Villanova Field Hockey

Villanova University's field hockey page is your source for all things Villanova Field Hockey.

On this page, you can learn about Head Coach, Joanie Milhous, and how she has led her Wildcats to prominence in the Big East conference with a record of 161-134 through 16 seasons. She will be embarking on her 17th season come the fall of 2011.

If you look further, you'll come across the biographies and stats of the VUFH players, like former Wyoming Seminary standout, Abby Sordoni. Sordoni was one of the leading scorers for VUFH during the 2010 Season and was named to the Big East Second Team.

Ease and usability is the main component of this website. At the click of a button, you can access the Villanova Fan Gear Store as well as articles highlighting previous games. Interested in finding out if a team member earned Big East Honors for their performance in certain games? Simply click the headlines that appear when you first get on the webpage.

"This is a great website for me to follow the VUFH team. It has everything," said Wyoming Seminary Senior and future VUFH team member Jess Swoboda.

You can also access video interviews with Coach Milhous that took place after certain games, like the 6-0 victory over Georgetown. Although these videos take long to load, the wait is worth it because Milhous analytically describes the game and its highlights.

Kristian Stefanides, junior at SEM said, "This website is great for all things VUFH. There's not a bad thing about it."

Skudalski Commits to Columbia University

Lauren Skudalski, a senior standout field hockey player at Wyoming Seminary, discusses her decision to attend Columbia University and her plans to balance a demanding academic and athletic career.

Klassner Leads Sem to 4th State Championship

Coach Klassner watches her team as they battle the Lehighton Indians in the PIAA AA State Championship Field Hockey game. The Blue Knights beat the Indians 5-0.

Specificity is Brevity and Clarity

Advanced Google Search enables people to search for specific information that pertains to a topic of study, interest, etc., while filtering information that they find irrelevant to their topic.

All of this is accomplished through accessing the Google home page, and clicking the "Advanced Search" button to the side of the main search bar. After this is done, you proceed to fill out the form. On this form, there are many areas you can fill out. The more specific and filtered you want your search, the greater amount you fill in.

The following actions can be taken to narrow your search:

Phrase Search: By putting double quotes around a set of words, you are telling Google to consider the exact words in that exact order without any change.

Search within a specific website: Google allows you to specify that your search results must come from a given website. For example, if you want to find information solely from The New York Times about Iraq, you would type in iraq site: nytimes.com.

Terms you want to exclude: Attaching a minus sign immediately before a word indicates that you do not want pages that contain this word to appear in your results.

Fill in the blanks: If you include * within a query, it tells Google to try to treat the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches.

Search exactly as is: By attaching a + immediately before a word (remember, don't add a space after the +), you are telling Google to match that word with a synonym exactly as you typed it. Putting double quotes around a single word will do the same thing.

The OR operator: If you want to specifically allow either one of several words, you can use the OR operator (note that you have to type 'OR' in ALL CAPS).

Connor Scalleat, Site Engineer of T3CH Help, said about Advanced Google Searching, "I think it is very helpful for finding very specific things. It is really helpful to find something that you know is out there but just isn't being pulled up in the regular search." He sees A.G.A as a very specific engine that allows people to save time researching. However, others, like Ben Hornung, Class of 2014 at Wyoming Seminary, believe that "Google (not the advaced search option) just always finds what [he's] looking for without [him] having to get too specific." He rarely uses the advanced option and often forgets it's available.

The Advanced search option allows individuals to narrow down options and find sources that are reliable and factual in a timely manner. Yet, the promotion of this tool is nearly nonexistent, which causes a lack of use by individuals who might find this convenience most useful . Scalleat stated, "It is great if you know how to use it." Indeed it is great in that manner because it truly emphasizes that specificity is brevity and clarity.