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LHU Field Hockey hitting road for pair of A-10 games

LOCK HAVEN — The Lock Haven University field hockey team is set to make its final two-game road trip of the 2018 regular season. The Bald Eagles are set for weekend Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) games at Virginia Commonwealth and Richmond.

Lock Haven will open the weekend at VCU on Friday, October 19 at 3 p.m., before closing the weekend at Richmond on Sunday, October 21 (12 p.m.).

LHU is 8-6 overall (2-3 A-10) and has won two of its last three games. Lock Haven went 1-1 last week with both games coming in conference play. The Bald Eagles lost to Saint Francis 2-1, before rebounding, and downing Saint Louis, 5-0. On the season, Lock Haven is 4-2 away from home and LHU is 1-1 in road conference contests.

Virginia Commonwealth is 8-6 overall and 5-1 in A-10 play. Last season, VCU won 2-1 in OT and the series is deadlocked at 3-3. Richmond is 4-11 on the season and 1-4 in league play. Last season, Richmond won 2-1 in OT and the Spiders lead the all-time series, 6-4. Richmond will host Davidson on Friday prior to the Sunday game with Lock Haven.

LHU news, notes & storylines:

-In Sunday’s (Oct. 14) 5-0 win over Saint Louis, Alyscia Smith recorded a natural hat trick … The three goals ran Smith’s season total to 12, which leads the Bald Eagles … The hat trick marked her third, three-goal outing of the season and her fourth multiple-goal game … Her 12 goals rank in a tie for fourth in the A-10 … Smith’s 30 points rank fourth in the league.

-Tamia Roach is second on the team in scoring with eight goals.

-Tia Judy and Kayla Brathwaite lead the team in assists with eight and seven, respectively.

-Starting goalkeeper Brianna DeAngelis has a 1.46 goals-against-average, the second-best mark in the A-10

-On the season, Lock Haven has six shutouts … LHU has won two of its last three games and both wins came by way of a shutout.

Rudy gets win No. 600:

The 2-0 win at Davidson on October 5 proved to be a historic one. The win gave LHU head coach Pat Rudy her 600th career victory, a career coaching milestone that only two NCAA field hockey coaches have reached before her. Rudy entered the 2018 season with 593 wins and the win at Davidson – the seventh of the season for LHU – pushed her to the magic No. 600. Rudy’s 600 wins are the third-most in NCAA field hockey history and previous to her, only two other coaches had reached and surpassed that 600-win mark in the sport. The 2018 season marks her 23rd at LHU, her alma mater, and her 41st season coaching overall at the college level. Rudy entered the season already holding the third-most wins of all-time and earlier this season, she grabbed her 350th win at LHU.

Up next:

Following Sunday’s (Oct. 21) contest at Richmond, Lock Haven will return home to close the 2018 regular season. LHU will host Monmouth on Friday, October 26 at 3 p.m., before closing A-10 regular season play on Sunday, October 28 at 1 p.m. vs. La Salle.

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