Massachusetts Begins 2019 at No. 14 Ohio State, No. 12 Louisville

University of Massachusetts Field Hockey Game Notes & Information
Game 1	Massachusetts (0-0) at No. 14 Ohio State (0-0)
Date // Time	Friday, Aug. 30 // 4 p.m.
Location	Columbus, Ohio // Buckeye Varsity Field // Driving Directions
Series History	Massachusetts leads, 4-0 Last Meeting: No. 7 Massachusetts 1, Ohio State 0; Sept. 14, 2013
Live Statistics	StatBroadcast
Watch	BTN+

University of Massachusetts Field Hockey Game Notes & Information
Game 2	Massachusetts at No. 12 Louisville
Date // Time	Sunday, Sept. 1 // Noon
Location	Louisville, Ky. // Trager Stadium // Driving Directions
Series History	Louisville leads, 2-0 Last Meeting: No. 9 Louisville 1, Massachusetts 0; Oct. 4, 2015
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Watch	ACC Network Extra

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Setting the Scene
The curtain rises on the 45th season of Massachusetts field hockey on Fri., Aug. 30 as the Minutewomen trek to No. 14 Ohio State for a 4 p.m. match. UMass then heads Southwest to ACC foe and No. 12 ranked Louisville in time for a Sun., Sept. 1 contest which begins at noon.

Fresh Faces
Massachusetts welcomes a total of 11 new faces to the program this season, including nine freshmen and two incoming transfers. Six U.S. states and five other countries are represented among the group, which is made up of freshmen Jess Beech, Kaitlin Broda, Emily Crawford, Steph Gottwals, Vera Heering, Bella Ianni, Emilie Keij, Amber Rose and Josie Rossbach. Graduate student Michelle Barrett and junior Marlise van Tonder have also joined the program.

Minutewomen Trio Named Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference
Senior midfielder Sophie de Jonge, along with junior forward Lucy Cooper and midfielder Georgie McTear have been named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team on Mon., Aug. 19. In conjunction with the announcement, the A-10 also revealed the league's Preseason Coaches' Poll, which projected Massachusetts to finish third in the regular season.

Commonwealth Connections
• UMass redshirt sophomore midfielder/defender Jenna Garber and Louisville sophomore midfielder/forward Taylor Orsi each attended Downington West High School (Pa.).
• UMass junior forward Lucy Cooper and Louisville senior forward Whena Munn both hail from Wellington, New Zealand.
• UMass head coach Barb Weinberg is a native of Louisville, Kentucky.
• Prior to Louisville, Cardinals head coach Justine Sowry spent four seasons (2007-10) in the same role at Massachusetts and helped the Minutewomen reach three NCAA Tournaments.

The All-Time Series
UMass is 4-0 all-time vs. Ohio State and is beginning a season with the Buckeyes for the second time (1981). Most recently, the Maroon and White picked up a 1-0 triumph on Sept. 14, 2013 with Brooke Sabia's tally lifting the No. 7 ranked Minutewomen over their Big Ten counterpart.

Louisville has claimed the only two meetings of these sides (2003, 2015).

Aye Aye, Captain
Junior forward Lucy Cooper and redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Megan Davies will captain the Minutewomen in 2019.

Sweet 16
Massachusetts has secured a league-record 16 Atlantic 10 Championships, most recently winning the postseason conference title back-to-back in 2015-16. The program's 26 NCAA Tournament appearances also stand as the top mark in the A-10.

Next Up
An Ivy League road weekend is on deck for the Minutewomen, who trek to Yale on Fri., Sept. 6 and Dartmouth on Sun., Sept. 8.

Flagship Facts
Jenn Salisbury Named to 2019 UMass Hall of Fame Class
Four-year letterwinner Jenn Salisbury (1990-93) helped UMass accumulate a 70-19-1 combined record (.783) in her four seasons, including a 16-1-0 Atlantic 10 mark (.941). The Minutewomen reached the NCAA Tournament in all four of Salisbury's years, including trips to the Elite Eight in 1990 and 1993 and a Final Four appearance in 1992.

UMass Athletics will host an on-campus induction ceremony for Salisbury and the entire induction class on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium. Contact Jason Germain in the Minutemen Club at jag@umass.edu for more information and registration for the induction ceremony.

Pietie Coetzee Named Assistant Coach
Head coach Barb Weinberg announced on May 29 that South Africa native Pietie Coetzee has joined the Minutewomen as assistant coach. One of the most highly-regarded strikers in the world, Coetzee is a three-time Olympian, representing South Africa at the 2000 (Sydney), 2004 (Athens) and 2012 (London) Summer Games. She boasts one of the fastest known drag flicks in the world and has logged 287 goals over 289 international matches, holding the female all-time scoring record.

The veteran of the coaching world also was an assistant at Indiana (2006) and also held a number of roles across South Africa. In addition to serving as head coach at the University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Coetzee also served as the director of hockey at St David's Marist Inanda for the past three years (2016-19).

Roll UMass
Three University of Massachusetts alumnae are active NCAA Division I head coaches heading into the 2019 season, while numerous others hold assistant coaching roles around the country. Duke head coach Pam Bustin played at UMass from 1985-88, Stanford's Tara Danielson from 1990-93 and Niki Miller (2013-16) is leading Wagner ahead of the Seahawks' inaugural campaign.

NCAA Announces Field Hockey Rule Changes
Fans will notice multiple rule changes during the 2019 NCAA field hockey season–most notably the change to a 15-minute quarter regulation format. That update, made to align with FIH hockey, replaces the longstanding format of two 35-minute halves. Additionally, the clock will now stop when umpires signal a penalty corner. Once both teams are set and ready for the corner, the umpire will use his or her whistle to resume play. At that point the clock operator will restart the clock.

Lastly, the provision allowing a kicking back has been eliminated. Teams may continue to pull their goalkeeper for an 11th field player, however this additional field player will not have goalkeeping privileges.

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