| THE LEAD |
| The Daemen College women's soccer team hits the road for the first time in East Coast Conference play this season when they travel to the New York City metropolitan area for contests with Queens College and Molloy College. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen at Queens |
| Date: Friday, September 30 |
Time:Â 1:00 p.m. |
Location:Â QC Soccer Field - Flushing, N.Y. |
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| Daemen at Molloy |
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| Date: Sunday, October 2 |
Time: 1:00 p.m. |
Location: RVC Sports Complex - Rockville Centre, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Queens Roster |
Queens Schedule |
Queens Stats |
| Molloy Roster |
Molloy Schedule |
Molloy Stats |
| Live Stats (Daemen vs. Queens) |
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| Live Stats (Daemen vs. Molloy) |
Live Video (Daemen vs. Molloy) |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenWSOC |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Queens Twitter:Â |
@QCKnights, @QCWomensSoccer |
| Queens Hashtags: |
#KnightPride |
| Molloy Twitter: |
@molloylions, @Molloy_WSoccer |
| Molloy Hashtags: |
N/A |
| 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.
Queens: Nicole Pacapelli is in her first season leading the women's soccer program at Queens...a former second-team All-Northeast-10 selection during her playing career at the University of New Haven, Pacapelli comes to Queens following a two-year stint as an assistant coach at her alma mater...while there, she helped the Chargers to a 16-14-6 record.
Molloy: Danny Longo is currently in his eighth season as the head coach at Molloy...entering the 2016 season, Longo stood just 12 wins shy of becoming the Lions' all-time leader in wins...since taking over in 2008, Longo has posted an overall record of 50-80-10 to date...the highlight of Longo's tenure thus far came in 2011 when he led the Lions to an upset of perennial ECC powehouse University of Bridgeport, the No. 1 ranked team in the country at the time, in the ECC semifinals. |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (3-3-1, 1-1-0 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 are 3-1-1 over their last five 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 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...Daemen was scheduled to play last Thursday (Sept. 22) at home vs. Salem International, but the game was cancelled when SIU was forced to forfeit due to a lack of available players...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 (18) and shots on goal (10)...defensively, it's been sophomore Jackie Wescott who's gotten the lion's share of work between the pipes with starts in six of Daemen's seven outings...she currently ranks second in the ECC in total saves (37) and fourth in save percentage (.822) 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...Daemen ranks first in the ECC in shots on goal percentage (.577), placing 45 of their 78 total shot attempts on frame. |
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| QUEENS SCOUTING REPORT (2-6-0, 1-1-0 ECC) |
| Queens returns nine players from its 2015 team which went 5-8-3 overall and 3-4-2 in ECC play...the Knights finished the 2015 season with 11 points in the league standings to sit in sixth-place, one back of fifth-place Daemen (12 points)...among the Knights' returners this season are a pair of third-team All-ECC picks in junior forward Erin Vernillo and junior midfielder Taylor Bonanno...Vernillo led the team with eight goals and 17 points, ranking ninth and 11th in the ECC, respectively, despite missing three contests in the middle of the season...in goal, QC returns both senior Kimberly Chacko and junior Megan Deak who essentially split time last season...Chacko's 1.43 goals against average led the team...QC was picked eighth in the ECC preseason poll...the Knights snapped a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 defeat of St. Thomas Aquinas last Saturday...the win evened their ECC mark at 1-1-0 this season, following a 1-0 loss to LIU Post in their league opener on Sept. 17...the Knights are coming off a 1-0 loss to Southern Connecticut State earlier this week...through eight games this season, QC has registered just four goals, while five of their six defeats have come by shutout...Vernillo has scored three times, including both tallies in a 2-1 win over Philadelphia on Sept. 7...her six points leads the team...junior midfielder Haley Gibbons owns the lone remaining goal on the QC stat sheet as she netted the game-winner in the victory over STAC...in goal, newcomer Nicole Cranny has seen the bulk of the action thus far...the Ireland native has made five starts and leads the team in saves (25), goals against average (0.87) and save percentage (.862). |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Queens leads the series, 3-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Oct. 10, 2015 - Queens 1, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 17, 2014 - Queens 3, Daemen 1 |
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| Sept. 21, 2013 - Queens 3, Daemen 1 |
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| MOLLOY SCOUTING REPORT (2-4-1, 1-0-0 ECC) |
| Molloy brings back 14 players off its 2015 squad which achieved an overall record of 6-8-2 with an ECC mark of 3-6-0...the Lions' nine points in the final 2015 ECC standings put them in seventh place, nine points back of an ECC Tournament berth...gone are a pair of third-team All-ECC picks in midfielder Christina Restivo and back Annette Mims, but senior forward Danielle Valente does return...Valente ranked 10th in the league in goals (6) and 15th in points (13) last season...the Lions were picked fifth in the ECC preseason poll...Molloy hosts Roberts Wesleyan on Friday before Daemen comes to town for the Sunday matinee...the Lions went 0-3-1 over their first four games, but have posted two wins in their last three outings dating back to a 3-1 non-conference win over Holy Family on Sept. 14...MC enters the weekend coming off a 4-1 defeat of NYIT in their ECC opener on Sept. 24...sophomore Katlyn Merino scored all four goals in the win over NYIT, setting new team records for goals and points (8) in a single game, and becoming one of just eight players in the country to register at least four goals in a game this season...for her efforts, Merino was named the ECC Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 19-25...Merino's four goals lead the team, while her eight points are tied for the team lead with Valente who has posted three goals and two assists thus far...Valente scored a pair of goals in the win over Holy Family...between the pipes, newcomer Brianna Wilson has been the exclusive net-minder for the Lions this season...she enters the weekend with a 1.98 goals against average and a save percentage of .696. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Molloy leads the all-time series, 2-1-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Oct. 11, 2015 - Daemen 1, Molloy 0 (OT) |
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GAME RECAP |
| Oct. 19, 2014 - Molloy 1, Daemen 0 |
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| Sept. 22, 2013 - Molloy 3, Daemen 1 |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen returns home to host longtime rival Roberts Wesleyan on Wednesday, Oct. 5. |
