Game #8
Daemen Wildcats (0-6-1, 0-2-0 ECC) vs. Cedarville Yellow Jackets (4-2-1, 3-1-0 GMAC)
DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 21
TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Cedarville, Ohio | Yellow Jacket Soccer Complex
LIVE STREAM BROADCAST: via Stretch Live
LIVE STATS: via Stretch Live
BACK IN ACTION
Daemen travels to Cedarville, Ohio for a non-conference game at Cedarville University Wednesday (Sept. 21).
LAST TIME OUT
Queens capitalized on its only shot on goal in the game en route to a 1-0 victory over Daemen in East Coast Conference action this past Saturday. Queens notched its first win of the year, while Daemen dropped to 0-6-1 overall and 0-2-0 in the league. The first half saw limited scoring opportunities at both ends of the field, as Daemen registered just one shot on goal and Queens did not have a shot on goal. Daemen registered the first shot of the second half in the 59th minute, as an attempt by sophomore forward
Alyssa Diaz (Rochester, N.Y.) was off the mark. Queens broke the scoreless tie just two minutes later after junior Marina Pappas took a a pass from senior Sarah Marino and fired a shot into the upper right corner of the Daemen net from 25 yards out. Daemen pressured the Queens offensive zone the remainder of the game and registered five shots (two on goal) over the final 21 minutes. Senior forward
Tatyjana Scalisi (Williamsville, N.Y.) had a solid scoring chance in the 68th minute, but her blast sailed just wide of the right post from 20 yards out. Freshman net minder Katelyn Villacres made two saves down the stretch to keep the Wildcats scoreless, one off a shot by Scalisi in the 73rd minute and another off a shot by senior
Nicole Grichen (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) in the 76th minute. Daemen finished with a 9-2 edge in total shots and a 3-1 advantage in shots on goal. Freshman
Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.) made her first career start in net for Daemen and did not register a save
.
RETURNING VETERANS
Daemen returns 20 players from its 2021 team, including six who collected All-ECC honors last year. Experience is abundant, as the team features two graduate students, seven seniors and five juniors. The team's top five scorers from last year all return to the pitch this fall. Senior Tatyjana Scalisi (Williamsville, N.Y.) and sophomore Alyssa Diaz (Rochester, N.Y.) accounted for 13 of the team's 34 goals last year and both earned first team All-ECC honors. Scalisi also earned all-region honors, while Diaz became the first player in program history to be named the ECC Rookie of the Year. All-conference defenders Julia Eichel (Grand Island, N.Y.) and Baylin Tighe (Tonawanda, N.Y.) return after heading up a backline that surrendered just 20 goals in 16 games last year. Senior goalkeeper Tori DeLappi (Medina, Ohio) is coming off an all-conference junior season in which she averaged five saves a game and posted a 1.27 goals against average. Graduate students Grace Stranahan and Katelyn Sidoti will serve as teams captains for 2022.
POLLS, POLLS, POLLS
Daemen women's soccer has been picked to finish third in the ECC this season according to the league's preseason poll which was released on August 16. The No. 3 preseason ranking ties for the highest in program history since the Wildcats joined the ECC in 2013. Daemen was also ranked third in the ECC preseason poll in 2019. Mercy and Molloy both collected four first place votes and Mercy edged Molloy for the top spot in the poll with 75 points. Both Mercy and Molloy posted an 8-1-0 league record last year and Molloy earned the ECC Tournament title following a double overtime win over Mercy. Daemen collected one first place vote and earned 66 points, while Roberts Wesleyan (57) and Queens (39) rounded out the top five.
ON THE HORIZON
Daemen is idle until next Wednesday (Sept. 28) when it travels to Erie, Pa. for a match against Mercyhurst University.
SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
Cedarville is a member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Cedarville has won three of its last four gamnes and is coming off a 2-1 win over 24th-ranked Ashland this past Saturday. The Yellow Jackets were picked second in the preseason GMAC coaches' poll. Cedarville went 12-6-2 overall (11-2-1 GMAC), advanced to the championship game of the GMAC Tournament and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament last year. The Yellow Jackets suffered a 2-1 OT loss to eventual national champion Grand Valley State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. They opened the 2022 season with a trip to Tennessee where they defeated Carson Newman (2-0) and played nationally-ranked Lee to a 1-1 draw. The Yellow Jackets then suffer a 1-0 loss to Indianapolis, before opening GMAC play with back-to-back wins over Ursuline (2-1) and Walsh (4-1). Northwood handed Cedarville its first league loss of the year, before the Yellow Jackets rebounded with the win over nationally-ranked Ashland this past weekend. Sophomore Megan McGlish (2 gls, 2 ast), senior Mary Kate Wyer (2 gls, 1 ast) and graduate student Olivia Hoffman (2 gls, 1 ast) have paced the offense. Hoffman netted the game-winner against Ashland Saturday. Junior Brooke Ackley has played every minute in goal thus far (1.00 GAA) and made a season-high 10 saves in the win over Carson Newman.
ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. CEDARVILLE
Record: Cedarville, 4-0-1
At Daemen: Cedarville, 1-0-1
At Cedarville: Cedarville, 3-0-0
Last Meeting: Cedarville 2, Daemen 1 | Oct. 23, 2010 | at Cedarville, Ohio
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