No. 21 Field Hockey Returns To Action Twice This Weekend

University of Massachusetts Field Hockey Game Notes & Information
Games 10 & 11	No. 21 Massachusetts vs. VCU \| No. 21 Massachusetts at No. 10 Boston College
Date \| Time	Friday, October 1 / 3 p.m. \| Sunday, October 3 / 1 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. (Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex) \| Chestnut Hill, Mass. (BC Field Hockey Complex)
Watch	VCU (ESPN+) \| No. 10 Boston College (ACC Network)
Live Statistics	Friday \| Sunday
Twitter	@UMassFH
Instagram	UMass Field Hockey
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AMHERST, Mass. - The No. 21 Massachusetts field hockey team, winners of two of its last three games, is back in action for a pair of contests this weekend beginning on Friday afternoon against VCU (3 p.m.) at Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex. Admission is free of charge. The Minutewomen will then head on the road for a 1 p.m. matchup at Boston College on Sunday on ACC Network.

Defend The 'Chuk
UMass is back home at the Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex for five of its next seven games. The Minutewomen are a perfect 4-0 so far this season in Amherst, and 8-1 over the last two seasons.

Last time out
Massachusetts used a 16-3 shots advantage and 9-0 edge in penalty corners to shutout Providence (5-5) on Sunday afternoon at Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex. After the Minutewomen and Friars both got off to a slow start in the first quarter, Massachusetts tilted the field in its favor from there when Hannah de Gast scored her first goal of the season, rifling a shot into the lower left corner.

Massachusetts went ahead for good with 7:03 to go when Mus Defauwes scored her third of the year with a shot through traffic off a corner chance to move to 4-0 at Gladchuk this season.

In the rankings
UMass remains in the top-25 of the NFHCA poll for the fourth week in a row, checking in at No. 21. The Minutewomen are also No. 24 in the NCAA RPI for the second straight week.

Tenacious D
Marlise van Tonder has gotten the start in goal for all nine games this season, posting a 6-3 record and a 1.20 goals against average that ranks 13th in the nation. As a team, Massachusetts is fifth in the nation with an .820 save percentage and 12th with a 1.18 GAA.

van Tonder, meanwhile, is eighth among individuals with a save percentage of .810, thanks in part to 10 saves at No. 15 Wake Forest two weeks ago, the most saves in a game for a Minutewoman since Johanna von dem Borne made 13 saves on two occasions during the 2018 season.

UMass has held its opponents to two goals or fewer in seven of its nine games this season.

Anke Bruemmer inducted into UMass Athletics Hall of Fame
Anke Bruemmer capped a stellar career with UMass field hockey second all-time for most goals (50) and third in points (108) in program history. She won three National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-America awards, including a first team accolade in 2000 and second team in 1998 and '99. Bruemmer also earned selection to the 2001 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team in recognition of her classroom work and was the 2001 Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year. Additionally, Bruemmer won two of the conference's major field hockey-specific awards as she was the 1999 Player of the Year and 2001 Defensive Player of the Year.

A four-time selection to the Atlantic 10 10 All-Conference Team from 1998-2001, Bruemmer helped Massachusetts to a 58-31 overall record (.652 win percentage) and 20-1 mark in Atlantic 10 games (.952 win percentage) during her four seasons. UMass advanced to the NCAA Championship Elite Eight in 1999 and 2000 while the squad also made appearances in the tournament during Bruemmer's freshman and senior seasons. She guided Massachusetts to four consecutive Atlantic 10 Tournament championships as the squad went undefeated in eight conference postseason games during her tenure with the team.

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Hannah de Gast

Mus Defauwes

Marlise van Tonder

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