COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Saint Joseph's field hockey team is ranked 20^th in this week's Penn Monto / National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I Coaches Poll, the organization announced on Tuesday.
 
The Hawks played one game last week, dominating Lock Haven for a 9-0 victory on Friday.  Ava Smith tied a single-game program record with four goals and added an assist to set a new single-game program mark of nine points on the way to Atlantic 10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors.
 
Two previous Hawk opponents are ranked in the poll, as Maryland is #11 and Louisville came in at #19.  Monmouth, which visited Hawk Hill for a preseason exhibition, is also ranked 13^th.
 
The Hawks have one ranked team remaining on the schedule this season, as SJU will visit seventh-ranked Liberty on October 19.
 
Saint Joseph's will host VCU in a critical Atlantic 10 matchup on Friday before welcoming Drexel to Ellen Ryan Field on Sunday.