Northwestern University Athletics
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'Cats Close Out Regular Season vs. Michigan State, Stanford
10/27/2016 5:14:00 PM | Field Hockey
| NORTHWESTERN FIELD HOCKEY: GAME DAY INFORMATION | |||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | BROADCAST | LIVE STATS |
| Friday, Oct. 28 |
Michigan State | 2 p.m. CT | Ralph Young Field (East Lansing, Mich.) |
BTN and BTN2Go | GameTrakcer |
| Saturday, Oct. 29 |
Stanford | 2 p.m. CT | Ocker Field (Ann Arbor, Mich.) |
BTN Plus on BTN2Go | GameTracker |
| Social: Twitter (@NUFHCats and @NU_SportsLive) | Instagram (@NUFHCats) | Facebook | |||||
EVANSTON, Ill. – Tenth-ranked Northwestern closes out its 2016 regular season on the road this weekend, taking on Michigan State in East Lansing on Friday prior to squaring off with No. 17 Stanford in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Saturday.
Friday's contest with the Spartans gets underway at 2 p.m. Central time and is being broadcast live by Big Ten Network.
The Wildcats (11-6, 4-3 B1G) are making a trip to the state of Michigan for the second straight weekend. NU posted a convincing 8-0 win at Central Michigan on Sunday behind a four-goal effort by Pascale Massey. Massey's performance marked the first four-goal game by a Northwestern player since Chelsea Armstrong scored four times against Missouri State on Oct. 21, 2012.
The four tallies by Massey helped her join Isabel Flens (15) and Dominique Masters (10) in scoring double-figure goals for the Wildcats this season. Northwestern is the only team in the Big Ten with three individuals who have scored 10 or more goals.
Following this weekend's games, NU makes the trek to College Park, Maryland, for the Big Ten tournament that gets underway Thursday at the University of Maryland campus.
Scouting Michigan State
The Spartans (8-9, 3-4 B1G) enter the final contest of the regular season tied with Indiana and Iowa a game behind Northwestern in the conference standings. Kendal Anderson leads Michigan State with 12 goals, eight assists and 32 points. Megan Fenton contributes 11 goals to the Spartans' attack. Katie Miller has seen the majority of the action in goal and sports a 3.42 goals-against average with a .660 save percentage. Northwestern won last year's matchup with MSU 3-0 in Evanston on Oct. 18.
Scouting Stanford
The Cardinal (9-5, 5-1 NorPac) has won eight of its last nine contest since a 1-4 start to the season. Stanford ranks second in the nation with a 1.09 goals-against average and has allowed either zero or one goal in eight of its last nine matches. Kelsey Bing has a 1.06 goals-against average with a .754 save percentage. Jessica Welch leads the attack with six goals. Stanford posted a 3-2 win over Northwestern in the most recent matchup Oct. 9, 2015 in Evanston.
