Utica, NY (9/16/14)- The Utica College field hockey team remains home Wednesday as it hosts SUNY Geneseo in non-conference action. 
 
FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION: If you are unable to attend the game UC will provide numerous opportunities to enjoy the action... Links to all game coverage including Live Stats, Live Audio provided by Utica College's WPNR radio station, and Live Video are available on the field hockey schedule page at ucpioneers.com… Fans can also follow live updates on Twitter and Instagram: @UCPioneers and make sure to like the Pioneers on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ucpioneers… If you are at the game and on Twitter, or talking about the game on Twitter, be sure to use #LetsGoUC. 

LAST TIME OUT: Utica is coming off a 5-2 win over visiting Hartwick College in Empire 8 Conference action Saturday afternoon… Senior Alaina Stojkovski (Liverpool, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) led the Pioneers with two goals, while classmate Hannah Mackey (Locke, NY/Moravia Central) scored her league-leading eighth goal of the season in the win… Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, PA/Millbrook School) and Becki Vivacqua (Yorkville, NY/New York Mills Jr-Sr High) also scored for UC.
 
HOME SWEET HOME: The Pioneers are 17-5 on their home turf in the last two years and are 7-1 at Gaetano Stadium dating back to Sept. 14 last year… In that span, UC has outscored its opponents 34-9 at home. 
 
 MACKEY ON FIRE: Senior Hannah Mackey (Locke, NY/Moravia Central) has taken her game to another level so far this season… She currently leads the conference in goals (eight), goals per game (2.0), points (17), and points per game (4.25)… She is second all-time at UC with 56 goals and currently tied for first with 136 career points. 
 
STEELE-NORTON ON A STREAK: Senior Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, PA/Millbrook School) has scored one goal in each of her last four games…  She is UC's all-time goal scoring leader with 64 career goals and she also is tied for first with 136 career points. 
 
SUPER SENIORS: The senior class has accounted for every goal the Pioneers have scored this season… Apart from Mackey and Steele-Norton, Becki Vivacqua (Yorkville, NY/New York Mills Jr-Sr High), Chasity Eckert (Afton, NY/Afton Central), and Alaina Stojkovski (Liverpool, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) each have two goals, while Adriana Surprenant (Utica, NY/New York Mills Jr-Sr High) has found the back of the net once. 
 
CASEY CHASING THE RECORD: Junior Kells Casey (Sandwich, MA/Kimball Union Academy) needs four more wins to tie Jenny Lounsbury '05 for most all-time… Casey currently has 29 wins under her belt… She has a .636 save percentage and a 2.45 goals against average.
 
SCOUTING GENESEO: The Knights are 2-4 overall and are coming off a 2-1 win over Vassar on Saturday… They have had a tough road so far, as three of their six opponents are ranked in the top 15 nationally… Geneseo is led by freshman Cara Stafford, who has three goals on the season.
 
AGAINST THE KNIGHTS: Utica is 9-2 all-time against Geneseo and 3-2 in the last five years… Last year, Utica escaped Geneseo with a 3-2 win… Louise Steele-Norton (Avondale, PA/Millbrook School) had two goals, while Alaina Stojkovski (Liverpool, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) had one goal and one assist, and Colleen Dowling (Fairport, NY/Fairport) had two assists.
 
LOOKING AHEAD: The Pioneers are set for back-to-back home games this weekend… On Saturday, they will take on Empire 8 foe, Elmira College (4 p.m.) before facing nationally-ranked No. 4 Skidmore College on Sunday (2 p.m.).  


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