UTICA, NY- The Utica College field hockey team opens up Empire 8 Conference play on Saturday as it hosts Washington & Jefferson College.  Game time is scheduled for 12 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT: Utica is coming off a 4-2 loss at Oneonta on Sunday… The Pioneers led 2-1 at halftime, but the Red Dragons used three unanswered goals to complete the comeback… Senior Madeline Krecidlo (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) scored both goals for UC, while Mackenzie Mix (Camden, NY/Camden) and Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) each totaled one assist… Megan Chamberlain (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) made 12 saves in the loss.
 
LEADING THE WAY: Krecidlo leads the squad with three goals this year… She has tallied at least one point in each of the last four games she has played in dating back to last season… She needs three more goals to match the highest output of her career, which she accomplished in 2019.
 
HELPING OUT: Junior Shannon Jedreicich (Deer Park, NY/Half Hollow Hills East) and graduate student Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) each have one goal and one assist on the year, while Jeslyn Files (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) leads the team with two assists... Freshman Mackenzie Mix (Camden, NY/Camden) tallied her first collegiate point on an assist against Oneonta on Sunday.
 
MOVIN' ON UP: Senior goalie Megan Chamberlain (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) recently moved into fourth place in the College's record book with 320 career saves… She has played in 41 career games for UC and her 7.80 saves per game currently rank second all-time… Meanwhile, graduate student Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) currently ranks ninth all-time with 64 career points… She needs just four more to move ahead of Colleen Dowling '16 into eighth place. 
 
SCOUTING W&J: The Presidents are competing for the first time in nearly two years as they did not participate in the condensed spring 2021 season… W&J is coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Wooster on Saturday… Sophomore Hailey Wachowiak scored all three goals for the Presidents.
 
AGAINST THE PRESIDENTS: Utica and W&J have been evenly matched historically… UC is 8-9 against W&J all-time and ten games have been decided by just one goal… The Pioneers came away with a 3-0 victory against the Presidents in the last meeting between the two teams with Madeline Krecidlo (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) and Sabrina Whitehouse (Greenwich, NY/Greenwich) each netting one goal and Sydney Scaccia (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) and Lexi Scaccia (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) each tallying one assist… Megan Chamberlain (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) made five saves in the shutout win.
 
LOOKING AHEAD: Utica remains home on Wednesday to host SUNY Brockport in non-conference action… Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.