WILKES-BARRE, PA (October 15, 2018) – The King's College field hockey team will visit cross-town rival Wilkes University at Schmidt Stadium in Edwardsville, Pa. on Wednesday afternoon in their final road game of the regular season. A showdown between two MAC Freedom playoff contenders that are each 3-1 in MAC Freedom play will make the playoff picture clearer.
 
Event Details
Opponent: at Wilkes University (7-7, 3-1 MAC Freedom)
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Edwardsville, Pa. – Schmidt Stadium (Directions)
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Last Time Out: In one of the most exciting games of the season so far, the Monarchs earned a crucial 3-2 double overtime victory at Manhattanville on Saturday night. Kelsey Gabriele recorded the first hat trick of her illustrious career for King's in the victory, tying the game on a penalty stroke, and then winning it in double overtime.
 
The Book on the Monarchs (8-8, 3-1 MAC Freedom):

• The Monarchs will clinch a playoff berth with a win and an Eastern loss to Misericordia on Wednesday.
• King's ranks third in the MAC Freedom with 1.94 goals allowed per game.
• The Monarchs have only had one yellow card issued against them, tied for the fewest in the MAC Freedom.
• Kelsey Gabriele was named MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week for the Oct. 8-14 period; she scored 4 goals last week, and now co-leads the conference with 11 goals this season.
• Gabriele's penalty stroke goal with less than four minutes left in Saturday's match was the team's first penalty stroke goal this season, and just the team's second game-equalizing goal this year.
• Gabriele now has 40 career goals, tying her for ninth on the program's all-time goal list.
• Fellow senior captain Taylor Runo remains tied for second in the conference with four defensive saves.
• Jolee Treslar and Kelley O'Keefe are tied for sixth in the conference with four assists apiece.
• Freshman Bailey DeLellis notched her first career point with an assist in Saturday's win over Manhattanville.

 
The Book on the Colonels (7-7, 3-1 MAC Freedom):

• Wilkes will clinch their sixth straight MAC Freedom playoff berth with a win and a Misericordia loss at Eastern on Wednesday.
• The Colonels have registered 25 assists this season, the most in the MAC Freedom.
• Wilkes also has 6.50 points per game, the highest in the conference.
• Wilkes has scored 2.36 goals per game, the second most in the conference.
• Zoe Stepanski is third in the MAC Freedom with 6 assists.
• Haley Gayoski is tied for fourth in the conference with 5 assists.
• Gayoski leads the team with 5 goals and 15 points.
• Dallas Kendra is fourth in the MAC Freedom with a .737 save percentage.
• Sophomore Maddie Kelley notched her first multi-assist game of her career, assisting in two first-half goals in the team's 4-1 victory over Delaware Valley last Friday night.
• Kelley's four assists on the season ranks her tied for eighth in the conference.

 
Up Next: The Monarchs begin their last home stand of the regular season with a showdown with powerhouse FDU-Florham at McCarthy Stadium on Friday night at 7 p.m.