WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's field hockey team has another split weekend on the horizon, traveling to face No. 17 Liberty in BIG EAST action on Friday at 1 p.m. before returning to the District to host Colgate on Sunday at noon at Kehoe Field.
 
Live stats for both games and a video link to the Liberty contest are available at www.GUHoyas.com.
 
Please note that spectator seating is extremely limited at Kehoe Field and fans are strongly encouraged to bring their own.
 
About the Hoyas

• Georgetown went 0-2 last weekend with a pair of closely contested games in Philadelphia.
• The Hoyas opened the weekend with a 3-1 setback against Villanova before falling 2-0 at Drexel.
• Katherine Malloy scored the lone goal for the Hoyas over the weekend while Alex Duff (2-6) had three saves and Ella Fahey (2-2) had seven saves in split starts against the Wildcats and Dragons, respectively.
• On the year, Kate McManaman paces the Blue & Gray with nine points (3G, 3A) while Malloy has eight (4G). Izzy Lee (2G, 2A) has six points, Adelae Chierici has five points (2G, 1A) and Riley Fitzgerald, Caroline Suko and Colleen Maloney all have four points off of two goals apiece.
• In goal, Duff has started eight of GU's 12 games and holds a 1.94 goals-against average with 38 saves, a .704 save percentage and one shutout. Fahey has a 1.65 GAA with 17 saves and a .708 save percentage.

Scouting No. 17 Liberty

• Friday's BIG EAST showdown is slated for 1 p.m. at the Liberty Field Hockey Field in Lynchburg, Virginia.
• Liberty is 7-4 to start the year and 1-1 in league play. The Flames are coming off of back-to-back 2-0 wins over Old Dominion and Richmond.
• Claris Iudicello leads Liberty with 18 points (8G, 2A) while Lina Prieri adds 14 (6G, 2A). Josefina Tomasi and Julieta Tornati both have five goals and three assists for 13 points while Pia Iapichino has 12 points (5G, 2A).
• Diane Saint Martin (7-4) has played all but 20 seconds between the pipes and has a 1.53 GAA with 27 saves and a .614 save percentage with three shutouts.
• The Flames defeated Georgetown 1-0 in last year's meeting in the Nation's Capital behind a late fourth quarter goal. Fahey had 12 saves in the loss for the Hoyas.

Scouting Colgate

• Sunday's game is set for noon Kehoe Field on the Hilltop.
• The Raiders are 4-5 on the year and are coming off a 3-2 setback to visiting Cornell last weekend. Colgate plays at American on Saturday before remaining in the District to take on the Blue & Gray.
• Morgan Willis leads Colgate with 20 points (8G, 4A) while Lauren Widdowson adds 11 (3G, 5A).
• Kennedy Glinn (3-2) and Marissa Buck (1-3) nearly split even time in goal for the Raiders. Glinn has a 1.26 GAA with 26 saves and a .813 save percentage in 285:00 of action while Buck has a 2.67 GAA with 24 saves and a .667 save percentage in 270:00 in cage.
• The Hoyas and Colgate have not met since 2015, a 3-2 Hoyas victory during a snow storm in Hamilton, New York.

Up Next
Following the weekend's action, the Hoyas host fourth-ranked UConn at Kehoe Field on Friday, October 16 before making the quick trip up Foxhall Road to face American on the road on Sunday, October 18.