FIELD HOCKEY GAME CENTRAL

HAMILTON, N.Y. (10/27/11) - The Colgate field hockey team will be home to celebrate Senior Day for its final game on Tyler's Field this weekend. The Raiders will take on Bucknell at 11 a.m. in their final home match of the season.

Colgate will honor two seniors, Peyton Hawkins and Sarah Hill, who both served as captains this year. Hawkins is a midfielder/defender and has amassed nine points over her career on three goals and three assists.  Hill is an attacker, and tallied her first goal and first assist this season.

TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
Though the head-to-head matchups make the top seed and final spot in the Patriot League Tournament easy to decipher, there are still a wide range of scenarios at play to affect the seeding for the field. Lafayette takes the No. 1 seed with a win over American and the second seed with a loss, while the Eagles are at No. 1 by beating the Leopards and cannot fall below third with a defeat. If Bucknell loses either of its non-league games to No. 8 Penn State and No. 6 Syracuse, then the Eagles will not drop below the No. 2 seed. The Bison can still reach the No. 2 seed by winning all three of their games if American loses, and can also be No. 3, No. 4 or out of the tournament entirely with a loss to Colgate. Lehigh will be either No. 3 or No. 4 in the field, while Colgate can only get to No. 4 by beating Bucknell to make the field.

STANDINGS UPDATE
Colgate is 1-3 in the Patriot League and 6-10 overall and with a win over Bucknell, the Raiders would grab the fourth seed. Lafayette is currently undefeated at 4-0 in the league, followed by American (3-1), Lehigh (2-2), Bucknell (2-2), Colgate (1-3) and Holy Cross (0-4). Colgate ranks second in the league in saves, saves per game, defensive saves, and penalty corners, and was third in the league in shots, shots per game, and shutouts.

LAST TIME OUT
Colgate is coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to Ivy League foe Harvard. Despite being ahead 2-1 late in the second half, Harvard made a surge that allowed them to remain in the contest and carry the game into overtime to win it. Colgate had goals from Laura Dittman and Halle Biggar, with assists on Dittman's goal by Kendall Zaharris and Adriana Libutti. Keeper Amanda DiDomizio also had nine saves in the game.  DiDomizio is now posting a 2.60 goals against average and a .753 save percentage.

SCORING LEADERS
Dittman leads all Colgate players with 16 points off seven goals and two assists. Biggar and Olivia Nabhan both have five goals on the year, with two and three assists, respectively. Adriana Libutti has continued to be a defensive force, as she has six defensive saves this season. Libutti also leads the team in assists with four.

SCOUTING BUCKNELL
The Bison is 6-10 overall and 2-2 in the league. Bucknell just lost 3-1 to No. 8 Penn State in a midweek matchup. Rachel Misko had the lone goal in the loss. The Bison are led offensively by Mallory Smith, who leads all players with 16 points on five goals and six assists. Misko is second on the team with four goals and five assists for 13 points. The Bison is backed defensively by keeper Erica Perrine, who has a 2.19 goals against average and a .696 saves percentage.

Bucknell ranks third in the league in scoring margin, goals against average, goals allowed, goals allowed per game, and penalty corners.

SERIES HISTORY
Bucknell leads the series with a 23-11-2 record. The two teams met last year, with the Bison winning 3-2 in OT.  The Raiders last beat the Bison in 2007, in a 4-3 OT win.