COMING UP…
MATCH 18: No. 20 Stanford Cardinal (12-4, 4-0 AEC) at UC Davis Aggies (6-11, 0-5 AEC)
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018
3 p.m.
Aggie Field Hockey Facility 
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DAVIS, Calif. — The Aggies are set to close out the 2018 regular season this Wednesday (Oct. 24) as they honor breast cancer awareness month with a pink game against the league-leading No. 20 Stanford Cardinal (12-4, 4-0 AEC) at the Aggie Field Hockey Facility at 3 p.m.  

ABOUT STANFORD
Since hosting the Aggies on Sept. 30, Stanford has improved from 6-3 to 12-4 on the season with a perfect 4-0 record against America East opponents… Upset No. 6 Michigan with a 4-2 victory… Blanked by the No. 10 Hawkeyes, 0-3… Posted a pair of one-goal wins over the Golden Bears as well as a 3-2 win over the Tigers… Also edged William & Mary in a shootout, 4-3… The Cardinal began their 2018 campaign facing some of the top-ranked squads in the country… After falling 0-3 to No. 1 UConn, Stanford dropped back-to-back overtime battles to No. 12 Northwestern (2-3) and No. 11 Syracuse (1-2)… Recorded its first win of the season in an 8-1 victory over Ohio… Logged a pair of shutout victories over Central Michigan (8-0) and Yale (5-0)… Sophomore forward Corinne Zanolli paces the Cardinal in nearly every category with a team-high 53 points on 23 goals and seven assists… The Newtown Square, Pa., native ranks second in the country with 3.31 points per game and is tied for first with 1.44 goals per game, while her five-goal effort against Ohio co-leads the nation in single game highs for both goals and points… Senior Emma Christus trails Zanolli with 18 points on six goals and six assists on the season so far, while junior forward Jessica Welch carries a team-high eight assists… Junior goalkeeper Kelsey Bing (12-4) has seen the majority of minutes for Stanford between the pipes, logging 93 saves over 1153 minutes of action, holding opponents to an average 1.52 goals against… Appearing in two games this season freshman Hannah Santos has a pair of saves and one goal against over 21 minutes of action. 

SERIES NOTES
Stanford leads the overall series record with UC Davis, 19-1… The two teams first met on the turf on Sept. 20, 2009… The Aggies claimed a 3-2 overtime win against the Cardinal in a home game on Oct. 6, 2013… UC Davis will look to snap a four-game home skid at the Aggie Field Hockey Facility this Wednesday.

LEADING LADIES
Freshman midfielder Eline van den Bosch leads the UC Davis offense with a team-high 19 points on eight goals and three assists, with 26 of her 43 shots registered on-goal. Junior forward Lauren Gengarella trails van den Bosch with nine points after logging her fourth goal of the season against Ball State (Sept. 24) to give the Aggies a 1-0 advantage. Fellow junior Tatiana Arias and freshman Brooke Sanchez follow behind with six points apiece, ahead of redshirt senior forward Nica Taglieri, who set a new single-game program record with three assists in the Aggies' 3-0 shutout victory over Central Michigan (Sept. 21), bringing her season total to five points. 

Redshirt sophomore Sara Janetzky logged her first career goal to give the Aggies a 1-0 advantage against the Chippewas (Sept. 21), while freshman Siena Dwyer notched her first collegiate goal in the Aggies' overtime win against La Salle (Sept. 8). Dwyer logged her second career goal the following day when fellow freshmen Isabella Porco and Brooke Sanchez notched their first collegiate goals to help UC Davis to a 3-0 win over Davidson (Sept. 9). 

Van den Bosch, Dwyer, Sanchez, and Porco along with sophomore transfer Audrey Matthew and freshmen Shannon Wong, Vinamar Sidhu, Catherine Potente, and Milou Korthouwer all made their career debuts in the first game of the season vs. Temple on Aug. 24. 


Recycled Notes


VAN DEN BOSCH SETS PROGRAM RECORD AT BALL STATE
The first Aggie to log a three-goal game since 2011, freshman midfielder Eline van den Bosch set a new program record with a career-best seven-point game against the Cardinals (Sept. 24), notching the game-winner in overtime to complete the hat trick and leading UC Davis to a 5-4 victory over Ball State.

TAGLIERI MAKES PROGRAM HISTORY VS. CHIPPEWAS
Redshirt senior forward Nica Taglieri set a new single-game program record against Central Michigan (Sept. 21), lending a hand in all three UC Davis goals on the afternoon with a career-high three assists.

VAN DEN BOSCH SNAGS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK NOD (8/28)
Freshman midfielder Eline van den Bosch garnered her first career America East Conference Rookie of the Week award after helping UC Davis to its first 2-0 start since 2012 thanks to a pair of one-goal wins over Temple (Aug. 24) and Providence (Aug. 26)… Van den Bosch recorded her first career goal against the Owls to tie the game at two-all en route to a 3-2 win for the Aggies… Notched a three-point game against the Friars, scoring her second collegiate goal—also tying the game, 2-2—and tallying her first assist… The award marks the first of the season for the Aggies. 

2018 ROSTER AT A GLANCE
With nine incoming freshman, seven returning starters, and a three-member senior class, the Aggies skew young this year as they begin the 2018 season with 17 underclassmen on their roster of 24.  

The Aggies will also welcome back redshirt sophomore, Sara Janetzky, who suffered a season-ending injury in 2017. An America East All-Rookie Team selection as a freshman, Janetzky was one of five Aggies to start in all 18 games on the schedule.

"We are young, but we have more depth than we've had in the past," said Broady. "Stephanie Hussey, who is entering her third season as an assistant coach for the Aggies, has been working tirelessly with our forward line to create movement, quick shots, and scrappiness." 

"Newcomers Siena Dwyer, Brooke Sanchez, and Shannon Wong add a quickness and fearlessness that is hard to defend, while in the midfield, we have players who have been working to develop the attack and build the play," Broady said. "Madison Theodore, Eline van den Bosch, Nicola Prebble, and Milou Korthouwer will not only transition the ball to the attacking third, they will also sustain a team attack," Broady added. 

"Defensively, we have experience with senior back Kelley Kramer and junior goalkeeper Chelsea Bigelow, in addition to newcomers Audrey Matthew and Isabella Porco, who are playing as veterans and will make entering the circle a challenge."



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ABOUT UC DAVIS
Providing a small-town community feel while providing a world-class academic experience, UC Davis is home to more than 37,000 students and centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and the Napa Valley. The No. 5-ranked public university in the nation, according to the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, offers nearly 100 graduate programs and more than 100 academic majors across four colleges and six professional schools, ranking among the world and nation's best in numerous disciplines, including veterinary science, agriculture, and plant and animal programs.

AGGIE EVO
Established during the 2017-18 academic year, the Aggie EVO System is UC Davis Athletics' investment in the primary mission of preparing student-athletes for a successful "launch" after graduation. Thanks to a collaboration of alumni, university resources, corporate partners, coaches and Student-Athlete Outcomes staff, all Aggies are guided over four years to acquire the skills, knowledge, opportunities and tools to better know and navigate the "World of Work" after graduating from UC Davis. Follow the Aggie EVO system on Twitter and Instagram at @AggieEVO.

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