No. 20 UAlbany, No. 10 Harvard Open Home Slate

University of Massachusetts Field Hockey Game Notes & Information
Game 5	No. 20 UAlbany (1-2) at Massachusetts (2-2) UAlbany plays at No. 5 Princeton on Friday at 4 p.m.
Date // Time	Saturday, Sept. 14 // 3 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. // Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex // Driving Directions
Series History	UAlbany leads, 4-3 Last Meeting: No. 21 UAlbany 3, No. 25 Massachusetts 2; Sept. 23, 2012
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Watch	ESPN+ United States // International

University of Massachusetts Field Hockey Game Notes & Information
Game 6	No. 10 Harvard (1-2) at Massachusetts
Date // Time	Monday, Sept. 16 // 5 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. // Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex // Driving Directions
Series History	Massachusetts leads, 15-7-1 Last Meeting: No. 18 Harvard 4, Massachusetts 0; Sept. 16, 2018
Live Statistics	SIDEARM Stats
Watch	ESPN+ United States // International

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Setting the Scene
The Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex hosts its first two games of the 2019 regular season as the University of Massachusetts welcomes No. 20 ranked UAlbany to the 'Chuk on Sat., Sept. 14 and No. 10 Harvard on Mon., Sept. 16. The Minutewomen will tilt with UAlbany at 3 p.m. on Saturday before meeting the Crimson Monday night at 5 p.m.

Recap in a Minute
UMass is in search of its third straight victory after heading on the road to defeat Ivy League foes Yale (Sept. 6) and Dartmouth (Sept. 8). Goalkeepers Megan Davies and Marlise van Tonder split time in both matches with each picking up a win over the weekend. Freshman Jess Beech had two goals and assisted on Georgie McTear's overtime game-winner at Dartmouth to cap a five-point weekend. Freshman Josie Rossbach has been an early highlight on the UMass backline, starting all four games and helping hold opponents to just two goal in the last three matches.

Commonwealth Connections
• UMass sophomore midfielder Mus Defauwes and Harvard freshman defender Julia Smith both hail from The Hague, Netherlands.
• UMass head coach Barb Weinberg and Harvard head coach Tjerk van Herwaarden were on staff together at Maryland when the Terrapins won back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2010-11.

The All-Time Series
The meeting with UAlbany is just the eighth all-time for the Minutewomen and first since the 2012 campaign. The Great Danes nipped UMass on a late penalty stroke in that last contest and a Maroon and White victory on Saturday would be the first over UAlbany since 2009.

UMass and Harvard have battled nearly every season since the turn of the century, along with in 1998 and annually from 1980-86. The Crimson claimed last year's tilt, 4-0, after UMass grabbed a 3-1 victory in 2016.

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 were 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.

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

Next Up
The Atlantic 10 schedule begins for the Minutewomen on Sat., Sept. 21 with a road match at Saint Louis. Start time is set for 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

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. Read the 1993 season preview here, which includes mention of the three-time All-American and two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.

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-Turner Named Assistant Coach
Head coach Barb Weinberg announced on May 29 that South Africa native Pietie Coetzee-Turner has joined the Minutewomen as assistant coach. One of the most highly-regarded strikers in the world, Coetzee-Turner 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 FIH 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-Turner also was director of hockey at St David's Marist Inanda from 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.

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.

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.

Scoreboard

Players Mentioned

Michelle Barrett

Jess Beech

Kaitlin Broda

Lucy Cooper

Emily Crawford

Megan Davies

Sophie de Jonge

Mus Defauwes

Steph Gottwals

Vera Heering

Bella Ianni

Emilie Keij

Georgie McTear

Amber Rose

Josie Rossbach

Marlise van Tonder

Scoreboard

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