| THE LEAD |
| The Daemen College women's soccer team returns home for just the second time since mid-September to host N.Y. Institute of Technology and Long Island University Post in a pair of East Coast Conference games this weekend...the games represent the final home contests of the 2016 season for Daemen. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. NYIT |
| Date: Friday, October 14 |
Time:Â 11:00 a.m. |
Location:Â Park School Field - Amherst, N.Y. |
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| Daemen vs. LIU Post |
| Date: Sunday, October 16 |
Time:Â 11:00 a.m. |
Location:Â Sweet Home HS Stadium - Amherst, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| NYIT Roster |
NYIT Schedule |
NYIT Stats |
| LIU Post Roster |
LIU Post Schedule |
LIU Post Stats |
| Live Stats (Both Games) |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenWSOC |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| NYIT Twitter:Â |
@NYITBears |
| LIU Post Twitter: |
@liupostpioneers |
| East Coast Conference Twitter: |
@ECCSports |
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| ON THE SIDELINES |
| Daemen: Dan Dolan enters his eighth season as the head coach at Daemen where he's led the program to an average of nearly 10 wins per season...from 2010 through 2013, Dolan led the Wildcats to four straight double-figure win seasons, winning 62-percent of their contests in that span...last season was the program's most successful since transitioning to NCAA Division II, as Dolan led the Wildcats to a team-record four ECC wins to finish in fifth place in the final league standings, just one spot back of a conference tournament berth...during the Wildcats' transition period, Dolan led the program to three straight appearances in the USCAA national championship game, winning the title in 2012. |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (4-6-2, 1-3-1 ECC) |
| Daemen returns 15 players from last year's team that finished 7-10-1 overall and 4-5-0 in the East Coast Conference…eighth-year head coach Dan Dolan has his team coming off its most successful season since making the transition to NCAA Division II and the East Coast Conference...the returning core is led by junior back Rose Carboni who anchors the Wildcat defense...she was a third-team All-ECC selection last season...also back are six off the team's top seven point-producers from 2015, including junior forward Stephanie Zurales (6 gls, 5 asts, 17 pts) and senior midfielder Alexis Koral (5 gls, 2 asts, 12 pts) who produced double-figure points...Zurales' point total tied her for 11th among all ECC players...Daemen was picked to finish seventh in the ECC preseason poll...Daemen snapped a four-game winless drought (0-3-1) with a 3-1 defeat of Pitt-Johnstown earlier this week...it was the Wildcats' first victory since downing ECC foe St. Thomas Aquinas by the same score back on Sept. 18...freshman Jamie Boyar hit for a pair of goals in the win, becoming the first Daemen freshman to post a multi-goal game since Kim Obermeier in 2012...fellow freshman Lindsay Ciaramella scored her first career goal in the win, snapping a 1-1 tie in the second half...Boyar leads the team in goals (5), assists (3), points (13), shots (30) and shots on goal (18)...her goal total is the most for a Daemen freshman since the afore-mentioned Obermeier netted nine in 2012...additional offensive production has come from newcomer Kalyn Compeau (3 gls) and redshirt-sophomore Sarah Britton (2 gls, 1 ast)...in goal, it's been sophomore Jackie Wescott who's gotten the lion's share of work between the pipes with starts in 11 of Daemen's 12 outings...she made 11 saves in the win over UPJ on Wednesday, her fifth game this year with double-figure stops...she enters the weekend ranked second in total saves (81) and fourth in save percentage (.818) among all ECC net-minders...senior midfielder Kelly DuVall and sophomore back Alex Valenti join Boyar as the only players to start all 12 contests thus far...Daemen is unbeaten (1-0-1) when DuVall records an assist, and Valenti posted the first assist of her career in the win over UPJ...injuries have taken their toll of late as Zurales and Carboni have each missed time...Zurales has been out since Sept. 14, while Carboni has missed the last three outings. |
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| NYIT SCOUTING REPORT (3-5-0, 0-3-0 ECC) |
| NYIT is led by first-year head coach Rachel Reeves who came over after a two-year stint as an assistant at Division I Wagner...the Bears return 19 players from their 2015 team which went 5-11-1 overall and 0-9-0 in ECC play...among the returners are the Bears' top four point-producers from last season...Taylor Casey (5 gls, 11 pts), Dina Simonian (3 gls, 9 pts), Caitlin Appel (4 gls, 8 pts) and Alexis Panariello (4 gls, 8 pts) combined for 36 of the team's 53 points last season...in a unique situation, the Bears also picked up six transfers from former ECC rival Dowling which closed its doors over the summer...five of the six Dowling transfers combined to make 75 starts last season...senior forward Taylor Davide headlines the group after sharing the team lead at Dowling with six goals last season...NYIT was picked sixth in the ECC preseason poll...the Bears opened the season with three wins in their first four outings, but have hit the skids of late with four straight losses heading into Friday's matchup with Daemen...most recently, the Bears dropped a 2-0 decision to conference foe Bridgeport on Oct. 8...a scheduled contest with Holy Family for earlier this week was cancelled...Davide leads the team with four goals and 10 points thus far...she scored twice in a 5-1 win over Bloomfield on Sept. 14...additional offensive production has come from Simonian (3 gls, 2 asts, 8 pts) and Dowling transfer Christina Cottone (3 gls, 6 pts)...in goal, it's been Dowling transfer Jessie Sabal who's seen the bulk of the action with starts in all eight contests...she ranks eighth in goals against average (2.07), eighth in total saves (30) and ninth in save percentage (.652) among ECC net-minders. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: The all-time series is tied, 2-2-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Oct. 23, 2015 - Daemen 2, NYIT 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 31, 2014 - NYIT 2, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 4, 2013 - NYIT 1, Daemen 0 (OT) |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 14, 2012 - Daemen 3, NYIT 2 |
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GAME RECAP |
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| LIU POST SCOUTING REPORT (8-2-1, 2-1-0 ECC) |
| LIU Post is led by ninth-year head coach Mark Dawson who has led the Pioneers to a 117-33-15 record to date...last season, he became the first coach in team history to achieve 100 victories...in his tenure, Dawson has led the Pioneers to two ECC Tournament championships and five NCAA Tournament berths...LIU Post returns 14 players from its 2015 team which achieved a 14-4-3 overall record and a 6-1-2 mark in ECC play...the Pioneers were upended 3-2 (OT) in the semifinal round of the ECC Tournament by Roberts Wesleyan, but then returned the favor with a win on penalty kicks against the Redhawks in the opening round of the NCAA Division II East Regional...their 2015 season came to an end against ECC and East Region champ Bridgeport...among the returners are a pair of first-team All-ECC picks in senior back Kristin Brandman and sophomore forward Andrea Huntzinger...Brandman, who also earned first-team All-Region honors, anchored a Pioneer back line that finished second in the league in goals allowed (19) and goals against average (0.86) while pitching eight shutouts...Huntzinger finished sixth in the league with 22 points during her freshman campaign, scoring nine times and adding four assists...also back is second-team All-ECC selection Julia Backman who registered nine goals and 19 points a season ago...LIU Post was picked second in the ECC preseason poll, and they enter this weekend's game ranked No. 4 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) NCAA Division II East Region poll...after going just 2-2-1 over their first five outings, the Pioneers have rattled off six consecutive wins heading into this weekend's action...they'll play at Roberts Wesleyan on Friday before facing Daemen on Sunday...both of the Pioneers' losses this season have come against teams who are presently in the latest NSCAA NCAA Division II national poll, falling to Stonehill (No. 7) 1-0 and Bridgeport (No. 17) 2-0...LIU Post handed Mercy its first ECC loss of the season last Saturday, and the Pioneers are coming off a 4-0 shutout of Caldwell on Columbus Day...the Pioneers rank sixth in the ECC in goals per game (1.82), but are allowing just 0.72 goals per contest which ranks second...Huntzinger leads the team in goals (4), assists (4), points (12) and shots on goal (12)...all four of her goals have come in the last six games...additional offensive production has come from sophomore forward Isabella Fuduli (3 gls, 2 asts, 8 pts), freshman forward Julia Duffy (3 gls, 1 ast, 7 pts) and junior midfielder Klara Berggren (3 gls, 1 ast, 7 pts)...Brandman has logged a team-high 998 minutes...newcomer Hillevi Eklow has started all 11 games in goal and has posted four shutouts...she ranks fifth in save percentage (.789) and second in goals against average (0.76) among ECC net-minders. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: LIU Post leads the series, 3-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Oct. 25, 2015 - LIU Post 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Nov. 2, 2014 - LIU Post 5, Daemen 0 |
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| Oct. 6, 2013 - LIU Post 3, Daemen 0 |
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| ECC TOURNAMENT PICTURE |
| As the calendar heads to mid-October, the race for ECC Tournament berths is still a crowded one...the top four teams in the final league standings will advance to conference tournament play...Daemen enters the weekend in a tie for sixth place in the ECC standings, remaining in the hunt for the program's first-ever postseason berth at the NCAA Division II level...although, with three teams ahead of them that own head-to-head wins over the Wildcats, it'll be an uphill climb that will at the very least likely require outright wins in their final three games, two of which come against teams picked first (Bridgeport) and second (LIU Post) in the ECC preseason poll. |
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| SENIOR SALUTE |
| Sunday's contest vs. LIU Post marks the final home game in the careers of Alexis Koral, Kelly DuVall and Rose Carboni...although just a junior, Carboni will be graduating next spring...all three players will be honored in a pre-game ceremony. |
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| Alexis Koral (R-Sr., Midfielder, Williamsville, N.Y./William Smith College) |
Career Highlights (2014-16): 44 games played, 29 games started, 6 goals, 4 assists, 16 points, member of 2014 USCAA National Championship runner-up team, two multi-goal games, scored game-winning goal in 2-0 win vs. St. Thomas Aquinas on Sept. 27, 2015, scored game-winning goal in 2-0 win vs. NYIT on Oct. 23, 2015 |
| Kelly DuVall (Sr., Midfielder, Addison, N.Y./Addison) |
Career Highlights (2013-16): 69 games played, 35 games started, 3 goals, 3 assists, 9 points, member of 2013 & 2014 USCAA National Championship runner-up teams, one multi-goal game |
| Rose Carboni (Jr., Back, Endicott, N.Y./Union Endicott) |
Career Highlights (2014-16): 47 games played, 36 games started, 3 goals, 1 assist, 7 points, member of 2014 USCAA National Championship runner-up team, third-team All-ECC selection in 2015, scored game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Maine-Fort Kent on Sept. 7, 2014 |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen wraps up the ECC portion of its 2016 schedule by visiting league favorite Bridgeport on Sunday, Oct. 23. |
