The Lock Haven University field hockey team is set for a pair of non-conference contests on the road this weekend.
 
Setting the stage:
Lock Haven will open the weekend on Friday, September 21 at LIU Brooklyn (4 p.m.), before heading to Hofstra on Sunday, September 23 (12 p.m.) LHU is 4-3 overall on the season, but the Bald Eagles are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss last Friday at Massachusetts in their Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) opener.
 
LIU Brooklyn is 1-7 on the season and Hofstra is 2-7. Hofstra will take on Rider Friday, prior to the Sunday-showdown with LHU. Friday's match at LIU Brooklyn will mark the first ever meeting with the Blackbirds, and Sunday's game will be the first meeting with Hofstra since a 1987 Lock Haven win (W, 1-0), the only meeting prior.
 
Still perfect at home:
LHU is 3-0 at home this season and in those three wins at Charlotte Smith Field, Lock Haven outscored Towson, Cornell and Colgate, 15-2.
 
Scoring goals:
Through seven total games - including four wins - Lock Haven has scored 23 goals. The 23 goals are the second most scored by an A-10 team and Lock Haven's 3.3 goals per game rank 10^th in Division I. Eight different players have scored for LHU, including Tamia Roach who has a team-high five goals. Alyscia Smith has netted four goals. Roach and Smith rank No. 4 and No. 5 in the A-10, respectively. Smith's 12 points are the third-most in the conference.
 
Strong goaltending:
LHU goalkeeper Brianna DeAngelis has played every minute in goal for Lock Haven this season and she's been solid. Her 1.67 goals against average ranks second in the A-10 and 27^th in DI. DeAngelis' .692 save percentage ranks fifth in the A-10.
 
Rudy's march to 600:
To date, LHU head coach Pat Rudy has collected 597 career wins and is now just three wins away from hitting the 600-win mark, an accomplishment only achieved by two other coaches in the history of college field hockey. Rudy's 597 wins are third all-time. She entered the season ranked among the top-20 all-time in win percentage as well, and is already one of the winningest coaches of all-time. The win over Cornell (Sept. 2) at home this season marked Rudy's 350^th win at LHU, her alma mater. In January ('18), she was inducted into the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Hall of Fame.
 
LHU's 2018 A-10 Players of the Week:
Tamia Roach (co), September 4
Alyscia Smith (co), September 10
 
Up next:
On Friday, September 28, LHU will host No. 16 Saint Joseph's in league action at 4 p.m., before hosting Rider on Sunday, September 30 at 1 p.m.