Miami field hockey received an automatic bid to 2021’s NCAA tournament after winning the Mid-American Conference (MAC) for the fourth year in a row. The RedHawks will play No. 19 Stanford at noon Friday, April 30, in Chapel Hill, N.C. The winner of that game will go on to play top-seeded North Carolina in the second round.
After two wins at Ball State this weekend, the ’Hawks finished 13-1 (10-0 MAC) in the regular season. Their only loss came to Louisville (ranked No. 2 at the time) in a shootout on March 22.
Stanford won its fifth straight America East championship (oddly enough) this weekend. The Cardinal finished the season 10-2 (6-2 America East).
The RedHawks are four wins away from taking their first ever national championship. That game will be held at 7 p.m. May 9.
Players to Watch
Miami will look for a big performance from star goalie Isabele Parese against Stanford’s explosive offense. Parese, a sophomore, finished the season ranked sixth in Division I with a 0.559 goals against average, and twelfth with a 80.5% save percentage.
The team will also lean on senior forward Allie Grace Joyner and first-year midfielder Claudia Negrete Garcia. Joyner finished the year with 11 goals, tied for twelfth in Division I, and Garcia led the ’Hawks with 1.83 points per game.
Corrinne Zavoli, a senior forward, leads the way for Stanford. Zavoli finished the year tied-for-second in the nation with 17 goals, and third in points per game with 3.33.
SCOUTING REPORT
No. 17 Miami RedHawks vs. No 19 Stanford Cardinal
Faceoff: noon Friday, April 30, at Karen Shelton Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
MIAMI REDHAWKS
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Record: 13-1 (10-0 MAC)
Offense: 3.07 gpg (2nd MAC, 8th NCAA)
Defense: 0.559 gpg (1st MAC, 6th NCAA)
PROJECTED LINEUP
Player (position, class, key stats)
Allie Grace Joyner (forward, senior, 14 games played, 11 goals, 1 assist)
Claudia Negrete Garcia (striker, first-year, 10 gp, 8 g, 4 a)
Paula Pena (striker, first-year, 10 gp, 4 g, 3 a)
Leonor Berlie (midfielder, senior, 14 gp, 5 g, 8 a)
Lexi Nugent (midfielder, senior, 14 gp, 6 g,)
Luli Rosso (midfielder, sophomore, 14 gp, 2 g, 4 a)
Jenna Kirby (midfielder, first-year, 14 gp, 1 g, 3 a)
Noor Breedijk (midfielder, junior, 9 gp, 1 g, 1 a)
Madison Workman (midfielder, sophomore, 1 a)
Morgan Sturm (back, senior, 14 gp, 0 g, 0a)
Isabelle Parese (goalkeeper, sophomore, 14 gp, 13-1, .56 gaa, 80.5% save percentage)
STANFORD CARDINALS
Record: 10-2 (6-2 America East)
Offense: 3.25 gpg (1st America East, 6th NCAA)
Defense: 1.42 gpg (t-2nd America East, t-13th NCAA)
PROJECTED LINEUP
Player (position, class, key stats)
Lily Croddick (attacker, rs-sophomore, 12 gp, 3 g, 1 a)
Lynn Vanderstichele (attacker, sophomore, 12 gp, 0 g, 1 a)
Megan Frost (midfielder, sophomore, 12 gp, 0 g, 3 a)
Corinne Zanolli (attacker, senior, 12 gp, 17 g, 6 a)
Fenella Scutt (midfielder, junior, 12 gp, 0 g, 2 a)
Isabelle Pilson (midfielder, junior, 12 gp, 0 g, 0 a)
Kaylie Mings (midfielder, senior, 12 gp, 3 g, 6 a)
Frances Carstens (midfielder, senior, 12 gp, 5 g, 2 a)
Rose Winter (defender, sophomore, 12 gp, 0 g, 0 a)
Sarah Johnson (defender, rs-junior, 12 gp, 4 g, 3 a)
Hannah Santos (goalkeeper, junior, 12 gp, 10-2, 1.38 gaa, 64.6% save percentage)
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