NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--The Smith College field hockey team (10-3, 2-3 NEWMAC) will honor its six seniors before the start of the Pioneers' home game against No. 19 MIT (11-2, 4-0 NEWMAC) on Saturday.
Last Meeting: MIT beat Smith, 10-1, on the final day of the regular season on October 27, 2012.
The Series: Smith leads, 15-12. Â The Pioneers last beat MIT in 2008, with a 2-1 win coming in double-overtime.
The Seniors
Fast Facts: MIT fell to the University of New England on the road on Wednesday night...it was head coach Cheryl Silva's 400th career game...MIT's only other loss was to No. 5 Middlebury...the Engineers have been to the NCAA tournament each of the last two years, including a trip to the national quarterfinals in 2011...Smith will be playing it's third ranked opponent of the year...this is the second to last home game of the year for Smith...Allie Stein (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) is the top scorer this season in Divisions I, II, and III...three more wins for the Pioneers would match the second greatest single season tournaround in program history...only the 1989 team, which won 18 games after winning nine the year before would be bigger.
Next Up: Â Smith will play its final home game of the year by hosting Amherst College on October 24. Â MIT travels to Wellesley on October 22.
