UTICA, NY- The Utica College field hockey team wraps up its home portion of the regular season Wednesday as it hosts Hartwick College.  Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT: The Pioneers are coming off a convincing 7-1 win over Elmira on Saturday… Five different players scored for UC on the day, including Rylee Meelan (Clinton, NY/Clinton) and Madeline Krecidlo (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) who each had two goals, as well as Josie Sgarlata (Canastota, NY/Canastota), Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich), and Abbey Fitzgerald (New York Mills, NY/New York Mills), who netted one goal apiece… Carly Tebolt (Wappingers, NY/Roy C Ketcham) made three saves in net to pick up her first win of the season.
 
PLAYOFF PICTURE: Utica is currently tied for fifth in the Empire 8 Conference standings, but the Pioneers are still very much in the playoff picture… UC controls its own destiny as its final two games are against teams either tied, or just ahead in the conference standings… With a pair of wins, the Pioneers will lock up a spot in the E8 Tournament. 
 
SWEEPING THE E8 AWARDS: It was a clean sweep for Utica as the Pioneers took home both the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week awards for the conference on Monday… Senior Rylee Meelan (Clinton, NY/Clinton) was named the Offensive Player of the Week, while freshman Megan Chamberlain (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) was named the Defensive Player of the Week… Meelan had five goals in two matches last week, including a hat trick against Skidmore and a pair of goals against Elmira… Chamberlain meanwhile stopped nine of ten shots she faced in the 4-1 win over Skidmore on Wednesday.
 
NEARING 100: Senior Rylee Meelan (Clinton, NY/Clinton) is currently fifth in the College's record books with 97 career points… She needs just three more points to become only the fourth player to ever score 100 points in a career for the Orange and Blue… Meelan is also fifth all-time in career goals (43) and she needs just two more to move into a tie with Pioneer Hall of Famer, Katie Kutas '09 for fourth place all-time.
 
HELPING OUT: Utica has two other players with at least ten points on the season… Sophomore Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) is second on the squad with 12 points, including a team-high six assists… Classmate Sydney Scaccia (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) has 10 points this season on three goals and four assists.
 
SCOUTING HARTWICK: The Hawks are 11-4 overall and they sit right in front of Utica with a 4-2 mark in the Empire 8 standings… Hartwick has seven players with at least 10 points on the season, led by freshman Perry Willett, who has a team-high 11 goals, six assists, and 28 points.
 
AGAINST THE HAWKS: Utica is 4-1 against the Hawks in the last five years, but the last three meetings have been decided by just one goal… Last year, Hartwick topped the Pioneers 2-1 in overtime… Sydney Scaccia (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) scored the lone goal for UC.
 
LOOKING AHEAD: The Pioneers return to action Saturday as they travel to Nazareth for the regular season finale… Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.