Field Hockey Hits the Road to Play Ohio, 6th-Ranked Ohio State

Saturday, September 21

Athens, OH

1 p.m.

Brown University

Ohio

Photo by: Jon Ratner

Field Hockey Hits the Road to Play Ohio, 6th-Ranked Ohio State

9/20/2024 10:04:00 AM | Field Hockey

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown Bears (1-3, 1-0 Ivy League) are back on the road this weekend as they travel to Athens, Ohio to play Ohio University (3-3, 0-0 MAC) before heading over to Columbus to play #6-ranked Ohio State (6-0, 0-0 Big Ten) on Sunday.

Saturday and Sunday games are both scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with Saturday's game on ESPN+ and Sunday's game on B1GNetwork+.

SCOUTING THE BEARS

The Bears enter the weekend looking to build off momentum from the recent 2-1 double OT conference win against Yale last Sunday.
Senior Julia Hitti earned herself Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week following a 2-1 win over Yale.
Katie McCallum leads the bears with goals and points, scoring the game-winning OT goal against Yale. Lucy Adams leads with four assists, providing one on each of Brown's goals against Yale.
Kylee Del Monte has started all four games and enters the weekend with a 2.25 goals against average and a .643 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS

The Bobcats enter the weekend 3-3 overall, coming off a 5-1 win over Saint Louis and a 6-0 loss to Michigan.
Sasha Dikolta and Natalie LaFleur both lead the Bobcats with three goals in the season. Dikolta leads the offense with seven points.
Macy Lotze has started five games recording a 2.32 goals against average and a 0.744 save percentage.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Saturday will mark the first meeting between the Bears and the Bobcats.

SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES

The Buckeyes has been ranked since day one starting preseason ranked #14, climbing to #8 after week one, and now landing in #6 in the NFHCA polls.
Ohio State has only allowed three goals in their first six games of the season.
Leading the Buckeyes with points this season, forward Makenna Webster tallies 18 points heading into the weekend with 6 goals and 6 assists.
Defensively, the Buckeyes have only allowed three goals in six games with goaltender Abby Danson in net holding a 0.6 goals against average and .880 save percentage.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Sunday will be the first ever match-up between the Buckeyes and the Bears, meeting in Columbus for this brand new series.

BY THE NUMBERS

Per FieldHockeyCorner.com, Brown has the 12th-ranked strength of schedule through the early part of the season.

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