The William & Mary field hockey team looks to continue its early-season momentum this weekend with two more games.  The Tribe hosts Monmouth on Friday night at 7 p.m. at home, before heading to Charlottesville on Sunday to face Columbia at 11 a.m.  Live stats for both games are available through TribeAthletics.com.

Scouting the Tribe
W&M is 1-1 on the year, after falling to No. 2 Duke in the season-opener and rebounding to beat Fairfield 3-1 on Sunday.  Sophomore Woodard Hooper (Reston, Va.) is the leading scorer with both a goal and assist, while Booter Ellis (Delmar, Del.) has a pair of assists and Cammie Lloyd (Midlothian, Va.) and Annie Snead (Midlothian, Va.) each had a goal as well.  On defense, senior captain Erin Menges (Richmond, Va.) is tied for the national lead with two defensive saves, and sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Connor (Bedford, N.Y.) ranks second in the CAA with 14 saves and a 0.700 save percentage.

Scouting the Hawks
Monmouth, the 2016 MAAC Champions, are 2-0 with convincing wins over Kent State and Bucknell.  Kelly Hanna has three goals on offense, with Meg Donahue (2g, 1a) and Rachel Konowal (1g, 3a) close behind.  In goal, Christen Piersanti (1.0 GAA, .833 save percentage) and Gabi Millan (2.0 GAA, .714 save percentage) each played one game.

Scouting the Lions
Columbia will be playing its first game of the year on Friday, before facing W&M Sunday.  The Lions went 8-9 a year ago and 2-5 in the Ivy League.  Maeve Doherty is the top returning scorer with 9 goals and 5 assists, while in goal, Katie Dempsey is the only returning goalkeeper, and she played just six minutes last year without facing a shot.

The Series
- This is the second time that W&M and Monmouth have ever played, following a 3-1 Tribe win in the 2011 season on the road.
- Columbia and W&M have played twice before, with the series even at 1-1.  In 2000, the Tribe won 6-2 in Williamsburg, before the Lions returned the favor 2-0 in 2008 also in Williamsburg.

News and Notes
- Erin Menges had both of her defensive saves against No. 2 Duke, marking the third multi-save game of her career.  Since the 2000 season, only All-American Anna Davis '06 has more such games (four).  Menges is now tied for 11th all-time at W&M, with eight defensive saves.

- Woodard Hooper made her first career start Sunday against Fairfield.

- Morgan Connor's 14 saves so far this season moves her up to 16th in school history, with 107 career saves.  In 21 games, she's averaging 5.09 saves per game, which would be the seventh-highest rate ever if she had played the minimum number of games (35).

- W&M was picked to finish third in the CAA pre-season poll, behind defending NCAA Champion Delaware and James Madison.  The Tribe lost to Delaware 3-2 in overtime in 2016, and beat the Dukes 4-3 in overtime in the regular season before falling in the conference semifinals, 2-0.

- 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 (Midlothian, Va.) 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.

- W&M returns every all-conference honoree from a year ago, including Erin Menges who was the CAA Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-CAA, all-region, and all-state.  Also back is Cammie Lloyd, a first-team All-CAA and all-state choice at forward, as well as Booter Ellis, who joined Menges on the all-region, all-state, and all-conference second teams.  Estelle Hughes (Newcastle, NSW) was also a member of the All-CAA and all-state second teams, while Annie Snead, Cassidy Goodwin (Gloucester, Va.), and Morgan Connor were all named to the CAA All-Rookie team.

- Eight of the Tribe's 18 regular season opponents begin the year in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Pre-Season Top-25.  In addition to No. 2 Duke, future opponents include No. 3 Delaware, No. 10 Virginia, No. 11 Michigan, No. 12 Boston College, No. 19 James Madison, No. 23 Old Dominion, and No. 25 Pacific.  Additionally, the Tribe scrimmaged against No. 25 Liberty during camp.

- At the end of the 2016 season, W&M ranked sith nationally with 12 defensive saves.  In the individual rankings, Cammie Lloyd was 23rd overall with 0.79 goals per game and 25th with 1.89 points per game, while Erin Menges was 10th in the nation with five defensive saves.

- Cammie Lloyd begins her senior campaign looking to climb the W&M career charts in a number of categories.  Her 24 career goals in 15th all-time, and she ranks just outside the top-16 with 54 points.  She is currently eighth all-time with 0.52 goals per game, ninth in points per game at 1.18, and 12th with five game-winning goals.  Her numbers are all the more impressive considering she didn't record a single point as a freshman.

- Also appearing in W&M's career charts and looking to move up is senior Emma MacLeod (Richmond, Va.), 16th all-time with 0.33 goals per game, while Erin Menges is tied for 11th with 15 assists, fifth with 0.28 assists per game, and 11th with eight defensive saves.  Booter Ellis is just outside the top-10 of defensive saves, 11th in school history with eight overall and tied for ninth among active NCAA players nationwide.  If Morgan Connor can equal or exceed her 93 saves from a year ago, she'll vault all the way up to 10th on W&M's career list in that category.