SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

KING'S FIELD HOCKEY HOSTING WEEKEND DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST SCRANTON, MONTCLAIR STATE – VIEW LIVESTATS

WILKES-BARRE — The King's College field hockey team will face a busy weekend when the Lady Monarchs play a weekend doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday.  On Saturday, King's will face the University of Scranton at 1:00 p.m. at McCarthy Stadium in the Betzler Athletic Complex. The Lady Monarchs will then turn around a day later to host nationally-ranked Montclair State at 1:00 p.m., also at McCarthy Stadium.

Fans can follow games on both days on LiveStats, available at the following link:
http://www.sidearmstats.com/kings/fhockey/

The Lady Monarchs are hoping to have shaken off the affects of an eight-day off period due to area flooding from Hurricane Irene.  After King's was evacuated for four days, the team return to practice Monday before facing Arcadia University on Tuesday. The Lady Monarchs won 2-0 but were sluggish, particularly in the second half when the team's inactivity revealed itself.


King's enters the weekend with a 3-1 mark and will face major tests against a pair of opponents combining for a 9-0 record.  Scranton stands at 4-0 to date while Montclair State is 5-0 and ranked 20th nationally by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.

The Lady Monarchs have been paced by the play of senior forward Jenera Quinones, the reigning Freedom Conference "Player of the Year" and a returning NFHCA Regional All-American. In four games, Quinones has tallied 17 points on seven goals and three assists. Junior Jackie Sikora follows with seven points on three goals and one assist while fellow junior Calli Berryman also adds seven points on two goals and three assists.  Junior Megan Mundy has five points on two goals and one assist.  

King's defense will be manned by senior Regional All-American Holly Mannucci, along with juniors Stefanie Wingerter and Meghan Wernimont. Sophomore goalie Megan Withrow has a 1.54 goals-against average while making 10 saves.