Orono, Maine – After having its' four-game winning streak snapped against Cornell last Sunday, the Maine Black Bears field hockey team will look to finish their four-game road trip on a high note against Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon. The opening whistle is set for noon.

Maine Black Bears at Dartmouth Big Green
Friday, Sept. 17 | Noon | Watch | Live Stats | @UMaineFH  
SITE:  Chase AstroTurf Field
SERIES HISTORY: Maine leads the all-time series, 15-6
                All-time score: Maine, 69-38
                Current streak: Maine has won the last seven meetings since 2009.
                Last meeting: Maine, 7-3
                First meeting: 1991, Maine 4-0
                Notes: The Black Bears have won 11 of the last 12 meetings since 2002.

About the Maine Black Bears (4-2, 0-0 America East)

• Maine suffered just its second loss on the season, but still outshot Cornell by a 20-11 margin.
• The Black Bear offense has outscored the opposition by an average of 4.00 to 1.33 per game.
• Since 2014, Maine has won 21 of the last 27 games held at the UMaine Field Hockey Complex.
• Despite the loss against Cornell, Maine has outscored opponents by a 3:1 ratio on the season
• The Black Bears own a 138-43 shot advantage and an 83-28 shots on goal lead against opponents in 2017.
• On penalty corners, Maine holds a 45-20 lead in six games this season.
• As conference-play gets closer, the Black Bears currently lead the America East in points per game, goals per game, assists per game, scorings margin, and winning percentage.

Maine Team National Rankings

• 4^th in points per game (11.50)
• 4^th in assists per game (3.50)
• 6^th in goals per game (4.00)
• 7^th in scoring margin (2.67)
• 18^th in goals against average (1.33)
• 16^th in winning percentage (.667)
• 16^th in penalty corners per game (7.50)
• Most goals in a game this season (8/29 Bryant 12 goals)
• 2^nd most points in a game this season (8/29 Bryant 32 points)

Maine Individual National Rankings

• Jr. M Libby Riedl
  • 3^rd in points per game (2.83)
  • 4^th in assists per game (1.17)
  • T-19^th in goals per game (.83)
  • T-2 in points in a single game (8/29 Bryant 9 points)
• Jr. B Samantha Wagg
  • T-19^th in  goals per game (.83)
• R. So GK Emma Cochran
  • 21^st in goals against average (1.29)

America East Conference Standings 

East Division	Overall Record	Conference Record
1.) Maine	4-2	0-0
2.) UMass Lowell	4-2	0-0
3.) New Hampshire	3-2	0-0
4.) No. 21 UAlbany	2-2	0-0
5.) Vermont	2-3	0-0

 

West Division	Overall Record	Conference Record
1.) No. 12 Stanford	3-2	0-0
2.) California	3-3	0-0
3.) Pacific	3-3	0-0
4.) UC Davis	0-6	0-0

About the Dartmouth Big Green (2-2, 0-0 Ivy League)

• Dartmouth enters the weekend with a 2-2 record, as they travel to fellow America East team Vermont on Friday before hosting Maine on Sunday
• In their last game, the Big Green routed Bryant 7-2. Maine dominated Bryant earlier this season in a 12-1 win on August 29.
• Katie Spanos has registered points in three of the four games this season, including four against Bryant.
• Hailey Valerio has played all 280 minutes in net for the Big Green, posting at least seven saves in three of four games this season. She topped the 10-save mark in the first two games this season with 12 against nationally-ranked Delaware and 11 against Longwood.
• Dartmouth has been outshot by an average of 18.8 to 13.5 per game on the season.

Dartmouth Team National Rankings

• 9th in assists per game (3.00)
• 11^th in points per game (9.50)
• 11^th in saves per game (8.25)
• 12^th in scoring average (3.25)

Dartmouth Individual National Rankings

• Katie Spanos
  • 7^th in assists per game (1.00)
• GK Hailey Valerio
  • 10^th in saves per game (7.75) 

Ivy League Standings

Ivy League	Overall Record	Conference Record
Cornell	4-0	0-0
Yale	2-1	0-0
Dartmouth	2-2	0-0
Harvard	2-2	0-0
Columbia	1-3	0-0
Penn	1-3	0-0
Princeton	1-3	0-0
Brown	0-4	0-0

 
Up Next

• The Black Bears finally return home on September 22 after playing on the road for the past three and a half weeks. Maine takes on New England foe Northeastern at 3:00 p.m. at the UMaine Field Hockey Complex.