Field Hockey Prepares for Weekend Brace

Lancers Host Lafayette, Travel to No. 20 Wake Forest

Games 3-4 • Longwood vs. Lafayette/at No. 20 Wake Forest
Dates & Times	Friday, September 5 • 3 p.m. \| Sunday, September 7 • 1 p.m.
Location	Farmville, Va. • Elizabeth Burger Jackson Field \| Winston-Salem, N.C. • Kentner Stadium
Statistics	Longwood \| Lafayette \| Wake Forest \| MAC
TV (ESPN+/ACCNX)	Lafayette \| Wake Forest
Live Stats	Longwood Live Stats (vs. Lafayette)
Social Media Live Updates	@LongwoodLancers \| @lancersfh

DOUBLE DUTY:

This upcoming weekend, the Lancers have two matches, Lafayette and Wake Forrest
Longwood hosts Lafayette at Elizabeth Burger Jackson Field on Friday afternoon, the home opener for the Lancers
Sunday afternoon, the Lancers head to No. 20 Wake Forest
Longwood comes into these matchups 1-1 after falling to Richmond 3-0 in the season opener before winning 3-1 at Queens

MATCHUP HISTORY:

Lafayette and Longwood have faced off four times before
Lafayette has won all four matches, with their most recent competition in 2016, the Leopards won 2-1
All four matches have been decided by one goal, with two going to overtime (one ending in a shootout)
Longwood has played Wake Forest 11 times, with Wake Forest leading the series 7-2-2
The last matchup occurred October 18th, 2023, with a 3-0 loss at Elizabeth Burger Jackson Field.

LEAPING LEOPARDS:

Lafayette comes into this match 2-0, with wins over Fairfield and Drexel, both 2-0 victories
The Leopards' leading scorers are Lauren Kurek, Stella Malinowski, Linda Nova, and Laila Pasic. Mackenzie Switzer and Josephine Van Wijk both tallied assists in the last two matches.
On the back line, Mackenzie Switzer and Lena Thedrian both made defensive saves.
In the goal, Raffi Fragomeni (2-1) started and played both games, making 13 saves, and completing two shutouts.

DEMON DEACON DOWNLOAD:

The Demon Deacons are 0-2, but lost to two top 20 competitors.
Wake Forest lost to No. 15 Iowa 5-4 and No. 7 Michigan 2-1 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on opening weekend.
Wake Forest will travel to play Davidson Friday September 5th at 6pm.
Their leading scorer, Mia Montag has two goals and one assist for this season.
Lexi Causa, Faye Janse, and Mia Schoenbeck all have added a goal each. Lena Keller has two assists, Ava Moore, Georgia Pollock, and Lauren Storey each added an assist.
Ruby Butterfield made four saves and allowed three goals starting for the Demon Deacons.

SHOT STOPPER:

In the past two appearances, sophomore goalkeeper Sophie Mooldijk (1-1) has made 15 saves for the Lancers.
She has faced 45 shots and played all 120 minutes in the cage for Longwood.
Against Richmond, Mooldijk made 11 saves, the sixth time in her career she has made at least 10 saves in a match.

SHE SHOOTS, SHE SCORES:

In their last appearance, the Lancers scored three goals, each by a different player.
Madi Wiley scored 34 seconds into the match, notching her seventh career goal.
Freshman Hailey Flick sent one home in the second quarter for a 2-0 lead against Queens for her first collegiate goal
Finally, off a penalty corner Channy Johnson tallied the team's third goal of the match off a find from Meghan Hyatt. It was Johnson's first career goal

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