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THE WEEK AHEAD
The Owls head out on the road for a pair of Northeast-10 Conference matchups - Tuesday, Oct. 21 at nationally ranked No. 5 Saint Rose and Friday, Oct. 24 at Bentley.
 
ALL-TIME VS. SAINT ROSE AND BENTLEY
The Owls are 7-10-1 against Saint Rose and hold a 10-5-2 advantage all-time against Bentley.
 
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
The Owls and the then No. 3 Golden Knights played to a 0-0 draw on Oct. 22, 2013 at Jess Dow Field. Camille Fantini made 11 saves for Southern. On Oct. 26, the Owls defeated Bentley 3-1  as Hannah Spreckley and Suzane Pires combined to score three unanswered goals in the second half.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
The Golden Knights (12-1-1, 8-1-1 NE-10) enter the week ranked No. 5 in the nation, after having been ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA DII Poll for most of the season. The Knights suffered their only loss of the season to Saint Anselm 2-0 on Oct. 11, and previously had a scoreless draw against Adelphi. Senior Carmelina Puopolo leads the Northeast-10 in several offensive categories, including goals (13), points (30) and shots (68). Sophomore GK Ashley Homer leads the NE-10 with an .884 save pct. and a 0.35 GAA. Freshman Morgan Burchhardt is tied for third in the NE-10 with five assists.
 
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
Bentley enters this week (2-11, 0-10 NE-10) ranked last in the NE-10 and having lost 11 straight matches. Sophomore Ana Tantum has scored four of the Falcon's six goals on the season. Bentley's two victories came on opening weekend against Molloy and Dowling. The Falcons will host Stonehill on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

BUONANNI NAMED NE-10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman forward Victoria Buonanni has been named the NE-10 Rookie of the Week after she scored two goals last week, including the 75th minute game-winner on Saturday against Stonehill.

OWLS IN REGIONAL RANKINGS
Southern enters the week ranked No. 7 in the NSCAA East Regional rankings. New rankings will be released on Tuesday afternoon.

LAST TIME OUT
The Owls held off Stonehill for a 2-1 victory on Saturday to extend their unbeaten streak to nine matches. The Skyhawks scored in the 17th minute, ending the Owls streak of not having allowed a goal at 390 minutes. Hannah Spreckley scored in the 30th minute off a Betti Worth assist to tie the game 1-1. Victoria Buonanni scored the game-winner in the 75th minute after taking a pass from Victoria Conde.
 
IN THE PRESEASON NORTHEAST-10 COACHES POLL
The Owls were picked ninth in the Northeast-10 Preseason coaches poll. The Owls received 100 points, while Saint Rose was tabbed as the preseason favorite.


WELCOME TO THE CLUB
 The Owls welcome 10 newcomers to the squad for the 2014 season - Hannah Bodner, Victoria Buonanni, Victoria Conde, Brooke Davis, Erica Friel, Kimberly Livecchi, Taylor Moore, Marissa Pearson, Betti Worth and Kasie Wilk.

THE CAPTAINS
Head Coach Adam Cohen has announced that seniors Hannah Spreckley and Sarah Brochu will serve as team captains for the Owls this fall.

LOOKING BACK AT 2013
The Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team enjoyed a fine 2013 season and narrowly missed out on a berth in the Northeast-10 Tournament. The Owls finished the year with seven wins. The team also excelled in the classroom, as they were once again honored by the National Soccer Coaches Accosiation of America with a Team Academic Award for posting a cumulative team grade point average of higher than 3.0.

PIRES NAMED THIRD OWLS' ALL-AMERICAN
Senior Suzane Pires became the third player in Owls' history to earn All-America honors when she was recognized by the NSCAA at the conclusion of last year. She joins Theresa Uliano and Beba Stratakis as Owls' All-Americans.

PIRES EARNS ALL-REGION HONORS
For the third year in a row, Suzane Pires was named to the All-Region teamfor her play during the 2013 season.  

TWO NAMED ALL-NEW ENGLAND, ALL-ECAC
Hannah Spreckley and Suzane Pires were both selected  to the All-New England and the All-ECAC teams for their play during the 2013 season.
 
OWLS THRIVE INDIVIDUALLY IN THE CLASSROOM
From the academic standpoint, the Owls were honored with the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fifth year in a row. Twenty-one 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.

PAIR COLLECT ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Hannah Spreckley and Suzane Pires were recognized by the Northeast-10 Conference for their play during the 2013 season. Pires collected First-Team All-League honors, while Spreckley was named to the Second-Team.

ON DECK
Next week, the Owls will host their regular season finale on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. against Assumption.