AEC PREVIEW | No. 3 Marywood Hosts No. 6 Manhattanville in First Round

Pacers welcome Valiants at 1 p.m. on Saturday

Scranton, Pa. – Third-ranked Marywood University begins the 2022 Atlantic East Conference field hockey playoffs with a matchup against No. 6 Manhattanville College on Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on the Atlantic East Conference Network.

The Pacers (5-11, 3-3) earned a home date in the Atlantic East first round against these very Valiants. Marywood defeated Manhattanville 5-0 on the road on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Marywood is coming off of a 4-1 loss to Susquehanna University, the second seed in the Landmark Conference playoffs, to conclude the regular season. The Pacers evened the score 1-1 on a Corrin Hasty goal in the second quarter until the River Hawks put together three consecutive tallies. Marywood ranks second in the conference with 131 penalty corners.

Manhattanville (4-11, 1-5) competes in the Atlantic East Conference playoffs for the first time since joining as an affiliate member in field hockey. The Valiants' 4-2 win over Neumann University was enough to get them into the postseason. Manhattanville was shut out 6-0 to Gwynedd Mercy University Tuesday in its season finale.

SERIES HISTORY

Marywood has won all three games in the series history. The two teams faced each other back-to-back years at the season-opening tournament at Vassar College in 2017 and 2018.

In their matchup earlier this year, Amanda Leeland scored a hat trick to lead the Pacers to a 5-0 victory in Purchase, N.Y. Lauren Youngken scored the other two goals for Marywood, and Rachel Yohn made two saves.

PLAYERS TO KNOW

Lauren Youngken, fwd., Marywood: Youngken leads the Pacers offensively with five goals, six assists and 16 points. She poured on the offense in the last two Atlantic East games with three combined goals. Youngken has at least a point in five of the six conference contests.

Corrin Hasty, back, Marywood: Hasty had registered a defensive save in each of the past three games. In the Pacers' loss to Susquehanna on Wednesday, Hasty scored her second goal of the season. Her offensive output included an assist against Manhattanville. The South Berwick, Maine native ties teammate Klaira Bievenour with a conference-high six defensive saves.

Amanda Leeland, fwd., Marywood: Leeland's position toward the front resulted in a hat trick in the Pacers' last meeting against Manhattanville. Those three goals accounted for her complete scoring for the season. Leeland also has an assist on the year.

Abbey Playle, mid., Manhattanville: A native of Reading, England, Playle leads the Valiants with 13 goals, eight assists and 34 points. Playle had a 15-point effort in a non-conference win over Sage. She has kept to just a pair of goals and assists in Atlantic East play.

Amanda Benedetti, d., Manhattanville: Benedetti ranks third in the Atlantic East with five defensive saves. Three of her stops came in a 4-0 loss to William Smith earlier this season.

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