No. 10 Spiders Host Senior Day Against Appalachian State
10/29/2004 | Field Hockey
Oct. 29, 2004
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The 10th-ranked Richmond field hockey team (14-2) will host its final regular season match Saturday afternoon, Oct. 30, against the Appalachian State Mountaineers (5-11). The Spiders will honor seniors Danica Haupt and Laura Hur prior to the 2:30 p.m. contest.
 Senior Danica Haupt has been the ultimate team player for the Spiders' field hockey squad over the past four years.  |
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Haupt, a native of West Chester, Pa., has played in a total of 40 games in her four years at Richmond. The forward, who is the true definition of a team player, scored her first career goal in the Spiders' second game of the 2002 season. Earlier this season Haupt netted her first career conference goal in Richmond's 4-0 win at Temple.
 Senior Laura Hur has started the last 56 games for the Spiders. |
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Hur, a midfielder from Chevy Chase, Md., began her career at Richmond in 2001 and has played in 82 contests since stepping on campus. The midfielder has started 71 times in a Spider uniform, including a current streak of 56 dating back to the 2002 season. Hur has a total of 10 goals and 15 assists in her four-year career. The senior recently scored her second goal of the 2004 season in Richmond's 3-0 win at Rhode Island.
Both seniors have been a part of the field hockey program's turnaround at Richmond. Haupt and Hur played roles in helping the team move from a 7-13 record the season prior to their freshman year, to a current 14-2 season. The two have a combined career mark of 59-24 overall and 20-4 in the A-10. They have won three-straight Atlantic 10 regular season crowns, captured two consecutive A-10 Tournament Championships and participated in the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons.
The Spiders, who just captured their third consecutive undefeated Atlantic 10 crown, are in the midst of season-best eight-game win streak having outscored opponents 30-3 in the stretch.
Junior Holly Cram, a four-time A-10 Player of the Week honoree, is one goal away from breaking Richmond's single-season goals mark of 22. The Glasgow, Scotland native set the school's single-season points mark last weekend when she surpassed Dawn Reyerson's 1993 total of 50 points. The junior has 22 goals this season and has found the back of the net at least once in each of the Spiders' last eight matches. She currently ranks third among the nation's leaders in points per game (3.19) and fourth in the national standings in points (51), goals (22) and goals per game (1.38).
Junior goalkeeper Michelle Swartz continues her great play between the pipes for the Spiders. The Severna Park, Md., native recorded a total of eight shutouts in 2004 and is one away from tieing her personal best of nine in 2002. She currently holds a goals-against average of 0.71 which ranks atop the A-10 standings and third among the national leaders. Swartz's save percentage of .825 ranks in the Top-5 nationally and is tied for third on Richmond's single-season save percentage list.
Richmond is 10-0 all-time against the Mountaineers, including a mark of 7-0 in Richmond. The Spiders have outscored Appalachian State 39-7 in the 10-game series and have not allowed a Mountaineer goal since the 2001 season.