Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State University field hockey team hosts a Sunday slate against Washington & Lee on Sunday morning

GAME INFO 
The game is set to start at 11:00 am at Sprague Field. Live coverage of the game can be found at montclairathletics.com. 

LAST TIME OUT 
Montclair was upended in its matchup against Christopher Newport, 5-0. Montclair went on the attack off the first whistle, collecting three penalty corners and three shots off of them, including a shot from SADIE EICHLIN that was on goal but denied by the CNU goalkeeper. The Captain's then controlled the tempo for the rest of the period. SYDNEY WHITE made three stops between the fourth and seventh minutes. In the ninth minute, Christopher Newport had a penalty corner opportunity and fired a shot at SYDNEY WHITE, who made the save, but could not recover quickly enough off the rebound, and CNU put in the first goal at 9:46 to take a 1-0 lead. The second period was all CNU, who blanked Montclair with zero shots. The Captains scored similarly as the first goal in the 20^th minute of the game when a shot and a save were collected and put in off the rebound to take a 2-0 lead. The lead was extended to 3-0 just about a minute and a half later when a CNU player collected a ball off a Montclair defender in the arc and fired a ball into the top right of the cage. Christopher Newport kept the pressure going right out of the halftime intermission. In the 32^nd minute, the Captains played a ball into the arc, and a good pass found its way right into the cage in front of White and was touched past her for a 4-0 edge. The only offensive opportunity for Montclair happened in the 38^th minute, when MARISSA CRAIG took a great shot, but had it saved, and the game went 4-0 into the final period. CNU put the exclamation point on an emphatic win when they were awarded a penalty corner and fired in a shot off a pass from the top of the key and went up 5-0. COLLEEN MCGAVIN and BELLA HEISER each saw shots down the stretch, but were unable to capitalize, and the game went final.
 
2025 TEAM LEADERS 
MONTCLAIR STATE (2-6) 
Goals: SADIE EICHLIN, 3 
Assists: Three tied with 1 
Points: SADIE EICHLIN, 6 
Shots: NATALIE SURMA, 18 
Saves: Sydney White, 70
Wins: SYDNEY WHITE, 2 
  
WASHINGTON & LEE (4-3) 
Goals: Betty Boatwright, 4 
Assists: Sydney Baggett, 3
Points: Sydney Baggett, 9
Shots: Margaret Scheurer, 27
Saves: Julia McDonald, 48 
Wins: Julia McDonald, 48 
 
SCOUTING WASHINGTON & LEE
The Generals enter this matchup at 4-3 and are coming off a loss against #10 Stevens, 2-0 on Saturday. In 2024, Washington & Lee went 12-7 with a 5-3 record in the ODAC. They qualified for the conference tournament, where they upended Virginia Wesleyan, 7-0, before being defeated by Shenandoah, 5-2
 
SERIES HISTORY 
Montclair and Washington & Lee face off for the third time in their series. Each team has taken a game from the other for a 1-1 tie.
 
LAST MEETING 
The Red Hawks and the Generals met last on September 28, 2019, where W&L won by a score of 1-0.

UP NEXT 
Montclair will honor its senior class before opening up NJAC play on Saturday, October 4, against Ramapo at 12:00 p.m.