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THE WEEK AHEAD
The Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team will travel to Assumption on Wednesday before hosting Philadelphia on Saturday for Senior Day.

SENIOR SENDOFF
Prior to Saturday's game against Philadelphia, the Owls will honor their six seniors - Laura Barberia, Sarah Brochu, LeAnn DiSisto, Camille Fantini, Janie Jannitto and Suzane Pires. Over the course of the past four years, this group has helped lead the program to 33 wins.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST WEEK
The Owls encountered two hard faught games last week. The Owls went into double overtime and played to a 0-0 draw in the match against No. 3 nationally ranked Saint Rose and came out on top defeating Bentley 3-1.

ALL-TIME VERSUS ASSUMPTION
SCSU has a 12-4-1 record all-time against Assumption.

ALL-TIME VERSUS PHILADELPHIA
The Owls have a 1-0-1 record in their all-time series versus Philadelphia.

THE NE-10 PLAYOFF PICTURE
Entering the final week of the regular season, the Owls are in a four-way tie for sixth place in the Northeast-10 standings. The top eight teams make the league tournament. Wednesday night's opponent, Assumption, is also one of those four teams tied for sixth place at the moment.

PIRES RANKS AMONG THE LEAGUE'S BEST
Senior Suzane Pires was the Owls' leading returning scorer from last year and she is on track to repeat that feat this year. Pires currently leads the Owls with 10 goals and 24 points and ranks fourth in the Northeast-10 in goals and fifth in points.

FANTINI A TWO-SPORT STANDOUT
After a four-year career as a member of the women's basketball team in which she earned All-Conference honors and ranked among the program's career leaders in steals, Camille Fantini has made an immediate impact this fall as a member of the women's soccer team. To date, she is 5-3-2 as the Owls' starting goalkeeper to go along with a 0.91 goals against average and four shutouts.

SPRECKLEY STEPS UP
Junior Hannah Spreckley is in the midst of her most productive offensive season to date with 14 points (seven goals) on the year. She ranks eighth in the NE-10 in goals and ninth in points.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome 14 newcomers to the squad for the 2013 season - Christine Allard, Jaime Botteon, Kieran DeBiase, Samantha Emery, Camille Fantini, Rachael Hafer, Maeghan Howard, Katherine Hutton, Erica Ridella, Deanna Ryan, Alexis Schmidt, Ayanna Smith, Caroline Staudle and Alexis Wadsworth.

OWLS PICKED EIGHTH IN PRESEASON NE-10 COACHES POLL
The Owls were picked eighth in the Northeast 10 Preseason coaches poll. The Owls received 119 points.

THE CAPTAINS
Suzane Pires and Sarah Brochu will serve as team captains for the Owls this fall.

KATIE DIDIO JOINS COACHING STAFF
Former Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer goalkeeper has joined the owls once again as an assistant coach. Didio was a four-year starter for the Owls from 2007 till the 2010 season. During that career she recorded 29 victories, which ranks third all-time at SCSU. DiDio also holds the Southern Connecticut record with 311 saves and is second with 21 career shutouts (16 solo). She also ranks fourth in goals against average.

LOOKING BACK AT 2012
The Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team finished the year with an overall record of 9-6-3. The Owls just missed out on an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, but once again qualified for the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. SCSU was ranked as high as No. 4 in the region during the course of the year.

TWO OWLS EARN ALL-REGION HONORS
Sarah Brochu and Suzane Pires were all tabbed for All-Region accolades for their play during the 2012 season. It was the second year in a row that each earned the honor.

PAIR COLLECT ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
For third year in a row, Sarah Brochu and Suzane Pires were recognized by the Northeast-10 Conference for their play during the 2012 season. Both collected First-Team All-League honors.

TWO NAMED ALL-NEW ENGLAND
Sarah Brochu and Suzane Pires were all selected All-New England for their play during the 2012 season. It was the second year in a row that each earned the honor.

OWLS THRIVE INDIVIDUALLY IN THE CLASSROOM
From the academic standpoint, the Owls were honored with the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fourth year in a row. Sarah Brochu repeated with NE-10 Women's Soccer All-Academic Team honors. Eighteen student-athletes were also named to the NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for posting a semester grade point average of at least 3.0.

TARCHINI NAMED TO NEWISA SENIOR BOWL
Lisamarie Tarchini was selected to play in the NEWISA Senior Bowl following the conclusion of the 2012 season

ON DECK
Depending on the Owls' results this week, they could take part in the Northeast-10 Conference tournament beginning on Nov. 5.