Women's Soccer Continues NEC Play At Bryant On Thursday Afternoon

Wagner College Women's Soccer Match Information
Match #12 \| NEC #5	Wagner College Seahawks (4-7-0; 1-3-0 NEC) at Bryant University Bulldogs (4-7-0; 2-2-0 NEC)
Date \| Time	Thursday, October 7, 2021 \| 3:00 PM
Location	Smithfield, RI \| Bulldogs Soccer Field
Where To Watch	Watch Live \| Live Stats
Social Media	Twitter: @WagWSoccer, @WagnerAthletics Instagram: @wag_wsoccer

Smithfield, RI - The Wagner College women's soccer team hits the road as they head to Smithfield, RI to tangle with the Bryant University Bulldogs on Thursday afternoon.

OPENING KICKS...

The Green & White picked up its first league win of the season, defeating Merrimack, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at Hameline Field.
Junior forward Madison Carr netted her team-leading sixth goal of the season.
Wagner also got scores from Annie White, her third of the season, and, freshman Emma Roe, who recorded her first collegiate goal on Sunday.
Bryant enters Thursday's contest riding a three-match winning streak, after defeating Mount St. Mary's, 5-3, on Sunday afternoon.

A Look At The Standings...
2021 NEC Women's Soccer Standings (as of 10/3/2021)

SCHOOL	NEC	PTS	OVERALL	STREAK
Howard	3-1-1	10	4-3-1	T1
Central Connecticut	3-1-0	9	6-3-0	W1
St. Francis Brooklyn	2-1-2	8	4-4-5	T1
Fairleigh Dickinson	2-1-0	6	5-4-2	L1
Sacred Heart	2-2-0	6	4-5-1	L1
Bryant	2-2-0	6	4-7-0	W3
Mount St. Mary's	2-2-0	6	2-7-2	L1
Merrimack	2-2-0	6	2-7-2	L1
Saint Francis U	1-2-0	3	3-7-0	W1
WAGNER	1-3-0	3	4-7-0	W1
LIU	0-3-1	1	0-6-2	L3

* top four seeds advance to the Northeast Conference Championships

ALL-TIME SERIES...

Thursday's contest is the 14th all-time meeting between these two conference foes with Bryant leading the series, 9-2-2.
Wagner is looking to snap a six-match losing streak against the Bulldogs.
The Seahawks last defeated Bryant back on October 25, 2013, earning a 4-3 overtime victory in Smithfield.

ABOUT THE SEAHAWKS...

Wagner is tied for fifth in the conference in total goals scored with 13.
Collectively, the Green & White also ranks fifth in the NEC in totals saves with 58, averaging 5.27 per contest.
Junior forward Madison Carr is tied for the conference lead with Howard's Melea Earley with six goals.
Carr ranks third in points per game, averaging 1.09 per contest.
Junior tri-captain Annie White is among the league leaders in goals scored with three.
Sophomore Mia Tessier is tied for fourth in the conference in assists with three.
Junior netminder Erin Kelly ranks third among conference goalkeepers in goals- against average at 1.20.
Kelly is tied for the NEC lead in shutouts with two, joining Central Connecticut's Amanda McQuillan and Fairleigh Dickinson's Malene Nielsen.

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS...

Bryant will be hosting their fourth straight home game on Thursday afternoon, as the Bulldogs enter with a 4-7-0 overall record and a 2-2-0 mark in league action.
The Bulldogs' trio of Katie Cronin, Kathryn McNeil, and Catherine Bean swept the NEC weekly honors this week.
Cronin was named the NEC Player of the Week as she tallied seven points in two games with the game-winning goal against CCSU and added two more scores and an assist against Mount St. Mary's.
McNeil recorded her first career shutout and made a total of nine saves to earn Defensive Player of the Week.
Bean added five points with an assist against the Blue Devils and a goal and two helpers against the Mount in receiving NEC Rookie of the Week accolades.
The Bulldogs are tied for the second-most goals scored in the league this season with 15.
Bean leads the NEC with 43 shot attempts, averaging close to four a contest.
Cronin is the team leader in goals scored with five while she and Bean are tied with 11 points.
McNeil has appeared in six games this season, allowing just six goals, and has recorded 17 stops thus far.

UP NEXT..

Wagner closes out the non-conference portion of their schedule on Sunday afternoon as they head to New Rochelle, NY to tangle with Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) members, Iona.
Kickoff is set for 2:00 p.m.

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