Photo Credit: Dave Saffran
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Wagner College Women's Soccer Match Information
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Match #10 | NEC Match #2
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Wagner College Seahawks (3-6-0; 1-0 NEC) vs. Sacred Heart University Pioneers (4-4-1; 1-0 NEC)
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Date | Time
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Friday, September 27, 2019 | 7:00 PM
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Location
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Hameline Field | Staten Island, NY
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Where To View
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WATCH LIVE (NECFrontRow)
LIVE STATS
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Twitter: @WagWSoccer, @WagnerAthletics
Instagram: @wag_wsoccer |
Staten Island, NY - Fresh off a 2-0 road victory in the Northeast Conference (NEC) opener at St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, the Wagner College women's soccer team looks for back-to-back victories as the Seahawks embark on a three-match homestand, beginning on Friday evening against the Sacred Heart University Pioneers at 7:00 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT FOR WAGNER:
- Behind goals from freshman forward Isabella Manzella and junior forward Mya Donnelly, the Seahawks defeated the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers, 2-0, at Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 5, on Sunday afternoon.
- Wagner found the right transition and capitalized as senior tri-captain, Maria Nunez sent a well-placed feed that found the foot of Manzella as she deposited the ball past the Terrier netminder for the goal.
- For Manzella, it marked her first career goal while Nunez also notched her first career helper.
- The Green & White added their second score of the contest with just two minutes left in regulation as junior forward Lindsay Weiss sent a pass that Donnelly took and booted in as Wagner went ahead by two scores.
- For Donnelly, it marked her first career goal while Weiss upped her season and career assist total to two. Wagner outshot St. Francis Brooklyn, 17-9, highlighted by an 8-2 advantage in the first half.
- Freshman goalkeeper, Erin Kelly, finished with three saves on nine shots faced.
SERIES HISTORY:
- Friday's contest marks the 21st all-time meeting between the Seahawks and Pioneers with Sacred Heart leading the head-to-head matchup, 15-4-1.
- The Seahawks are looking to snap a three-match losing streak to the Pios, last earning a victory back on October 30, 2015, at Hameline Field, 1-0.
NUNEZ & KELLY NAMED #NECPRIMEPERFORMER:
- The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced in its weekly release that senior forward Maria Nunez and freshman goalkeeper Erin Kelly were selected to the Week 5 #NECPrimePerformer List.
- Nunez was an instrumental force behind the Seahawks' success this week, as she tallied three points, scoring a goal at Temple in the non-conference finale and adding an assist in Wagner's 2-0 victory against the Terriers.
- The senior tri-captain has has now registered a point in three straight matches.
- In Wagner's victory over St. Francis Brooklyn, the East Greenwich, RI native recorded her first career assist on the goal scored by freshman Isabella Manzella.
- Nunez is tied for the NEC-lead in goals scored with Michelle Clarkin (Sacred Heart) and Roma McLaughlin (Central Connecticut).
- For Kelly, despite giving up two goals in the non-conference finale against Temple while making four saves on 13 shots faced, the Massapequa, NY native stood tall in net for Wagner in its first conference fixture of the season.
- Against St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, Kelly limited the Terriers offense to just nine shots while recording three saves in recording her first career clean sheet of the season.
- In five games played this season, she has posted a .778 save percentage while just allowing eight goals for a 1.52 GAA.
NUNEZ ASCENDING ON CAREER LIST:
- Senior forward and tri-captain, Maria Nunez, continues her climb to several all-time career marks here at Wagner.
- With two goals in her last two matches, she is now tied for eighth all-time with former Seahawk, Briana Vassallo, who notched 12 goals from 2007-10.
- Should Nunez score against the Pioneers, she will tie a pair of former Seahawks for sixth-place on the all-time career goal list with Johanna Konrad (2012-15) and Samantha Jensen (2012-15).
- Additionally, the East Greenwich, RI native has collected 25 all-time career points, which is currently good for ninth all-time. She will need three points to tie Jensen, who finished with 28 career points.
- Nunez has 85 career shots attempted, good for eighth in program history while her 43 shots on goal are now fourth all-time and just needs one more to tie former Seahawk, Jackie Nicholas, who played from 2010-13, and ended her tenure with 44 shots on goal.
ABOUT SACRED HEART :
- The Pioneers finished the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 3-4-1 record.
- Sacred Heart has faced two opponents on Wagner's schedule as well this year, Temple and Rhode Island. The Pioneers defeated Temple, 3-1, at home back on September 1 while being blanked by the Rams, 2-0, in Kingston back on September 8.
- The Pios, like the Seahawks, are 1-0 in conference play thus far, defeating Merrimack, 2-1, back on September 19 in North Andover, MA.
- Michelle Clarkin is the team's leading point and goal scorer, having netted four goals and posting nine points.
- Meadow Mancini and Francesca Peloro each have two assists for the Pioneers this season.
- In goal, Elysaa Kipperman has seen the bulk of the work, appearing in nine matches while starting in eight contests, as she has recorded 51 saves (.810 SV%) and has allowed 12 goals on the season (1.37 GAA).
UP NEXT:
- Following a bye on September 29, the Seahawks will welcome the Western Pennsylvania duo of Robert Morris on October 4 at 7:00 pm and conclude the homestand on October 6 against Saint Francis U.
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