LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University field hockey team will host Saint Francis on Wednesday, October 10 at 3 p.m. in Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) action.
 
The Wednesday afternoon conference match will mark the first of two home A-10 games this week. On Sunday (Oct. 14), LHU will host Saint Louis at 12 p.m.
 
Lock Haven is coming off its first A-10 win of the season. LHU downed Davidson, 2-0, last Friday. Overall, the Bald Eagles are 7-5 (1-2 A-10).
 
Saint Francis is 7-7 overall and 3-2 in league play. Last year – in Lock Haven's 2017 season-finale – the Red Flash won 2-1. All-time, LHU is 11-6 vs. Saint Francis.
 
Saint Louis, who hosts Miami (Ohio) Friday, is 3-8 overall (1-4 A-10). Last season, Lock Haven topped Saint Louis, 4-0, improving to 7-1 all-time vs. the Billikens.
 
LHU news, notes & storylines:

• Three of Lock Haven's seven wins this season have come at home … The Bald Eagles are 3-2 at home on Charlotte Smith Field … LHU is 0-1 at home in A-10 play (Saint Joseph's; L, 4-1 (9/28/18)).
• Alyscia Smith leads Lock Haven in goals (9), assists (6) and total points (24).
• Dana-Lee De Gannes has seven goals on the season and Tamia Roach has scored six goals.
• Goalkeeper Brianna DeAngelis has made all 12 starts and in 851-plus minutes of play, she has recorded a 1.48 GAA and a .654 save percentage.
• As a team, Lock Haven is averaging three goals scored per game … LHU has scored a total of 36 goals.

 
Rudy gets win No. 600:
Friday's (Oct. 4) 2-0 win at Davidson 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 Friday's win – 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 today, only two other coaches had reached and surpassed that 600-win mark in the sport. Coach Rudy is now 600-219-21 all-time. 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. Her career win percentage to date is .727, which ranks among the top-25 all-time and has her listed among the top-five for active head coaches.


 
Up next:
Following Sunday's (Oct. 14) game with Saint Louis, the Bald Eagles will hit the road for a pair of A-10 games in Virginia. On Friday, October 19, LHU will play at Virginia Commonwealth (3 p.m.), before playing at Richmond on Sunday, October 21 (12 p.m.).