Fresh off another win over a ranked opponent, the Saint Joseph's field hockey team will host Davidson for a key Atlantic 10 matchup on Friday afternoon at Ellen Ryan Field.

#11 Saint Joseph's vs. Davidson
Friday, October 22 • 3:00 p.m. • Ellen Ryan Field
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LISTEN: The Kettle Club Podcast (10/21/21) with Cassidy Atchison and Nicholl Fenton

LAST TIME OUT: Saint Joseph's (11-4 overall, 4-1 Atlantic 10) split a pair of games, falling to then-#21 UMass, 1-0, in overtime on Friday before topping then-#12 Boston College, 2-0, on Sunday...In the win over the Eagles, Manon van Weezel scored her first goal as a Hawk to give SJU a second-quarter lead; Katelyn Cocco then turned defense into offense with a goal as a result of the press in the first minute of the fourth quarter to put the Hawks in control.

Davidson (2-12 overall, 0-4 Atlantic 10) dropped a pair of contests last week, suffering a 4-2 loss to La Salle on Friday before succumbing to #15 Wake Forest, 5-0, on Sunday.

LEADERS: Freke van Tilburg and Manu Ghigliotti continue to lead the Hawks in scoring; van Tilburg's 25 points top the ledger, while Ghigliotti has totaled a team-high 11 goals to go with 23 points...Van Tilburg is second in goals with 10 and tied for second in assists with five...Katy Benton's eight assists are a team-best, while Cassidy Atchison has chipped in with five as well...Robin Bleekemolen has started every game in the cage for the Hawks, posting a goals against average of 1.15 to go with a .714 save percentage.

Izzy Moody, Natalie Naticchia, and Anna Sharp have all scored three goals to lead the Wildcats, while Moody's eight points are a team high...Macy Curtis has tallied four assists to pace Davidson in that category...Cato Roell has started 13 of 14 contests between the pipes for the Wildcats, posting a 4.09 GAA and a save percentage of .608...Genna Barge has also appeared in four games, including one start.

ALL-TIME SERIES: The Hawks are 6-0 all-time against Davidson, with all six meetings coming since the Wildcats joined the Atlantic 10 conference...Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the teams did not meet last season; their previous tilt was a 5-0 SJU win at Ellen Ryan Field on October 25, 2019.

NOTEWORTHY: The Hawks held steady at #11 in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I Coaches Poll for the third consecutive week...Four previous Hawk opponents – #3 Rutgers, #7 Penn State, #8 Maryland, and #10 North Carolina – were once again ranked in the top 10 in the poll...SJU remains the national leader in penalty corners earned per game at 8.4...The Hawks also rank eighth in Division I in goals per game (3.00) and tied for third in shutouts with seven...Ghigliotti and van Tilburg rank 1-2 in the Atlantic 10 in goals, while van Tilburg is tied for the league lead in points and Ghigliotti sits third...Benton is in a four-way tie for the league lead in assists while Atchison and van TIlburg are tied for eighth...Bleekemolen leads the league in shutouts with seven while ranking third in goals against average and fourth in save percentage.