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| The Daemen College women's soccer team plays in front of a home crowd for the first time since Sept. 18 on Wednesday when they host longtime rival Roberts Wesleyan College. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. Roberts Wesleyan |
| Date: Wednesday, October 5 |
Time:Â 1:00 p.m. |
Location:Â Park School Field - Amherst, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Roberts Wesleyan Roster |
Roberts Wesleyan Schedule |
Roberts Wesleyan Stats |
| Live Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenWSOC |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Roberts Wesleyan Twitter:Â |
@RWCREDHAWKS |
| 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 (3-4-2, 1-2-1 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...starting goalkeeper Meaghan O'Leary also returns after starting all 18 games last season as a true freshman...she finished third among all ECC net-minders with 87 saves last season...Daemen was picked to finish seventh in the ECC preseason poll...after opening the season with back-to-back losses to Lake Erie and Le Moyne, the Wildcats are 3-2-2 over their last seven games, dating back to a 2-1 (OT) win at Findlay on Sept. 10...junior forward Alex Juliano netted the "golden goal"...additional wins in this stretch have come over Tiffin (1-0) and St. Thomas Aquinas (3-1)...the win over STAC came in Daemen's last home outing back on Sept. 18...freshman Jamie Boyar got Daemen on the board with her second goal of the season, and newcomer Kalyn Compeau registered a pair of goals as well in the win...Boyar, who also scored the lone Daemen goal in a 1-1 (2OT) tie vs. Mansfield on Sept. 14, was named the ECC Rookie of the Week for Sept. 12-18...after securing a 1-1 (2OT) tie vs. Queens last Friday, the Wildcats are coming off a 2-0 loss at Molloy this past Sunday...offensively, the Wildcats have been led by Compeau who has posted three goals and six total points...Boyar, who has totaled a pair of goals and an assist (5 pts), leads Daemen in both shots (21) and shots on goal (12)...defensively, it's been sophomore Jackie Wescott who's gotten the lion's share of work between the pipes with starts in eight of Daemen's nine outings...she currently ranks second in the ECC in total saves (55) and fourth in save percentage (.833) and was named the ECC Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 6-11...in front of Wescott, the trio of Carboni and sophomores Alex Valenti and Monique Green have been solid...Green notched the first goal of her career in last week's tie vs. Queens...Daemen ranks third in the ECC in shots on goal percentage (.538), placing 57 of their 106 total shot attempts on frame. |
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| ROBERTS WESLEYAN SCOUTING REPORT (6-3-1, 3-1-0 ECC) |
| Roberts Wesleyan is led by first-year head coach Sarah McClellan who came over after serving in the same capacity at Division I Binghamton...the Redhawks return 13 players from their 2015 roster which experienced one of the best seasons in team history...RWC went 12-5-3 overall and 7-1-1 in ECC play...the Redhawks advanced to the ECC Tournament finals and picked up the program's first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament...among the team's returners is senior midfielder Bella Mitrevski, the 2015 ECC Offensive Player of the Year...Mitrevski totaled 18 goals and nine assists last season for a total of 45 points, all of which ranked in the top three in the ECC...her 2.25 points per game ranked eighth in all of NCAA Division II...she was also named the 2016 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year in the ECC...the Redhawks were picked fourth in the ECC preseason poll...after opening the season with two wins in their first six outings, the Redhawks have rattled off four straight victories dating back to a 2-0 shutout of Indiana (Pa.) on Sept. 22...RWC swept a pair of road ECC contests last weekend, downing Molloy (2-0) and Queens (1-0)...Mitrevski has picked up where she left off and leads the team with five goals, three assists and 13 points...junior forward Orla Martin has also produced with nine points (4 gls, 1 ast)...in goal, freshman Kelsey Brinkel has started all 10 contests...she leads the league in both save percentage (.906) and goals against average (0.51). |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Roberts Wesleyan leads the series 10-6-3 |
| Last 5 Meetings: |
| Oct. 2, 2015 - RWC 2, Daemen 1 (2OT) |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 11, 2014 - RWC 2, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Sept. 27, 2013 - RWC 4, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 27, 2012 - RWC 1, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct, 5, 2011 - RWC 2, Daemen 1 |
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GAME RECAP |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen visits St. Michael's College for a non-conference game this Saturday, Oct. 8. |
