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Two In-State Foes Up Next for Field Hockey
10/10/2014 11:52:00 AM | Field Hockey
The Golden Flashes (4-7) will look to build off two strong wins as they take on two in-state foes this weekend. Kent State will host Mid-American Conference rival Ohio (2-7) Saturday at 11:30am before traveling to Ohio State (4-7) on Sunday for a 1:00pm match.
Coverage
• Live stats for Saturday's match will be available at sidearmstats.com/kent/fhockey
• Ohio State will provide live stats on Sunday at ohiostatebuckeyes.com
• Follow @KentStFH on Twitter for in-game tweets
The Matchups
Ohio
• Kent State is 43-26-2 all-time against Ohio with the last four matches decided in overtime
• The Golden Flashes are looking to avenge a 2-3 double overtime loss that ended the conference season last year in Athens.
• The last ten meetings have been split with each team winning five games. Kent State has won the last two meetings at home
• The Bobcats are 1-1 in MAC games with a 1-0 shootout win over Longwood and a 2-0 loss at Miami.
Ohio State
• Kent State is 6-21 all-time against Ohio State
• Last season the Golden Flashes fell 3-4 at home to the Buckeyes
• The last time Kent State took a match was a 3-0 win at home in 2007
• The Buckeyes have already faced three MAC opponents this season. They beat Miami 3-2 and Ball State 3-2 in overtime at home and fell 1-0 at Ohio
National Rankings
• Kent State continues to rank in the top of the nation in various statistical categories
• The Golden Flashes rank 3rd in penalty corners, 11th in assists per game, 12th in goals per game, 12th in scoring average, 13th in points per game, 15th in shutouts per game, 21st in defensive saves and 23rd in saves per game.
• Individually, Julia Hofmann ranks 22nd in points per game, 24th in assists per game and 33rd in goals per game
• Hannah Faulkner is also tanked 33rd in the nation in goals per game and 31st in points per game
• Andrea Rinehart is 21st in saves per game
Breaking Into the Record Book
• With her goal last weekend against St. Louis, senior Hofmann now is tied for 10th in career goals at Kent State.
• Hofmann also now ranks 10th all-time in career points
Fall Food Fight Update
• The first count is in and field hockey has collected seven bags of food while soccer leads with ten and volleyball trails with five
• All of Kent State's fall sports are holding the Fall Food Fight to collect non-perishable items to restock the shelves at the Center of Hope in Ravenna, Kent Social Services and the Kent State Food Pantry
• Donation bins will set out at the entry of every home game at Murphy-Mellis Field
