BOONE, NC – App State discipline hockey is ready to open the 2022 season at house Friday. The Mountaineers will host Towson at 6 p.m. at Brandon & Erica M. Adcock Subject earlier than their second house match on Sunday at midday in opposition to Georgetown.
The primary 50 followers to reach on Friday will obtain a free App State discipline hockey T-shirt. If a fan can not make it to the sport, they will stream it without cost on Twitch at twitch.television/appstatesports. Stay stats may also be obtainable at https://goapp.st/appvstowson.
Head coach Meghan Dawson is getting into her eighth season at App State alongside sixth-year assistant head coach Emily Dinsmore and 1st-year assistant coach Azure Fernsler.
“Opening weekend is one the perfect occasions of the yr for our program,” Dawson mentioned. “We’re excited to formally begin our season this Friday and Sunday at house. Our two scrimmages actually challenged us as a bunch and pushed us to work out the main points.”
App State had two exhibitions to begin the autumn, visiting North Carolina on Aug. 14 and internet hosting Davidson on Aug. 21. In these scrimmages, the 2022 squad competed collectively for the primary time, integrating its 9 returning starters with eight newcomers.
This weekend would be the fourth time in 5 years that the Black & Gold open their season in opposition to the Tigers and the Hoyas.
“Taking part in two powerful groups to begin helps us prepare for the convention portion of our season,” Dawson mentioned. “I’m excited to see our development proceed all through the season whereas our gamers develop as a unit.”
In these 4 years, App State has gained all three contests in opposition to Towson. Since 2004, the Mountaineers and Tigers have cut up the all-time sequence 4-4, with Towson successful the primary 4 and the Apps sweeping the latter.
THE 2022 MOUNTAINEERS
With a plethora of returners and a robust 2026 class, App State is seeking to construct on its fifth-place end within the Mid-American Convention from final season and is projected to complete third within the preseason rankings.
Midfielders Friederike Stegen and Pauline Mangold every earned all-conference nods final season, which was the third straight nomination for Stegen. The German duo confirmed off their long-standing chemistry in preseason play when Stegen dished an help to Mangold on a faux shot try in opposition to Davidson.
Goalkeeper Addie Clark enters her third season as a starter after incomes third place within the convention with a save share of .719 in 2021.
The Mountaineers’ schedule this season contains seven MAC video games, two video games in opposition to ranked opponents from the Atlantic Coast Convention and 9 whole house video games.
THE 2022 TIGERS
Towson, a member of the Colonial Athletic Affiliation, seems to enhance on its 4-13 end in 2021 behind sixth-year head coach E.A. Jackson.
The Tigers carry again their main goal-scorer Georgia Beachley alongside Samantha Aljets, who paced the staff in factors in 2019 and the spring of 2021 earlier than lacking the autumn season as a consequence of damage.
Towson is ready to play three whole video games in opposition to MAC opponents, with later video games in opposition to Longwood and Ohio.
NEXT UP
After this home-opening weekend, App State will go on the highway subsequent weekend with a go to to Rider on Friday at 7 p.m. after which Drexel on Sunday at midday. Stay stats might be obtainable for each video games and Drexel’s contest might be streamed reside on FloLive.television.
