Villanova, Pa.- The Villanova Wildcats will host the Drexel Dragons on Saturday at 5:00 P.M. inside Villanova Stadium. This will be the 41
st meeting all-time between the two local schools with Villanova winning 23 of the previous meetings.
A Look at Villanova: The Wildcats fell to the Penn Quakers last weekend on a last second goal to move to 3-3 on the season. Villanova has defeated Penn State, Fairfield, and Hofstra this season. Last weekend the Wildcats fell to Penn on a last second goal after postponing the game a day due to weather.
Villanova's Offense: Last weekend
Patrick Daly and
Matt Campbell led Villanova's offense, both completing hat tricks. Campbell leads the Wildcats with 25 points this season on 16 goals and nine assists.
Luke Keating has 21 points this season while Daly has 20. Graduate transfer
Brett Baskin is Villanova's fourth double digit goal scorer this season with 11.
Villanova's Defense: The Wildcats defense against Penn last weekend forced 11 turnovers, with
Chet Comizio and
Brody LaPorte both caused three apiece. Comizio for his efforts earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. Villanova this season averages 11 caused turnovers per game, which ties them for fourth in the NCAA.
Justin Coppola at the faceoff x is 95-for-150 (.613) this season, which currently ranks him 12
th best in the country.
A Look at Drexel: The Dragons have won their last four games coming into Saturday with their most recent being a double overtime victory against Marquette. To start the streak Drexel defeated Albany, followed by LIU, and then Saint Joseph's. Offensively, they have been led the season by Jack Mulcahy who has a team high 20 points on seven goals and 13 assists. Attackman Max Semple had a season high six points during Drexel win against the Golden Eagles and score the final two goals in regulation to force overtime and then the game winner.
In goal Drew McGill has picked up the last two decisions for the Dragons and has a 12.34 goals against average and .472 save percentage. Ross Blumenthal started in the first four games for Drexel and is 2-2 on the season. The senior keeper has a 11.33 goals against average and a .580 save percentage.
