PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle field hockey team is back in action after its longest layoff of the season when it travels to Saint Francis (Pa.) on Saturday for a noon start. Live statistics and video will be available through sfuathletics.com.

Scouting the Explorers (2-5, 0-0 Atlantic 10)

La Salle dropped its second straight overtime game last Friday with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Towson. Janel Paukovits scored the only goal, her second, for the Explorers.

Freshman goalkeeper Lisa Shaffer is the reigning A-10 Rookie of the Week. She made nine saves versus Towson and is second in the conference in saves per game (7.7) and save percentage (.771). She is 14^th and 17^th, respectively, in the nation in those categories.

Today's contest marks the first game in a four-game road trip in which the Explorers will visit Penn, Sacred Heart and Bryant.

The Blue and Gold is 4-0 all-time versus Saint Francis (Pa.) and has outscored SFU 9-1 in the four meetings. Head coach Michelle Marks earned her first collegiate win in 2009 against the Red Flash.

Scouting Saint Francis (Pa.) (1-7, 0-0 Northeast Conference)
Saturday, September 24 | 12:00 PM
Live Statistics | Live Video

The Red Flash have dropped five straight games since beating Lehigh, 3-0. Autumn Pellman leads SFU with four goals, while Jocelyn Scillia has added three.

Jill Dicola sports a 2.07 GAA and .740 save percentage in five starts in the cage.

After allowing 12 goals in its first two games, Saint Francis (Pa.) has only permitted 13 goals in the six games since. Offensively, however, the Red Flash has only scored nine goals this season in eight games.