The No. 18 William & Mary field hockey team looks to extend its winning streak with a pair of games this weekend, including its ninth home game of the season.  The Tribe heads up to Towson, Md., on Friday night to take on the Towson Tigers at 7 p.m., before returning home Sunday to host Davidson at 12 p.m. at Busch Field.  Live stats for both matches are available through TribeAthletics.com, while the Towson game will also be streamed online through TowsonTigers.com.

Breast Cancer Awareness Game is Oct. 8
This Sunday's game against Davidson is W&M's Breast Cancer Awareness game, benefitting the Williamsburg area chapter of Beyond Boobs.  Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game, and the Tribe will also have donuts and other pink treats for sale, again with proceeds going to support breast cancer treatment and support.

Scouting the Tribe
W&M moved back up one spot in the national rankings to No. 18 this week, after starting conference play with wins over Hofstra (5-0) and Northeastern (3-1).  Tribe senior Emma MacLeod (Richmond, Va.) was named the CAA Player of the Week for the second week in a row, after tying the school record with four goals in a single game against Hofstra.  She is now tied for the team lead overall with 20 pts on a career-best nine goals and two assists, while senior Cammie Lloyd (Midlothian, Va.) has eight goals and four assists for her 20 points.  On defense, senior captain Erin Menges (Richmond, Va.) is tied for third nationally with four defensive saves, and sophomore Morgan Connor (Bedford, N.Y.) has a 1.87 GAA and 62 saves on a .747 save percentage

Scouting the Tigers
Towson is 1-11 overall and 0-2 in the CAA, following up a 4-0 win over LIU Brooklyn with losses to Hofstra and Northeastern last weekend.  The Tigers are being led offensively by Kendra Sykes and Katie McNeel, each with three goals on the year, while in goal, Emilee Woodall is the NCAA leader with 134 saves on a .757 save percentage and a 3.76 GAA.

Scouting the Wildcats
Davidson is also off to a tough start this year, 0-10 and 0-4 in the Atlantic 10 including a 2-1 overtime loss to St. Francis in its last game.  Three players each have a goal and an assist to tie for the team lead in points, while on defense, Courtney Byler matches Menges with four defensive saves and Sarah Zeszotarski carries a 2.70 GAA with 56 saves and a .718 save percentage.  Davidson will take on Richmond on Friday before heading to Williamsburg Sunday.

The Series
- W&M leads the all-time series with Towson 21-3, and is riding a five-match win streak including last year's 8-1 win in Williamsburg.
- Against Davidson, the Tribe is likewise firmly ahead in the series, 12-2.  The Wildcats have won two of the last three in Williamsburg, however, winning 1-0 in 2015 and 2-1 in double overtime in 2011, and last year's match at Davidson took until the penalty shootout for W&M to prevail.

News and Notes
- The Tribe started 2-0 in CAA play for the first time since 2006 last weekend with wins over Northeastern and Hofstra.  The last time W&M was 3-0 to start league play was 2005, after going 7-0 and winning the regular season in 2004.

- MacLeod's four-goal game against Hofstra was one of just four such games in the entire country this season so far.  Two-time defending National Player of the Year Tara Vittese had a five-goal game against Monmouth, while Charlotte Veittner of No. 1-ranked and undefeated Connecticut had the other two.

- MacLeod's four goals in conference play so far is the equal or better than any other entire team in the CAA, including W&M if you take her scores away from the team total.

- MacLeod is the first W&M player since Ann Ekberg '03 in 2002 to win CAA Player of the Week honors in consecutive weeks.  Now with three Player of the Week nods in her career, MacLeod is also tied for the all-time program record alongside Ekberg, Kelly Giles '06, and her classmate Lloyd.

- W&M's 8-0 win over La Salle broke the school record for points in a game, with 24 (8g,8a).  The previous record was 23 points (9g,5a) set in 1990 against Lehigh.  The game also saw W&M's second-most assists ever (8), t-3rd-most goals (8), and t-8th-most shots (40).

- MacLeod was named CAA Player of the Week, affter scoring three goals and two assists in the two games.  The senior had two goals against Pacific, and then a third goal and two assists in the win over La Salle.  She's one of just three players in school history (alongside Lloyd and Kelly Giles '06) to be named CAA Player of the Week in consecutive seasons.

- In addition to Christie van de Kamp's (Midlothian, Va.) double-helper against Pacific, four more players had two assists each in the win over La Salle.  Estelle Hughes (Newcastle, NSW), Menges, MacLeod, and sophomore Annie Snead (Midlothian, Va.) all had two assists, which is tied for 10th-most in school history in a single game.

- Sophomore Woodard Hooper (Reston, Va.) was named CAA Player of the Week on Sept. 12, after scoring two goals including the game-winner against No. 7 Michigan.

- In addition to Connor, Meredith Clay (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jessica Wiggins (Williamsburg, Va.) have both seen time in goal this season.  This is only the fifth year that W&M has had three or more goalkeepers see playing time, joining 2013, 2012, 1998, and 1995.

- W&M's No. 18 ranking in Weeks 2, 3, & 5 were the highest for the Tribe since reaching No. 17 midway through the 2006 season.  Since 1993, the highest W&M has been ranked in the coaches poll was ninth, in the second poll of the 2000 season.

- The Tribe has been ranked for 102 games since 1993 coming into this weekend, with a 52-50 (.510) winning percentage in those matches.  When the Tribe has been favored in those matches, its winning percentage has jumped to 42-21 (.667).

- Three of the Tribe's four losses have come against top-10 ranked teams, while all four teams that beaten W&M are currently ranked (No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Viginia, No. 8 Boston College, and No. 22 Pacific).

- W&M is rated No. 16 in the latest NCAA RPI, third-best in the CAA, and has the league's best Strength of Schedule at No. 13 nationally.

- The W&M defense made three defensive saves in the loss to Boston College, its best total since making four against Old Dominion back in 2005.  Cassidy Goodwin (Gloucester, Va.) made two stops and Katherine Hull (Fredericksburg, Va.) one, all to preserve what was then a 0-0 deadlock.

- Connor made 14 saves against Boston College, beating her previous career high by three saves.  That was the most saves in a single game by a Tribe goalkeeper since the 2009 season, and combined with the three defensive saves, W&M's 17 total stops were the most for a single game since 2002.

- With both UC Davis and Pacific on the schedule, this the first year since 1985 that W&M will play multiple West Coast teams in the same year.  Back then, it was San Jose State (who no longer has a team) and Stanford who had the honors.  Currently, there are only four West Coast field hockey teams in the NCAA - UC Davis, Pacific, Stanford, and California.

- Tribe players had an outstanding summer on the Team USA circuit, with six players being invited to the YWNC, and five of those earning an invitation onwards to the Team USA selection camps.  Erin Menges was named to the National Developmental Squad, while Christie van de Kamp was chosen for the U21 National Team and Annie Snead was named an alternate to the U21 team as well.

- At the conclusion of spring training, the team selected Erin Menges and Katelyn Rennyson (Centreville, Va.) as team captains.

Record Watch
- Morgan Connor: 9th Career Wins (17), 12th Career Goalie Minutes Played (2153), 12th Career Goalie Starts (30), 13th Career Saves (155), 14th Career Goalie Games Played (31)
- Booter Ellis (Delmar, Del.): T-9th Career Games Started (67), T-10th Career Defensive Saves (9)
- Estelle Hughes: 12th Career Assists Per Game (0.23)
- Cammie Lloyd: 4th Career Shots Per Game (3.04), T-5th Career Penalty Strokes Made (2), T-5th Career Penalty Strokes Attempted (3), 7th Career Goals Per Game (0.55), 8th Season Shots Per Game (5.08), 8th Career Points Per Game (1.29), 10th Career Goals (31), T-11th Career Points (72), T-12th Career Game-Winning Goals (5), T-12th Career Shots Taken (170), T-12th Season Penalty Stroke Attempts (1), T-15th Season Points Per Game (1.67)
- Emma MacLeod: T-11th Career Goals (28), 12th Career Goals Per Game (0.41), T-12th Career Game-Winning Goals (5), T-13th Season Goals Per Game (0.75), 14th Career Points (60), 15th Career Points Per Game (0.87), T-15th Season Points Per Game (1.67)
- Erin Menges: 5th Career Assists Per Game (0.27), T-8th Career Defensive Saves (10), T-9th Career Assists (17), 14th Career Games Started (62)
- Team: 1st Points Per Game (8.0), 4th Goals Per Game (2.92), 2nd Assist Per Game (2.17), 7th Shots Per Game (17.83)