CARLISLE, Pa. - For the second straight season the Dickinson field hockey team will open up their quest for a Centennial Conference crown with a matchup against Ursinus College. This time however, the two sides will do battle in Collegeville as the third-seeded Bears will welcome the sixth-seeded Red Devils to the Snell Field Hockey Field on Tuesday evening for a 6pm first hit.
Game Information
Opponent - Ursinus College Bears
Date - Tuesday, November 3rd
Time - 6:00 p.m.
Location - Collegeville, Pa. (Snell Field Hockey Field)
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Regular Season Meeting - No. 13 Bears 2, DEVILS 0 (9/26/26)
The two sides played to a scoreless draw through the opening 30 minutes in Collegeville with the Bears holding a slim seven to five edge in shots. Ursinus keeper Elise Martin was the only one to record a save with a stop against Nicole Uebele. Coming out of the break it would be the home side who grabbed the 1-0 lead just over a minute into the third period when Lauren Habakus setup Ava Mikulski. After three more stops by Martin versus Caroline Kirkpatrick and Uebele twice. Unfortunately, for the Red and White, they went into the final quarter down 2-0 with Ava Wood beating Arden Cook. Cook posted three saves in the fourth to keep the margin at just two, but the Devils offense could not get anything going.
Inside the Devils Den (9-8, 6-4 Centennial)
Last Day Heroics!
The Red and White entered Saturday's regular season finale at Washington College knowing that a victory would book them a place in the Centennial Conference tournament. Things could not have gotten off to a better start for the Devils as with just over eight minutes off the clock Raegan Carty put the ball in the back of the cage. That was immediately followed by Alex Hackett making it 2-0 and Uebele setting the 3-0 final score with 20 minutes gone. Dickinson on the day held a 24-3 edge in shots (14-2 on target) and a 14-1 advantage in penalty corners.
Road Warriors
Getting on a bus has not bothered the Devils at all over the last month as the Red and White have won their last four away from Carlisle which dates back to the last time they squared off with Ursinus on Saturday, September 26th. On the season, Dickinson has notched six wins out of nine grabbing victories at DeSales University (4-1), Juniata College (4-0), Swarthmore College (2-1), Muhlenberg College (1-0), McDaniel College (6-0) and Washington College (3-0).
Senior Leadership
The group of Alexandra Hockwitt, Caroline Kirkpatrick, Megan McClure and Nicole Uebele have provided vital leadership both on and off the field which has been key to the Devils success.
Keeper of the Cage
First-year Arden Cook has played every minute between the pipes for the Red Devils this season picking up nine wins, including six shutouts on 52 saves amounting to a .658 save percentage.
Team Leaders
Goals - Uebele (8), Gillian Rosenstock (7), Hackett (5), Carty and McClure (4)
Assists - Uebele (5), Rosenstock (3), Erin Liggio, Hackett and Hockwitt (2)
Shots - Uebele (52), Rosenstock (26), Liggio (25), McClure (23), Carty and Hackett (22)
Game-Winning Goals - Carty and McClure (2)
Defensive Saves - Ella Ledenko, Kirkpatrick and Uebele (1)
Inside the Bears Cave (13-4, 7-3 Centennial)
13th-ranked Ursinus began the season 5-0 with nationally-ranked wins over #14 Rowan University (3-1), #17 University of Lynchburg (2-1) and #11 Messiah University (3-2 2OT). They were then tripped up in overtime 1-0 by #12 Stevenson University, before victories over #20 The College of New Jersey (3-2 2OT) and Dickinson (2-0) left them at 7-1. The Bears then hit a bit of a rough patch dropping three of their next five to #24 Swarthmore College (1-3), #8 Johns Hopkins University (0-1) and Bryn Mawr College (1-3). They seem to have righted the ship coming into the postseason riding a four-game winning streak over #10 Franklin & Marshall College (1-0 2OT), Gettysburg College (2-1 OT), Muhlenberg College (3-0) and McDaniel College (8-0).
Team Leaders
Goals - Brainard (17), Johnson and Mikulski (6), Wood (5)
Assists - Johnson (6), Moore (5), Brainard and Fosbenner (3)
Shots - Brainard (114), Moore (36), Fosbenner (28), Mikulski (24)
Game-Winning Goals - Brainard (6), Mikulski (3), Moore (2)
Defensive Saves - Helphenstine (2), Herman (1)
Goalkeeping Leaders
Wins - Martin (13)
Saves - Martin (54)
Shutouts - Martin (4)
Goals Against - Martin (20)
What's Next
With a win, Dickinson would advance to the Centennial semifinals on Thursday night at top seed Johns Hopkins University. First hit would be at 6pm in Baltimore.
