The Brown & White

Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Greg Bander Senior defensive back Lauren Volpe controls the ball during a game. Volpe has one goal and two assists for the Mountain Hawks. The team faces Lafayette College today at 1:30 p.m. in Washington, D.C. in the Patriot League semifinals. The Hawks lost at Lafayette 3-2 earlier this year.

The field hockey team heads to American University in Washington D.C. to face the Lafayette College Leopards in the semifinals of the Patriot League tournament tomorrow.

The Mountain Hawks lost 3-2 to the Leopards in overtime in regular season, but Lafayette won't be so lucky this time, senior midfielder Marny Hearn said.

"They are definitely beatable," Hearn said. "We plan on winning and going into finals. We didn't play our best game against them."

To prepare, the Hawks have focused primarily on defense, Hearn said.

"We play a full-field press so it's important to keep our shape," Hearn said. "We just need to play as a unit."

Lafayette will be led by junior midfielder Maggie Condon. Condon has 23 points in the season with nine goals and five assists.

The Hawks will be led offensively by Kalynn Davies who has 12 goals and three assists in the season.

"If we go out and work hard and play together we should be successful," senior midfielder Christy Smith said.

The Hawks take the field at 1:30 p.m.

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