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1 2015 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER ri. 4 RIDER L, 3-5 Sun. 6 NO. 1 UCONN L, 1-9 ri. 11 LEHIGH W, 3-1 Sun. 13 MICHIGAN STATE W, 3-2 Sun. 20 PROVIDENCE 3:30 p.m. Thu. 24 SACRED HEART 7 p.m. Sun. 27 BROWN * Noon OCTOBER Sat. 3 at Cornell * Noon Sun. 4 HOSTRA 1 p.m. ri. 9 at Princeton * 6 p.m. Sun. 11 BRYANT 1 p.m. ri. 16 PENN * 6 p.m. Sun. 18 at airfield 1 p.m. Sun. 25 at Dartmouth * Noon Sat. 31 YALE * 1 p.m. NOVEMBER Sat. 1 at La Salle 2 p.m. Sun. 8 HARVARD * Noon THE MATCH-UPS SCENE SETTER COLUMBIA LIONS IVY HOME 2-2 ROAD 0-0 NEUTRAL 0-0 PROVIDENCE RIARS BIG EAST HOME 1-3 ROAD 0-3 NEUTRAL 0-0 HOW TO OLLOW LIVE STATS... GoColumbiaLions.com COLUMBIA S STATUS The Lions continue their seven-game home stand after a pair of victories against Lehigh and Michigan State last week. The wins makred the first two for head coach Caroline Nichols. providence s status The riars (1-6) will take on their second straight Ivy League foe after a 6-1 romp of Brown Thursday night. Three players are tied for the team lead with five points. A trio of Providence players have two goals, while Emma Mackie leads the way with four assists. In goal, Deidra Clymer has seen the bulk of the duty, but Megan Guilbert was in net for the win over Providence. SERIES HISTORY Providence leads the all-time series 2-0, including a decisive win on the road last season. CAPS indicates home game * indicates Ivy League opponent All times listed in EST OLLOW THE LIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA COLUMBIA ATHLETICS COLUMBIA HEAD TO HEAD Goals Per Game Goals Against Per Game Shots Per Game Opponents Shots Per Game Assists Penalty Corners Penalty Strokes

2 COLUMBIA QUICK ACTS UNIVERSITY INORMATION Location...New York, N.Y ounded Enrollment...8,559 President...Lee C. Bollinger Director of Athletics... Peter Pilling Colors...Columbia Blue & White Nickname...Lions Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference...Ivy League Home Stadium...Columbia ield Hockey Venue Surface...Artificial Turf QUICK HITS BATTLE TESTED As of Sept. 15, the Lions schedule was ranked the eighth toughest in the nation with Columbia s previous opponents boasting a.684 winning percentage (13-6). The Lions put three teams ranked in the preseason NHCA Poll (No. 1 UConn, No. 15 Princeton, No. 19 Michigan State) and have gone 1-1 against those teams thus far. MAEVE-eLLOUS Sophomore back Maeve Doherty had a strong two-way weekend in the Lions triumphs over Lehigh and Michigan State. Doherty made a key defensive save in the first half to keep the game scoreless and later tallied her first collegiate point with an assist off a penalty corner. Two days later, Doherty opened the scoring with a laser shot for her first goal. DO THE REIBOTT COACHING STA Head Coach...Caroline Nichols (ODU 07) Record at Columbia (Seasons)..2-2 (irst Year) Overall Record (Seasons)... Same Assistant Coach... Samantha Carr (UNH 04) Assistant Coach... Debbie Bell (Kent State 12) Assistant Coach... Christine Summers (Vassar 08) Office Phone...(212) Athletic Trainer...Drew Moore PROGRAM HISTORY irst Season Overall Record (.473) Ivy League Record (.302) Ivy League Championships...None NCAA Tournament Appearances...None TEAM INORMATION 2014 Overall Record Ivy League Record (T2nd) Letterwinners Returning/Lost Newcomers... 6 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Address Broadway, New York, NY, ield Hockey Contact...Mike Kowalsky [email protected] Office Phone...(212) GOCOLUMBIALIONS.COM Information about Columbia field hockey, including player bios, game recaps and notes packets are avaiable online at the Official Website of Columbia Athletics, com. Returning All-American Christina reibott continued to add to her program-leading assist mark with a pair of helpers last weekend. SCIP TO MY LOU Senior tri-captain recorded her first career two-goal game with a pair of scores against Lehigh on Spet. 11. UNBREAKABLE KIMMIE P Senior goalkeeper Kimberly Pianucci had to make a combined 14 saves in the Lions wins over Lehigh and Michigan State last week. Against the Spartans, Pianucci turned away 11 shots, marking the second time she notched double-digit saves. ANSWERING THE KAL Meredith Kalberer has gotten off to a hot-start, recording points in all four games this season and leads the squad with eight points (three goals, two assists), already establishing a new career-high. She has been named to the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll twice. new era After spending three years as an assistant coach for Columbia, two-time Olympian Caroline Nichols was elevated to head coach in May. Nichols becomes just the fourth coach in program history. A pivotal piece of U.S. National Team s backfield, she totaled 165 impressive caps to her name in seven years on the squad. home sweet home Columbia will look to continue its home success from 2014 after posting an 8-1 record at the Baker Athletics Complex, which tied the program record for most home wins in a season. Columbia went a perfect 8-0 at home in 2007 and was 7-3 in th game As Columbia field hockey enters its 20th year, the Lions are four games shy of their 300th contest. The landmark game is slated for October 3 at Cornell. DOHERTY EARNS TWO OSEASON HONORS Sophomore back Maeve Doherty kept busy this summer, playing at the Young Women s National Championship after strong performances at High Performance training sites and was named to the U.S. National Indoor Team for Doherty previously played for the National Indoor Squad last December, starting all four games in the 4-Nations Tournament in Canada COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY 2

3 REIBOTT RETURNS Christina reibott returns for her senior campaign where she became just the second Lion to earn All-America honors and the first to become Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. reibott was the national leader in assists per game (1.24), set single-season program records for points (41) and assists (21) and became Columbia s all-time leader in assists in just three seasons. RUESTER CROWS Junior forward Katie Ruesterholz has posted a pair of 10 goal seasons in her first two seasons with Columbia and her 21 tallies put her fifth on the all-time goal chart. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS Seniors Christina reibott, Kimberly Pianucci and Anna Scipioni have been selected as team captains for this season. reibott also served as a tri-captain last season. IRST-YEAR SIX PACK Columbia welcomes six new players into the fold this season. orward Danielle Buttinger, back Katherine Cavanaugh, goalkeeper Katie Dempsey, along with midfielders Katie Koester, Keegan Marsh, and Elizabeth Shrout. PACING THE SIDELINES Joining Caroline Nichols staff is a familiar face in Samantha Carr, who served an assistant at Columbia from Also patrolling the sidelines will be Debbie Bell and Christine Summers. Bell served as an assistant at Manhattanville College and was a standout at Kent State. Summers was th Head of ield Hockey Programming at the Potomac School, an elite private school in Northern Virginia. IVY LEAGUE DIGITAL NETWORK Now in its third year, the Ivy League Digital Network will now feature post game reaction after home games and highlights of the weekend s action for all 17 games. or more information visit tv/columbia. PENN/MONTO NHCA POLL September 15, 2015 # Team (Rec.) Points (PV) Prv. 1. UConn (6-0) 971 (37) 1 2. Syracuse (5-0) 937 (12) 3 3. North Carolina (5-1) Virginia (6-0) 788 (1) 6 5. Albany (4-1) Stanford (6-1) Duke (4-2) Wake orest (5-1) Louisville (5-1) Maryland (3-3) Boston College (4-2) Northwestern (5-2) Liberty (5-1) Delaware (6-0) Old Dominion (4-1) Iowa (4-3) Boston Univ. (4-2) Penn State (2-3) James Madison (4-1) 165 Unranked 20. UMass (4-2) 148 Unranked 2015 Columbia Opponent in Bold 2014 IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS Ivy League W L Pct. Penn Brown Columbia Cornell Harvard Yale Dartmouth Princeton Overall W L Pct AROUND THE IVY LEAGUE riday, September 18 Sacred Heart at Dartmouth - 4 p.m. Harvard at Northeastern - 5 p.m. Bryant at Yale - 7 p.m. Saturday, September 19 Cornell at Vermont - 11 a.m. Saint Joseph s at Brown - 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 20 Bryant at Dartmouth - 1 p.m. Sacred Heart at Penn - 1 p.m. Colgate at Harvard - 1 p.m. Syracuse at Yale - 2 p.m. American at Princeton - 2 p.m. Maine at Cornell - 2:30 p.m COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY 3

4 MILESTONE WATCH CAREER GOALS 1. Gabby Kozlowski ( ) 2. Nikki Campbell ( ) 3. Julia Garrison ( ) 4. Mellisa Macomber ( ) 5. Katie Ruesterholz (2013-Pres.) 6. lo Battilana ( ) 7. Christina reibott (2012-Pres.) 8. Christine Buszcak ( ) Zoe Blake ( ) 10. Three tied at CAREER ASSISTS 1. Christina reibott (2012-Pres.) 2. Dana Zullo ( ) Christine Buszcak ( ) 4. Paige Simmons ( ) 5. Three tied at CAREER POINTS 1. Nikki Campbell ( ) 2. Gabby Kozlowski ( ) 3. Julia Garrison ( ) 4. Christina reibott (2012-Pres.) 5. Melissa Macomber ( ) 6. Christine Buszczak ( ) 7. Katie Ruesterholz (2013-Pres.) 8. lo Battilana ( ) 9. Zoe Blake ( ) 10. Three tied at CAREER SAVES 1. Molly Starsia-Lasagna ( ) 2. Christie O Hara ( ) 3. Whitney Weems ( ) 4. Kristina George ( ) 5. Kimberly Pianucci (2012-Pres.) COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY ront (L-R): Kimberly Pianucci, Caroline Trimble, Leah Matthews, Katie Ruesterholz, Lauren Crane, Christina reibott, Rebecca Pope, Whitney Hartstone, Katie Koester, Katherine Cavanaugh, Kendall Kuntz Back: Asst. Coach Debbie Bell, Asst. Coach Christine Summers, Keegan Marsh, Elizabeth Shrout, Anna Scipioni, Taylor Mills, Maeve Doherty, Katie Dempsey, Lindsey Walter, Danielle Buttinger, Michelle Thompson, Meredith Kalberer, Rebecca Bard, Asst. Coach Samantha Carr, Head Coach Caroline Nichols SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS 1. Christina reibott (2014) 2. Christine Buszczak (2008) 3. Bridget DeSandis (2012) Katie DeSandis (2012) Paige Simmons (2012) SINGLE-SEASON POINTS 1. Christina reibott (2014) 2. Nikki Campbell (2000) 3. Gabby Kozlowski (2010) 4. Zoe Blake (2014) 5. lo Battilana (2000) 6. N. Campbell (1999) 7. Katie Ruesterholz (2014) J. Garrison (2010), G. Kozlowski (2012) COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY 4

5 THE LIONS WHEN... Overall At home On the road At neutral sites Day games Night games In overtime In penalty strokes vs. ranked teams vs. unranked teams vs. Ivy League vs. Non-Conference When outshooting opponent When outshot When shots are tied When scoring first When opponents score first When scoring one goal When scoring two goals When scoring three goals When scoring four goals When scoring 5+ goals When opponent scores one or less goal When opponent scores two goals When opponent scores three goals When opponent scores four goals When opponent scores 5+ goals In one-goal games In two-goal games In 3+ goal games BY MONTH In September In October In November WEEKLY AWARDS/HONORS Ivy League Player of the Week Ivy League Rookie of the Week Ivy Leaugue Weekly Honor Roll Sept. 8...Meredith Kalberer Sept M. Doherty, M. Kalberer, K. Pianucci The Last Time the Lions... Shut a team out... Nov. 1, 2014 at Yale (4-0) Were shut out... Sep at Providence (0-8) Played an overtime game...oct. 18, 2014 at Penn (4-3) Won in overtime...oct. 18, 2014 at Penn (4-3) Played a game that went to a shootout... Oct. 25, 2011 at Lafayette (W, 1-0) Won in a shootout... Oct. 25, 2011 at Lafayette (1-0) Scored five or more goals... Sep. 28, 2014 vs. Georgetown (8) Allowed five or more goals...sep. 6, 2015 vs. UConn (9) Posted 15 or more shots...sep. 11, 2015 vs. Lehigh (22) Allowed 15 or more shots... Sep. 13, 2015 vs. Michigan State (17) Scored on a penalty stroke...oct. 18, 2014 at Penn (Christina reibott) Opponent scored on a penalty stroke... Sep. 4, 2015 vs. Rider The Last Time a Lions Player... Scored two goals...anna Scipioni vs. Lehigh (Sep. 11, 2015) Scored three goals...christina reibott at Penn (Oct. 18, 2014) Scored four goals...gabby Kozlowski vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 24, 2010) Had two assists... Katie Ruesterholz at Penn (Oct. 18, 2014) Had three assists...christina reibott vs. Towson (Oct. 10, 2014) Recorded a shutout...kimberly Pianucci at Yale (Nov. 1, 2014) Made 10+ saves... Kimberly Pianucci (11) vs. Michigan State (Sep. 13, 2015) STATISTICAL LEADERS Team Scoring Margin Scoring Average Shutouts Goals Against Avg. Shots/Game Assists/Game Saves/Game Penalty Corners/Game Defensive Saves No. Rank Rank th th 0 T1st th th 2.50 T3rd 14th nd 6.00 T3rd 2 T3rd 13th Individual Name (No.) Shots Christina reibott (5) Points Meredith Kalberer (8) Goals Meredith Kalberer (3) Anna Scipioni & Christina reibott (2) Assists Kalberer, reibott, Rebecca Bard (2) Game Winners Maeve Doherty & Anna Scipioni (1) Defensive Saves Maeve Doherty (2) Saves Kimberly Pianucci (30) Shutouts Goals Against Avg. Kimberly Pianucci (4.27) Save Percentage Kimberly Pianucci (.652) Rank T9th T4th T4th T9th T5th T2nd T2nd 2nd Rank 7th (7.50 per game) 8th 7th 2015 COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY 5

6 HEAD COACH CAROLINE NICHOLS OLD DOMINION 07 IRST SEASON AT COLUMBIA 2-2 OVERALL 0-0 IVY LEAGUE PLAYING HONORS Two-time Olympian (2008 Beijing & 2012 London) Seven-year stint with U.S. National Team ( ) International Caps - Gold Medalist (2011 Pan-Am Games) 2006 irst Team All-American 2006 CAA Player & Defensive Player of the Year SITUATIONAL RECORDS SITUATIONS W L Home 2 2 Away 0 0 Neutral 0 0 Ivy League 0 0 Non-Conference 0 0 ormer U.S. National Team member and two-time Olympian Caroline Nichols was named head coach of the Columbia field hockey program in May of 2015 after spending three years on the sidelines as an assistant coach. She becomes the fourth coach in program history. We are thrilled to have Caroline Nichols as a coach and mentor for our field hockey studentathletes, Senior Associate Athletics Director/ Senior Women s Administrator Jacqueline Blackett said. Caroline s experience as a player at the national and international level, coupled with her ability to teach the game, makes her an excellent choice to lead our Columbia field hockey program. During her time as an assistant, Nichols worked with the Columbia backfield. The Lions defense has seen players such as Bridget DeSandis, Katie DeSandis and Lauren Skudalski earn All-Ivy League and All-Region honors. As a team, the Lions have ranked in the top-15 in defensive saves in each of Nichols three seasons with the program. I am thrilled for this opportunity to lead the Columbia ield Hockey program, Nichols said. I want to thank Director of Athletics Peter Pilling, Jackie Blackett, and the search committee for their support throughout this process. I am excited to continue to drive the standard of Columbia field hockey forward. With our returning players, incoming class, and alumnae support there is no limit to what we can achieve. Nichols wrapped up a brilliant seven-year international field hockey career in the summer of A pivotal piece of Team USA s backfield, Nichols compiled a total of 165 impressive caps to her name. A solid force on penalty corners and penalty strokes, her skillset was greatly utilized most recently at the 2014 Champions Challenge and Hockey World Cup where the United States made an impressive fourth place finish. Olympics team, the 2008 Olympic Qualifier team and the 2010 World Cup Qualifier Team. She earned a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games when the U.S. defeated topranked Argentina in the Championship game. In 2006, she was named to the USA World Cup Training Squad and was a member of the Netherlands Tour team in She competed with the 2012 London Olympics team in June 2012 and was re-selected for the National Squad in June of Nichols, who was an assistant coach at Iowa in 2010, has worked with the USA ield Hockey utures program since She has been a certified site director and head coach since 2008 and the Regional Coaching Director for San Diego, Calif., since Nichols had an outstanding collegiate playing career at Old Dominion as a fouryear letterwinner from She was a national all-academic team selection and an all-conference honoree from As a junior, she was named a NHCA second team All-South Region selection and was named to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) all-tournament team. In 2006, Nichols was recognized as a NHCA first team All-American and an NHCA first team All-South Region honoree. Additionally, she was named the 2006 CAA Player of the Year and CAA Defender of the Year, marking the first time in CAA history someone swept both honors in the same season. Nichols earned her bachelor of science in biology with honors from Old Dominion University. Nichols was a member of the 2008 Beijing 2015 COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY 6

7 BY POSITION Goalies (3) Katie Dempsey, Kendall Kuntz, Kimberly Pianucci NO. NAME POS. YR. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL 00 Kendall Kuntz GK Jr. Baltimore, Md. (Garrison orest) 3 Leah Matthews Sr. Williamsburg, Va. (Jamestown) 4 Anna Scipioni Sr. Palmyra, Pa. (Palmyra Area) Backs (4) Rebecca Bard, Katherine Cavanaugh, Maeve 5 Taylor Mills Jr. Sayville, N.Y. (Sayville) Doherty, Rebecca Pope 6 Lindsey Walter Sr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach) Midfielders (10) 7 Katie Ruesterholz Jr. New York, N.Y. (Pingry) Lauren Crane, Christina reibott, Whitney 8 Maeve Doherty B So. Millersville, Md. (Saverna Park) Hartstone, Katie Koester, Keegan Marsh, Taylor 9 Katherine Cavanaugh B r. St. Louis, Mo. (Visitation Academy) Mills, Elizabeth Shrout, Michelle Thompson, Caroline Trimble, Lindsey Walter 10 Rebecca Bard B Jr. Mohegan Lake, N.Y. (Lakeland) 12 Michelle Thompson So. Dallas, Pa. (Dallas Senior High School) orwards (6) Danielle Buttinger, Meredith Kalberer, Leah 13 Keegan Marsh r. Salisbury, Md. (James M. Bennett) Matthews, Katie Rusterholz, Elizabeth Shrout, 14 Elizabeth Shrout / r. Potomac, Md. (Stone Ridge) Anna Scipioni 15 Danielle Buttinger r. Waterloo, Ontario (Resurrection Catholic) BY CLASS 18 Rebecca Pope B So. Eastern Cape, South Africa (Clarendon) Seniors (5) 19 Meredith Kalberer Jr. Berlin, N.J. (Eastern) Christina reibott, Leah Matthews, Kimberly Pianucci, Anna Scipioni, Lindsey Walter 20 Lauren Crane So. Peapack, N.J. (Bernards) 21 Katie Koester r. Stony Brook, N.Y. (Ward Melville) Juniors (6) Rebecca Bard, Meredith Kalberer, Kendall Kuntz, 22 Caroline Trimble Jr. Lower Saucon, Pa. (Saucon Valley) Taylor Mills, Katie Ruesterholz, Caroline Trimble 23 Christina reibott Sr. Wilmington, Del. (Tower Hill School) Sophomores (6) 25 Whitney Hartstone So. Sudbury, Mass. (Lincoln Sudbury Regional) Lauren Crane, Maeve Doherty, Whitney 97 Katie Dempsey GK r. Chadds ord, Pa. (Archmere Academy) Hartstone, Rebecca Pope, Michelle Thompson 99 Kimberly Pianucci GK Sr. Glen Gardner, N.J. (Voorhees) irst-years (6) Danielle Buttinger, Katherine Cavanaugh, Head Coach: Caroline Nichols (Old Dominion 07) Katie Dempsey, Katie Koester, Keegan Marsh, Elizabeth Shrout Assistant Coaches: Samantha Carr (New Hampshire 04), Debbie Bell (Kent State 12) Christine Summers (Vassar 08) BY STATE/COUNTRY California (1) Athletic Trainer: Drew Moore Lindsey Walter Captains: Christina reibott, Kimberly Pianucci, Anna Scipioni Delaware (1) Christina reibott Maryland (4) Maeve Doherty, Kendall Kuntz, Keegan Marsh, Elizabeth Shrout Massachusetts (1) Whitney Hartstone Missouri (1) Katherine Cavanaugh New jersey (3) Lauren Crane, Meredith Kalberer, Kimberly Pianucci New York (3) Rebecca Bard, Katie Koester, Taylor Mills, Katie Ruesterholz Pennsylvania (4) Katie Dempsey, Anna Scipioni, Michelle Thompson, Caroline Trimble Virginia (2) Leah Matthews Canada (1) Danielle Buttinger South Africa (1) Rebecca Pope PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Maeve Doherty... Mayve Christina reibott... RY-bot Meredith Kalberer...KAHL-bare-ur Katie Koester... KAH-ster Leah Matthews... LAY-uh Katie Ruetserholz...ROO-ster-holz Anna Scipioni...Skip-ee-oh-nee 2015 COLUMBIA IELD HOCKEY 7

8 Columbia ield Hockey Columbia Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 13, 2015) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONERENCE NON-CONERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Sep 04 RIDER L Sep 06 #1 UCONN L Sep 11 LEHIGH W Sep 13 MICHIGAN STATE W TEAM STATISTICS COL OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game PENALTY CORNERS Goals off corners 3 3 PENALTY STROKES PENALTIES Green cards 2 2 Yellow cards 3 1 Red cards 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 4/217 0/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw ps-att dsv 19 Kalberer, Meredith reibott, Christina Scipioni, Anna Ruesterholz, Katie Doherty, Maeve Hartstone, Whitney Bard, Rebecca Walter, Lindsey Mills, Taylor Koester, Katie Buttinger, Danielle Trimble, Caroline Crane, Lauren Pope, Rebecca Marsh, Keegan Thompson, Michelle Cavanaugh, Katherine Matthews, Leah Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho 6 Walter, Lindsey 1 5: /0 99 Pianucci, Kimberly 4 262: /0 00 Kuntz, Kendall 1 12: /0 Total 4 280: Opponents 4 280: Goals by Period 1st 2nd Total Columbia Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd Total Columbia Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd Total Columbia Opponents Corners by Period 1st 2nd Total Columbia Opponents