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Oct. 15, 2021 — Friday Statwatch for games played through Oct. 13

Welcome, one and all, to Statwatch, our weekly compendium of field hockey numbers and statistics which try to make sense of how today’s players and teams stack up against those of the past.

Today, let’s delve into the current winning streak of Delmar (Del.). Not including yesterday’s game, the Wildcats have not lost a game in their last 87 outings. The win streak is tied for sixth all-time in Federation history; the unbeaten streak is tied for 10th.

Delmar has somewhere around nine games to finish the 2021 season. Including yesterday, five regular-season games remain. Delmar will also be playing a Henlopen Athletic Conference championship game, likely against Lewes Cape Henlopen (Del.). Delmar should also be playing in the DIAA Division 2 Tournament, which should start involving them in the quarterfinal round, meaning that the Wildcats need to win three games to end its season with a seventh straight state championship.

Should Delmar run the table, they’ll be in amongst the legends of the sport nationwide, alongside the likes of Voorhees Eastern (N.J.), Oklahoma City Casady (Okla.), Watertown (Mass.), and Shrub Oak Lakeland (N.Y.). It’s a truly remarkable run of form by this team from the town not big enough for one state.

So, below is our usual weekly compilation of American scholastic field hockey statistics, culled from, amongst other sources, MaxPreps, Berks Game Day, the KHSAA, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Advance Media.

We would like to get as many coaches and other field hockey people to register for the MaxPreps.com platform, and we encourage you to get your fellow teams as well as perhaps your conference, league, or your state governing body to enter field hockey information there, so that we can aim for as complete a statistical picture of the country as possible. 

SEASON GOALS
95 Talia Schenck, Lawrence (N.J.)
81 Ryleigh Heck, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)
53 Alana McVeigh, Upper Gwynedd Gwynedd-Mercy Academy (Pa.)
50 Ava Zerfass, Emmaus (Pa.)
46 Natali Foster, Elverson Twin Valley (Pa.)
44 Molly Catchpole, Watchung Mount St. Mary’s Academy (N.J.)
44 Caitlin Nicholls, Haddonfield Haddon Heights (N.J.)
39 Casey Lynn Dewald, Fleetwood (Pa.)
33 Olivia Weir, Princeton (N.J.)

SEASON ASSISTS
38 Natali Foster, Elverson Twin Valley (Pa.)
36 Izzy Bianco, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)
33 Dylan Breier, Louisville duPont Manual (Ky.)
28 Alexis Kociban, Emmaus (Pa.)
27 Emma Winther, Elverson Twin Valley (Pa.)
26 Rachel Herbine, Emmaus (Pa.)
25 Sammie Goin, Ashburn Independence (Va.)
25 Riley Hudson, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)
24 Hope Haynes, Houston Kincaid School (Tex.)

CAREER GOALS
279 Ryleigh Heck, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)
226 Talia Schenck, Lawrence (N.J.)
155 Alaina McVeigh, Gwynedd Valley Gwynedd-Mercy Academy (Pa.)
122 Natali Foster, Elverson Twin Valley (Pa.)
121 Molly Catchpole, Watchung Mount St. Mary’s Academy (N.J.)
107 Rachel Herbine, Emmaus (Pa.)
105 Julia Bressler, Reading Berks Catholic (Pa.)
100 Victoria Griffiths, Woolwich Kingsway (N.J.)
96 Maci Bradford, Delmar (Del.)
85 Josie Hollamon, Delmar (Del.)

CAREER ASSISTS
113 Natali Foster, Elverson Twin Valley (Pa.)
90 Izzy Bianco, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)
86 Dylan Breier, Louisville duPont Manual (Ky.)
75 Ryleigh Heck, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)
75 Riley Hudson, Voorhees Eastern (N.J.)

CONSECUTIVE WINS
87 Delmar (Del.)
33 Emmaus (Pa.)

CONSECUTIVE UNBEATEN
87 Delmar (Del.)
33 Emmaus (Pa.)

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