Kent State University
Monmouth University
Kent State Returns Home to Murphy-Mellis This Weekend
9/8/2016 3:31:00 PM | Field Hockey
Field hockey (4-1) returns to action at Murphy-Mellis Field this weekend as they are slated to take on Monmouth (4-0) Friday at noon and No. 19 Iowa (3-1) Sunday at noon.
Coverage
• Live video will be available at kentstatesports.com/watch
• Live stats will be up and running at sidearmstats.com/kent/fhockey
The Matchups
Monmouth
• Kent State is 1-0 all-time against Monmouth, beating the Hawks 5-1 at a neutral site in 2013
• The Hawks have yet to lose this season as they have beat VCU, Lehigh, Lafayette and Georgetown
Iowa
• Kent State is 1-7 all-time against Iowa
• The Flashes traveled to Iowa City last season where they fell 7-1
• The lone win came at Kent in 2010 in a 3-1 game
• The Hawkeyes just broke into the NFHCA Top 20 as they beat No. 7 Wake Forest, Fairfield and Saint Louis this season while suffering a loss to No. 1 North Carolina
There's No Place Like Home
• The Golden Flashes have not lost a game played at Murphy-Mellis Field since September 21, 2014, falling 3-2 to No. 18 Michigan
• With two home wins this season and a 5-0 record at home last year, Kent State has won its last 12 games played on home turf
• The longest home winning streak in program history is 23 games. That streak started on September 26, 1998 and ended October 28, 2000.
Familiar Faces
• Monmouth's head coach Carli Figlio graduated from Kent State in 2005 as she suited up for the Golden Flashes and was a captain 2002-2004
• She helped the team to three MAC regular season championships and the 2002 MAC Tournament championship
• Kent State assistant coach Heather Schnepf will face off with her alma mater as she was an All-American for the Hawkeyes and just the third player in Big Ten history to be named Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons
Stat Story
• Kent State has outshot its opponents 74-48 this season while earning 24 penalty corners to the oppositions 19
• Ten of their 13 goals have come in the second half, despite firing off six more shots in the first halves of games
