NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Despite falling 2-1 at No. 12 Union (N.Y.) College on Tuesday night, the State University of New York at New Paltz women's soccer team looks to recover against Wheaton (Mass.) College on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m.
RECORDS: The Hawks bring a 6-2 mark into Saturday's match.... The Lyons are 4-3 after falling to Trinity (Conn.) College, 4-1, on Tuesday.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS (6-2): New Paltz is 1-2 in its past three outings after beginning the season 5-0, which was the best start in program history... At Union on Tuesday, senior midfielder
Sarah Painter scored the lone goal for the Hawks, thanks to an assist by sophomore forward
Kaite Mulry... Freshman goalkeeper
Katelyn Cordero was forced to make a season-high eight saves in the loss... Junior midfielder
Kristina Gandolfo led the attack with six shots, four being on target.
STATISTICAL LEADERS: Gandolfo leads the Hawks with four goals... Mulry is tops on the squad with nine points... Senior midfielder and captain
Eleni Anselmi is tied for the team lead with four assists and leads the Hawks with 25 shots... Senior defender
Bryce Kristall also has distributed four helpers... Anselmi and Kristall rank 23rd in assists in NCAA Division III and first in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)... Fifteen players have at least one point for New Paltz... Twelve players have scored at least one goal... Cordero is 6-2 with a goals-against average (GAA) of 0.69 and a save percentage of .821, recording three clean sheets and making 23 saves... Cordero ranks 18th in NCAA Division III in minutes played (657).
TEAM STATISTICS: The Hawks have outscored opponents, 22-5... New Paltz has outshot teams, 204-69, holding a 99-28 shots-on-goal edge... The Hawks have distributed 19 assists, compared to six for foes... The team holds a 43-23 margin in corner kicks... New Paltz has outscored teams, 9-1, in the first half and 13-4 in the second period.
SCOUTING THE LYONS (4-3): Wheaton started off on a good note this season at 3-0 with wins over Roger Williams University, St. Joseph's (Maine) College and Bridgewater State University... The Lyons have dropped three of their past four matches... Wheaton is 3-0 at home so far this year... The Lyons were picked third in the 2014 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Preseason Poll, receiving one first-place vote.
STATISTICAL LEADERS: Junior forward/midfielder Julia Cipriano leads the the Lyons with three goals, seven points and 14 shots... Senior Lauren Corigliano follows with two goals and seven points... Sophomore forward/midfielder Kaitlyn Montoya leads the squad with eight points... Junior goalkeeper Ali Hinton has two shutouts in five games and has registered ten saves... Hinton is 3-2 with a 1.40 GAA and a .588 save percentage... Junior goalkeeper Taylor Wilson has eight saves in two games... Wilson is 1-1 with a 1.50 GAA and a save percentage of .727.
TEAM STATISTICS: The Lyons have 149 shots in seven games and have recorded 12 assists... Wheaton has scored 15 goals and has attempted 28 corner kicks.
LAST MEETING:
New Paltz dropped a 5-0 decision to Wheaton (Mass.) on Sept. 21, 2013.WHAT'S NEXT: The Hawks head to SUNY Cortland on Friday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m for the SUNYAC opener... Wheaton, meanwhile, plays at Colby-Saywer College on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m.
