two straight victories. Several of the games came before the River Hawks announced their move to Division I in 2013. The last time they played was Sept. 29, 2019, a 4-3 Big Green win in overtime. Current Dartmouth senior Holley Cromwell scored the equalizer with less than two minutes remaining – which was her first-career goal – before Katie Spanos won it for the Big Green 4:17 into the extra session.

POST STANDS TALL VS. PRINCETON
Senior goalkeeper Hatley Post led an impressive effort for the Big Green at No. 8 Princeton, who fell 1-0, but had a chance until the final whistle to pull the top-10 upset on Saturday, Oct. 8. She finished with a career-high 19 saves, the most in NCAA Division I this season, and earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week. She also received national recognition, garnering honorable mention from the NFHCA and Defensive Player of the Week from Synapse Sports.

Post became the Big Green's second weekly award winner of the season – marking the first time since 2013 that the program has won two. Classmate Holley Cromwell garnered Offensive Player of the Week earlier this year, meaning it's the first time since 2012 that two different Dartmouth student-athletes have won a weekly award in the same season. In that 2013 campaign, Ali Savage was named Player of the Week three times. The year prior, Savage won it twice while Maggie Scanlon won it once. It's also the first time since 2011 that Dartmouth won each of the two weekly awards presented that season (that year, it was Player and Rookie of the Week).

Post's 19 saves were the most in NCAA Division I field hockey this season. It was a career-high (eight more than her previous high), as she became just the second Ivy League student-athlete to stop that many shots in one game in over 13 seasons. It was also the fewest goals allowed by anyone nationally with at least 19 saves since Boston College's Jonna Kennedy stopped 21-of-22 sent her way against Syracuse on Apr. 10, 2021.

The Houston, Texas native had six second-quarter saves and eight in the third, including a sequence that made No. 10 on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day.

🏑 @DartmouthFH with an appearance on @SportsCenter Top 10 this morning 🤩 pic.twitter.com/MHHmV6SAJY
— Dartmouth Athletics (@dartmouthsports) October 9, 2022

Post's effort kept Dartmouth in the game until the final seconds, looking to pull a top-10 upset. After an early Tigers' goal, Post and Dartmouth's defense shut-out Princeton for the game's final 51:46, marking the Tigers' longest scoreless streak since Oct. 23, 2021 at Harvard. It was Princeton's longest scoreless streak at home since Sept. 26, 2021 vs. No. 2 Rutgers (57:50). All this came against the nation's No. 5 ranked scoring offense entering the day (averaging 3.32 goals per game).

The Big Green held Princeton to its fewest goals in an Ivy League home game since the Tigers scored one on Oct. 20, 2018 against No. 9 Harvard. It was Princeton's fewest goals at home against an unranked Ivy League opponent since Oct. 25, 2014. In addition, Dartmouth allowed its fewest goals against Princeton since a 2-1 win against the Tigers on Sept. 17, 2011. That was the Big Green's last win against Princeton, as Saturday marked Dartmouth's smallest margin of defeat in the all-time series since that game. It was also the Big Green's fewest goals allowed at Princeton since Sept. 22, 1990, a 1-0 defeat.

DEFENSE IMPRESSING
Along with the effort at Princeton, Dartmouth's defense has had its fair share of success this season. The Big Green held Merrimack to one goal, which came 58:06 into the game, in a 2-1 win. Dartmouth held a high-scoring Syracuse offense to three goals over the game's first 56 minutes. Against Brown, the Big Green held the Bears to, at the time, their fewest shots on goal (4) and tied for fewest shots (9) and goals (2).

REELING OFF WINS
Dartmouth's 2-1 win over Merrimack on Sunday, Sept. 18 gave the Big Green three straight wins for the first time since Oct. 18 to 24 of 2017. It was also Dartmouth's first time with three straight wins in regulation since 2013 (Oct. 23 to Nov. 2).

SCORING, SCORING, SCORING
-The Big Green scored in the final minute at Cornell on Friday, Sept. 23 to increase their goal-scoring streak to begin the season to seven games. It marked the first time since 2015 that Dartmouth scored in each of the first seven games of the season.
-Dartmouth scored twice on Sunday, Sept. 18 vs. Merrimack to increase its streak of scoring multiple goals to four straight games, its longest streak since 2018.
-The Big Green's 12 goals over four games also mark their most scored in any four-game streak since scoring 15 between Sept. 18 and Oct. 3 of 2015.
-With Dartmouth's four goals against Sacred Heart on Sunday, Sept. 11, the Big Green reached 13 goals through five games – their most through any five-game stretch since the 2018 season. It was also the most through the first five games of any season since 2018.
-After scoring two against Merrimack, Dartmouth's 15 goals through six games were also its most since 2018.
-The Big Green scored 4+ goals in back-to-back games (vs. Northeastern and Sacred Heart) for the first time since Sept. 9-10 of 2017.
-Dartmouth's 10 goals over three games marked its most over a three-game stretch since scoring 11 from Sept. 1-9 of 2018.

HISTORIC WIN OVER NORTHEASTERN
Dartmouth earned a 4-3 win over Northeastern on Sept. 9, a historic victory which marked the Big Green's third in the all-time series against Northeastern and first since 1987. The four goals marked Dartmouth's most since a 5-0 win over Merrimack last Sept. 19. Caroline Carr scored twice in the win, the first two goals of her career, while Holley Cromwell and Payton Altman netted the others.

THAT MAINE SUCCESS
In the season opener at No. 22 Maine (a 5-2 loss), the Big Green finished with their most goals scored against Maine since the 2017 season — a 5-3 loss at home on Sept. 17, 2017. The two goals were Dartmouth's most against a nationally-ranked opponent since scoring twice against No. 19 Boston College on Sept. 13, 2019. The Big Green scored their most goals at Maine since the 2016 season, while the goal differential (-3) was their best at Maine since 2014.

STUDENT-ATHLETES
Dartmouth student-athletes enjoyed rewarding internship experiences over the summer. Read all about it, here.

Last February, the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced the recipients of the 2021 Division I National Academic Team Awards. Dartmouth, along with 78 other programs, were honored with the distinction, presented to programs that earn a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the 2021-22 school year.

The Big Green's 3.76 team GPA ranked third in the entire nation and top amongst the Ivies, just beating out Brown's 3.75 team GPA.

"I am in awe of this achievement by each of the athletes on our roster," said head coach Mark Egner. "For the past number of years our athletes have sustained this standard of academic success. This is something that is incredibly important as we strive to provide the premier student-athlete experience."

WELCOME, COACHES!
This August, head field hockey coach Mark Egner announced the additions of Tanner Ridgely and Jen Callahan to his coaching staff as assistant coach and volunteer assistant, respectively. They join Maggie Reddecliff to round out the staff.

Ridgely arrives in Hanover after spending the 2021-22 academic year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Towson field hockey program. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management with a minor in general business from James Madison University in 2021. While at James Madison, Ridgely spent three seasons on the field hockey team. She has also been a head coach for the Warhawks Field Hockey Club since November 2020.

No stranger to the Upper Valley, Callahan brings a wealth of coaching experience to Dartmouth. After a decorated four-year playing career at the University of Vermont, she got her start in coaching at Lehigh as a graduate assistant and moved up the ranks to be the transitional head coach in early 2011. After Lehigh, Callahan took the reins of the American International College field hockey program, leading the Yellow Jackets to the semifinals of the NE10 Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament during the 2011 season. Callahan spent nearly a decade with the USA Field Hockey Futures DarProgram and has recently served as a Lebanon recreation volunteer coach in soccer, field hockey and lacrosse. A 2009 graduate of Vermont with a bachelor's degree in elementary education, Callahan went on to receive a master's degree in teaching and learning from Lehigh in 2011. She also holds a USA Field Hockey Level II Developmental Coaching Accreditation and a USA Field Hockey Level I Coaching Accreditation.

FOLLOW ALONG
Both games this weekend will be streamed on ESPN+, with live stats available as well.

WHAT'S AHEAD
After this weekend, Dartmouth will hit the road for a pair of games – at Columbia next Friday (Oct. 21) and Vermont two days later (Oct. 23).

Schedules