PHILADELPHIA – The field hockey regular season will come to a close this weekend when La Salle visits Saint Louis on Friday and hosts #16 Richmond on Sunday.
Scouting the Explorers
The Explorers will likely need to win both games this weekend to advance to the Atlantic 10 Championship, hosted next week at UMass. La Salle is currently in a three-way tie for fourth place at 2-3 in the league with VCU and Lock Haven. LU owns the tiebreaker over Lock Haven but VCU holds the advantage over La Salle.
A 1-1 weekend by the Explorers would require VCU to lose both games to Saint Joseph's and Saint Louis and Lock Haven to lose at least one game.
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La Salle Explorers (7-10, 2-3 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (1-17, 0-5 A-10)
Friday, October 19, 2012 | 2 PM
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Scouting the Billikens
Saint Louis fell to 1-17 with a 5-2 non-conference loss at Missouri State on Wednesday. The Billikens are 0-5 in the league but battled St. Joe's to a 1-0 defeat earlier in the conference season.
Lexie Lindblad leads the team with six goals, three assists and 15 points. SLU holds a 3.89 GAA as a team and has scored 1.09.
#16 Richmond Spiders (13-4, 5-0 A-10)
Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 12 PM | Hank DeVincent Field
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Scouting the Spiders
#16 Richmond has won eight straight games, outscoring opponents 22-3 during that span. All four of the Spiders' losses have come at the hands of nationally ranked foes.
Sophomore Rebecca Barry leads the team in scoring with 30 points (11 goals, 8 assists) while freshman Taylor Deitrick is second with 22 (10 goals, 2 assists).
Junior Anna Zarkoski leads the A-10 with a 1.20 GAA.
