| THE LEAD |
| The Daemen College women's soccer team plays at home for the first time this season, playing host to Mansfield University on Wednesday afternoon...it'll mark the third straight season that the Wildcats and Mounties have met on the pitch. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. Mansfield |
| Date: Wednesday, September 14 |
Time:Â 1:00 p.m. |
Location: Park School Field - Amherst, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Mansfield Roster |
Mansfield Schedule |
Mansfield Stats |
| Live Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenWSOC |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Mansfield Twitter:Â |
@MUMounties |
| Mansfield Hashtags:Â |
#GoMounties |
| Game Hashtags: |
#DAEvsMU |
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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.
Mansfield: The Mounties are led by longtime head coach Tim Dempsey, the only coach in program history, who is now in his 15th season at the helm...since taking the reins, Dempsey has led the Mounties to 50 wins to date ans has coached 14 players to All-PSAC honors...prior to his tenure at Mansfield, Dempsey spent 12 years as the head coach at Green Mountain College where his teams won 11 conference championships while making three appearances in the NAIA national tournament. |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (2-2-0, 0-0-0 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 evened their record with a pair of road victories last weekend...Alex Juliano scored in the 95th minute to lift Daemen to a 2-1 (OT) victory over Findlay on Saturday...sophomore net-minder Jackie Wescott made a career-high five saves and newcomer Kalyn Compeau also reached the back of the net in the win...the Wildcats followed that up with a 1-0 shutout of Tiffin on Sunday....Sarah Britton's score in the 39th minute held up as the only tally needed...Wescott made two stops in posting her first career shutout...for her efforts, Wescott was named the ECC Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 6-11...through four games, Britton holds the team lead with three points (1 goal, 2 asts)...Juliano leads the team in total shot attempts (7) with Koral and freshman Jamie Boyar (6 shots each) just behind...Wescott has started three of the Wildcats' four outings and holds a 0.96 goals against average which presently ranks fourth in the ECC. |
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| MANSFIELD SCOUTING REPORT (0-3-0, 0-3-0 PSAC) |
| Mansfield returns 15 players from last year's team that finished 4-12-1 overall and 3-12-1 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...the Mounties were picked 15th in the PSAC preseason poll heading into the 2016 season...among the Mounties' returners is sophomore forward Delaney Meadows who became the program's first major award winner after being named the PSAC Rookie of the Year in 2015, as well as earning second-team All-PSAC honors...Meadows finished fifth in the league in scoring with 26 points and 12 goals, accounting for 60-percent of MU's goals last season...also back is sophomore goalkeeper Rachel Fox who earned first-team All-PSAC honors last season after registering 133 saves and ranking third in the league in saves per game (7.82)...the Mounties are still searching for their first win of the season after opening with three straight losses, all of which have come in PSAC play...despite a 9-4 advantage in total shots, the Mounties dropped a 2-1 (OT) decision to California (Pa.) in their opener on Sept. 3 after allowing the game-winning goal in the 99th minute...a 2-0 loss to No. 5 East Stroudsburg followed, despite 12 saves by Fox...MU is coming off a 3-1 loss to Indiana (Pa.) last Saturday...Danielle Lentz and Emily Smith have posted the team's two goals so far, while Meadows leads in total shot attempts (10) and shots on goal (6)...Fox has made 19 saves and holds a save percentage of .731 thus far. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Mansfield leads the series, 4-1-1 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Sept. 16, 2015 - Manfield 3, Daemen 1 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 14, 2014 - Mansfield 2, Daemen 1 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Aug. 29, 2004 - Mansfield 2, Daemen 0 |
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| Oct. 8, 2003 - Daemen 1, Mansfield 1 (2OT) |
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| Sept. 24, 2002 - Daemen 3, Mansfield 2 |
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| THIS DAY IN DAEMEN WOMEN'S SOCCER HISTORY |
| Sept. 14: Kathryn Haessner made five saves, but Daemen dropped a 2-0 decision at Walsh in 2014...Kacey Bougard scored her fourth goal of the season in a 1-0 defeat of Davis & Elkins in 2013...Rachael Banasik scored twice as the Daemen offense erupted for seven goals in a five-goal over Carlow in 2010. |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen begins East Coast Conference play at home as they play host to Mercy (Friday, Sept. 16) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Sunday, Sept. 18) this weekend. |
