Preview: Lions Set to Go Back-To-Back at Dartmouth, New Hampshire

Saturday, October 23

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 PM

Columbia University

Dartmouth

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Preview: Lions Set to Go Back-To-Back at Dartmouth, New Hampshire

10/21/2021 11:16:00 AM | Field Hockey

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Columbia will play a pair of contests in the Granite State.

NEW YORK — The Columbia field hockey team will hit the road to take on Dartmouth in Ivy League action Saturday, October 23, at 12 p.m. and remain in the Granite State to face New Hampshire Sunday, October 24 at 2 p.m. The matchup between the Lions (6-6, 0-4) and Big Green (4-8, 0-4) will be aired on ESPN+ and the Sunday contest with the Wildcats (4-10) is set to be shown on AmericaEast.TV.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW...

COLUMBIA'S STATUS
The Lions will aim to snap a six-game slide when it heads to New Hampshire to take on Dartmouth and UNH this weekend. Columbia came from two goals down to tie Yale, but fell 4-2 at home before dropping a 2-0 decision at No. 3 Rutgers Sunday.

DARTMOUTH'S STATUS
The Big Green fell to No. 13 Harvard, 4-0, last weekend and have lost five in a row. Holly Cromwell paces the team with nine points (3 goals, 3 assists). In net, Isabella Santucci hhahs started all 11 gams and has a 2.24 GAA and .689 save percentage.

INSIDE THE SERIES - DARTMOUTH
Columbia is 8-15 against the Big Green. In the last meeting, Ellie Decker recorded a hat trick in a span of 5:19 to give the Lions a 4-3 overtime victory. The Lions trailed 3-1 with just over eight minutes left in regulation before Decker worked her magic.

NEW HAMPSHIRE'S STATUS
The Wildcats snapped a three-game losing streak after a 6-1 victory over Merrimack. UNH has a conference matchup at Vermont prior to Sunday's contest with the Lions. Bloem van den Brekel has a team-high five goals and Lindsay Lee has 13 points (4 goals, 5 assists). Jemma Woods has started eachh game in goal and has a 2.28 GAA and a .692 save percentage.

INSIDE THE SERIES - UNH
Sunday will be the first meeting between Columbia and New Hampshire.

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