NCAA Tournament First Round
Smith at No. 10 Montclair State
Wednesday, November 7—6 p.m.
Sprague Field—Montclair, N.J.
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SERIES HISTORY
Wednesday's game will mark the first time Montclair State and Smith will square off. The two share one common opponent this season in Cortland. The Red Hawks recorded a 2-0 victory at home against the Red Dragons on September 8, while the Pioneers fell to Cortland, 4-1, in the championship game of the Caryl Newhof Classic on September 2.

SURVIVE AND ADVANCE
The winner of Wednesday's match will advance to face fourth-ranked Tufts on Saturday, November 10 at Salisbury University in Maryland.

SCOUTING THE RED HAWKS
NCAA Tournament Appearance: 8th
Last NCAA Tournament Appearance: 2017

• Montclair State (15-3) will be making their third consecutive appearance in the 2018 Division III NCAA Field Hockey Tournament after earning an at-large bid in 2018. 
• The Red Hawks are coming off a shootout loss to The College of New Jersey in the semifinals of the NJAC Tournament on October 31.
• Senior Amber Haslett was selected Midfielder of the Year as MSU placed five players on the 2018 NJAC All-Conference Team (Victoria Rossi, Marissa Siconolfi, Nicole Andriani, and Elizabeth Cimilluca).
• Haslett leads the Red Hawks with nine goals, eight assists for 26 points followed by Rossie's eight tallies.
• Cimilluca's eight assists ranks first on the team.
• Goalkeeper Nicole Andriani owns a 0.98 goals against average and .825 save percentage with 85 total saves in 2018.
• Montclair State averages 2.00 goals per game and give up 1.06.

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
NCAA Tournament Appearance: 3rd
Last NCAA Tournament Appearance: 1993

• Smith (14-7) earned an automatic bid to this year's championship after capturing their first-ever NEWMAC Championship on Saturday with a 2-1 OT win over MIT. 
• All three of Smith's NEWMAC Tournament wins were decided by that 2-1 margin as the Pioneers defeated sixth-seeded Mount Holyoke in the first round and No. 2 seed Springfield in semifinals. 
• Senior Beatrice Chaudoin (Millersville, Md./Severna Park) was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after her superior play throughout the tournament's three games.
• Junior Sammie Pavlov (Royersford, Pa./Westtown School) netted the equalizer and senior Alex Larosee (Warwick, R.I./The Wheeler School) scored the game-winner for the Pioneers, who return to the national tournament for the first time under head coach Jaime Ginsberg.
• Chaudoin was selected to the NEWMAC All-Conference first team, while Pavlov earned second team honors for the first time in her career.
• Pavlov leads the team with 11 goals and 26 points followed by junior Anna Ballou's (Deerfield, Mass./Deerfield Academy) six goals and a team-best seven assists.
• First-year goalkeeper Channy Cornell (Arlington, Tex./The Oakridge School) has 76 saves on the season with a .691 save percentage.
• Smith is averaging 2.76 goals per game while giving up 1.61 per contest.

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