Dartmouth Hosts Brown Saturday, Travels to UNH Sunday

GAME 9
Dartmouth (3-5, 0-1 Ivy) vs. Brown (6-2, 0-1 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022 – 11 a.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Chase Field
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 29-13-2
Last Time: 10/2/21 – L, 3-1
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GAME 10
Dartmouth (3-5, 0-1 Ivy) at New Hampshire (3-6, 0-2 America East)
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2022 – 1 p.m.
Location: Durham, N.H. – Memorial Field
All-Time Series: New Hampshire, 24-19-2
Last Time: 9/20/19 – L, 4-3 (2OT)
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SETTING THE SCENE
The Dartmouth field hockey team is set to open the month of October this weekend when the Big Green host Brown on Saturday (11 a.m.) and travel to New Hampshire on Sunday (1 p.m.). Saturday brings former Dartmouth all-time great goalkeeper Britt (D'Augustine) Broady '01 back to town as the head coach of Brown. Each side will be searching for its first Ivy League win after Dartmouth fell at Cornell while the Bears lost their opener in overtime to Yale.

LAST TIME OUT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (9/25/22) – The Dartmouth field hockey defense stood tall through the game's first 56 minutes, allowing just three goals to the nation's No. 4 scoring offense, but 11th ranked Syracuse scored three goals in the game's final 3:44 to beat the Big Green, 6-0 on Sunday afternoon. A combination of eight saves from Hatley Post, along with strong defense in front of her, helped keep Syracuse at bay for long stretches, but the Orange proved too much in the end. Dartmouth will return home on Saturday for its Ivy League home opener, hosting Brown who is led by former Big Green standout goalkeeper Britt Broady '01.

SCOUTING BROWN
Brown began the season, and the Britt Broady era as head coach, with a 5-0 record, but has lost two of its last three. The team opened the season with a 4-3 double overtime win over Saint Francis (Pa.) before topping No. 24 Miami of Ohio. The Bears' defeats were to VCU and Yale, both in overtime and both by 3-2 finals. Brown responded with a 4-0 win over Sacred Heart on Sunday. Lexi Pellegrino leads the team in goals (8) and points (19). Lindsey Ross and Mikayla Walsh are tied for the team lead with eight assists apiece. A balanced and strong offense is averaging 3.0 goals per game, and sees six players with multiple goals, three with 10+ points. Defensively, Julia Hitti owns two of Brown's three defensive saves on the season. Jodie Brine has started all eight games in goal, tallying a 1.60 goals against average and 72.3 save percentage.

Last season, Brown was 6-11 and 2-5 in the Ivy League. Three Bears received All-Ivy League honors.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE BEARS
Dartmouth leads the all-time series against Brown, 29-13-2. The Bears have won the last two meetings (in 2019 and 2021), with the Big Green winning the prior two. The last time the teams played in Hanover, 2018, saw Dartmouth win by a 4-2 final.

SCOUTING NEW HAMPSHIRE
An up-and-down season sees New Hampshire enter the weekend 3-6 – beginning the year with three straight wins, but dropping six straight heading into a home matchup vs. Bryant on Friday. This past weekend, the Wildcats dropped a pair of America East games at Maine and against UMass-Lowell, both 5-1. Their wins came at Quinnipiac (3-1), vs. Boston University (5-2) and against Providence (3-1). The next three defeats all came against ranked opponents. Through nine games, freshman Tasim Cookman leads UNH in goals (6), assists (4) and points (16). She is a perfect 3-for-3 on penalty corners. Tied for second in points is Leah Glidden (four goals) and Nicole Poulakis (three goals, two assists), each with eight points apiece. Molly McAteer has tallied all three UNH defensive saves thus far. Jemma Woods has started all nine games in the cage, recording a 2.90 goals against average and 74.0 save percentage.

New Hampshire finished 7-12 a season ago, including 3-5 in the America East. The Wildcats came in at No. 4 in the preseason conference poll, only behind Maine, UAlbany and Stanford.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE WILDCATS
New Hampshire leads the all-time series with Dartmouth, 24-19-2. The teams last played in 2019, 4-3 in double overtime. The last Big Green win was in 2017 at home, 4-3. Dartmouth's last win at UNH came in 2010, also via a 4-3 final.

WELCOME BACK, BRITT!
A familiar face will be on the sidelines for Brown on Saturday as former Dartmouth all-time great goalkeeper Britt Broady is in her first season as head coach. She came to Brown after five seasons as head coach of UC Davis. At Dartmouth, she was a four-year starting goalkeeper and captain as a senior. Dartmouth compiled a 44-29 record in her four seasons, finishing second in the Ivy standings in 1997 and third in 1998 and 2000.

As a junior in 1999, Broady was named second team All-Ivy after posting a 80.2 save percentage and 1.29 goals against average along with a 14-5 record and four shutouts. Broady holds the Big Green program records in career minutes (5117:38) and career wins (44). She ranks second in program history in career saves (431) and shutouts (16), and fifth in career save percentage (.792).

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 are 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 mark 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
Saturday's game will air on ESPN+ with Damien Tarala on the call. Sunday's contest can be seen on AmericaEast.TV. Live stats will be available for both contests.

WHAT'S AHEAD
Following this weekend, Dartmouth will travel to Princeton to face the Tigers on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 12 p.m.

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