| THE LEAD |
| The Daemen College men's soccer team wraps up concludes its 2016 season with an East Coast Conference game vs. University of Bridgeport this weekend. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen at Bridgeport |
| Date:Â Sunday, October 23 |
Time:Â 11:00 a.m. |
Location:Â Knights Field - Bridgeport, Conn. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Bridgeport Roster |
Bridgeport Schedule |
Bridgeport Stats |
| Live Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenMSOC |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Bridgeport Twitter:Â |
@PKnights |
| East Coast Conference Twitter: |
@ECCSports |
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| ON THE SIDELINES |
| Daemen: Bobby McColl enters his first season at the helm for Daemen after spending the last three seasons as the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Roberts Wesleyan College...McColl's tenure at Roberts Wesleyan notably came during that program's ascent to the NCAA Division II level of competition, compiling a 35-20-5 record in that span, including a 12-5-3 mark last season in which McColl led the Redhawks to an apparance in the East Coast Conference Tournament finals and at-large berth in the NCAA Division II National Championships....prior to his time in Rochester, McColl served for one season as the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Greenville College (Ill.), leading that NCAA Division III program to a 10-6-3 mark and a second-place finish in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference...a native of Glasgow, Scotland, McColl came stateside to compete collegiately, playing three season at Union University (Tenn.) before finishing his career at Trinity International University (Ill.). |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (2-14-0, 0-8-0 ECC) |
| Daemen returns 13 players from last year's team that finished 2-13-1 overall and 0-9-1 in the East Coast Conference…first-year head coach Bobby McColl returns the team's top two scorers and starting goalkeeper from last year...…sophomore Kyle Tracy and senior Alex Reid shared the team lead in scoring last season, both posting 10 points....Tracy's point total came on his team-leading five goals...Reid has scored 13 goals in his career and totaled 33 points heading into his final season for the Wildcats...sophomore net-minder Justin Figler played every second of every game last season as a true freshman, finishing second in the ECC with 88 saves...also back is senior forward Cole Beale who notched a team-high five goals and 11 points in 2014…in the midfield, Daemen returns a pair of veterans in Nick Sammarco and Logan Podrebarac...Sammarco has made 34 starts in his career to date while Podrebarac started in 14 of his 15 appearances last season while posting five points...senior Austin Stephany returns to anchor the Wildcat defense...he's made 30 appearances in the last two seasons, including 29 starts, since transferring from Division I Buffalo...newcomers who are expected to make an immediate impact include senior forward Colin Edwards, a transfer from Tiffin University, and freshmen backs Kyle White and Joe Keem...Daemen was picked 10th in the 2016 ECC preseason poll...Daemen snapped a six-game slide with a 6-1 non-conference win over Washington Adventist on Oct. 7...freshman forward Ali Shawish scored three goals while classmates Chris Ellis and Connor Pendleton also found the back of the net, as did senior Cole Beale...Shawish's "hat trick" was the first for a Daemen player since 2013...he was subsequently named the ECC Rookie of the Week...Daemen has dropped four straight heading into this weekend's action, including a crushing 3-2 (OT) loss at Pitt-Johnstown last week...Shawish leads the team and ranks seventh in the ECC with 17 points...his eight goals this season are the most for a Daemen player since Kyle Clifford scored 10 in 2013...additional offensive production has come from Beale (3 gls, 2 asts, 8 pts) and Edwards (2 gls, 3 asts, 7 pts)...Figler has made 11 starts between the pipes, but has been out of action since Oct. 8...in his absence, freshman Steve Geffert has made five starts this season, including the last three in a row. |
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| BRIDGEPORT SCOUTING REPORT (0-10-2, 0-3-2 ECC) |
| Bridgeport is led by first-year head coach Peter Doneit who took the reins of the program this season after 15 years as an assistant for the Purple Knights...UB returns 19 players from its 2015 team which went 10-7 overall and 6-4 in league play, qualifying for the ECC Tournament where their season ended in the semifinal round to LIU Post...among the returners is 2015 first-team All-ECC pick Luka Ivanovic...Ivanovic finished fifth in the league in goals (10) and sixth in points (22) last season...also back is second-team All-ECC midfielders Jay Abreu...the Purple Knights were picked fourth in the ECC preseason poll...offensive production was tough to come by early in the season as the Purple Knights scored just two goals during an 0-7 month of September...that has picked up of late with UB scoring six goals over their last five games, going 0-3-2 in that stretch...both of the team's ties have come in league play vs. NYIT (2-2) and St. Thomas Aquinas (2-2)...the Purple Knights are coming off a 1-0 non-league loss to Concordia (N.Y.) earlier this week, and they'll host Roberts Wesleyan on Friday before facing Daemen on Sunday...South African native Femi Coker has paced the UB offense thus far (3 gls, 2 asts, 8 pts)...freshman Jake Atkinson (2 gls, 4 pts) is the only other player with at least two goals...in goal, senior Fabio Junior has allowed 12 goals in eight games (1.56 GAA)...sophomores Juan Munoz (1.94 GAA) and Daniel Coviella (2.50 GAA) have also seen time in goal this season. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time:Â Bridgeport leads the series, 3-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Nov. 1, 2015 - Bridgeport 5, Daemen 3 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Sept. 21, 2014 - Bridgeport 2, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 20, 2013 - Bridgeport 1, Daemen 0 (2OT) |
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GAME RECAP |
