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THIS PAST WEEK
Southern Connecticut played two home games last week, losing both of them. The first was a 3-0 loss to Adelphi, which is 8-2-2 overall and 6-0-2 in the conference. The second was a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime loss to AIC, which is now 7-4 and 6-2.

NEARLY BEATING AIC
The Owls hung with AIC all evening and they had two great chances to score but were unable to finish.
•Early in the first half, Maeghan Howard sent a corner kick toward Caroline Staudle who headed it to the far post of the goal, but AIC's keeper Rachel Edgin dove to her left and reached above her head to make a diving save and keep Southern Connecticut off the scoreboard.
•In the 60th minute, the Owls got another corner kick which was nearly headed in by Deanna Ryan, but she was bumped off her line before she could make contact with the ball. Betti Worth also had a chance to score, but she was pushed away by a stumbling Edgin and AIC cleared the ball.
•The Yellow Jackets' Frederica Frew would score on a header in the 95th minute from a free kick.
 
THIS WEEK
Southern Connecticut plays two games this week. The Owls will start on the road at Le Moyne on Wednesday at 3 p.m. They'll return home to face Merrimack on Saturday at 12 noon. There will be a Kick For Nick soccer ball collection and a Connecticut food drive collection at that game.

SCOUTING LE MOYNE
•The Dolphins are 1-9-1 overall and 0-7-1 in the NE-10.
•Six of their nine losses have come by one goal.
•Their leading goal scorer is Kelly Ristoff, who has five goals on the year.
•They score an average of 0.91 goals a game and allow 2.09.
•Their keeper, Tori Corsaro, has saved 22 of 91 shots, good for a save percentage of 75.8-percent.
 
ALL-TIME vs. LE MOYNE
The Owls are 9-3-3 all-time against the Dolphins, including going 2-0-3 in their last five matchups.
 
SCOUTING MERRIMACK
•As of Monday, the Warriors are 7-2-3 overall and 4-2-2 in the NE-10.
•They will play Bentley on Wednesday before coming to Jess Dow Field to take on the Owls on Saturday.
•The two teams have six common opponents thus far with the Owls going 2-4 in those games and the Warriors going 2-2-2.
•As of Monday, the Warriors have won their last two games, including a 1-0 win over No. 19 Southern New Hampshire.
•Merrimack scores an average of 2.0 goals per game, led by Jenna Savi with six goals and Victoria Carter with five.
•The Warriors use a platoon system at goalkeeper, switching them at the half. Their stats are nearly identical. Meghan Gulbrandsen has allowed seven goals on 33 shots and boasts a record of 4-0-1. Molly Meehan has allowed seven goals on 34 shots and is 3-2-2.
 
ALL-TIME vs. MERRIMACK
The Owls are 6-10-1 all-time against the Warriors, with their last win coming in 2009.
  
STAUDLE HITTING HER STRIDE
Caroline Staudle was a monster on the field for the Owls last week. She assisted on Victoria Buonanni's goal in the win over Pace, then scored the first two goals of the game at Franklin Pierce. She leads the team in goals with four and is tied for fifth in the NE-10 in goals, just one behind a handful of players with five.
 
NE-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For her efforts in the two road conference wins last week, Staudle was named the Northeast-10 Player of the Week.
 
WIN #1
The Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team picked up its first win of the season on Saturday against Assumption, a 3-2 victory with goals by Victoria Buonanni, Victoria Conde and Caroline Staudle. They fell behind 1-0 in the fifth minute but tied up the game before halftime and took the lead off of a free position kick by Conde and extended it with a chip in goal by Staudle.
 
THE PRESEASON NE-10 COACHES POLL
The Owls have been picked to finish fifth in the Northeast-10 Preseason Coaches' Poll. The team received 148 points.
2015 Northeast-10 Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. Saint Rose - 195 (13)
2. Assumption - 171 (1)
3. Adelphi - 163 (1)
4. Franklin Pierce - 149
5. So. Connecticut - 148
6. American Int'l - 98
7. So. New Hampshire - 94
8. Saint Anselm - 90
9. Merrimack - 88
10. Pace - 87
11. New Haven - 85
12. Le Moyne - 84
13. Stonehill - 77
14. Saint Michael's - 29
15. Bentley – 17
(#) – indicates first-place votes
 
IN SEASON OPENERS
The Owls are 15-3-1 in season openers.
 
LAST TIME WE SAW THEM...
...The Owls won the ECAC Tournament, beating Adelphi in penalty kicks. Prior to that, SCSU defeated Newberry College, 2-1, in the ECAC semifinals.
 
LOOKING BACK AT LAST SEASON
Southern Connecticut finished 2014 with an 11-6-2 record overall. The Owls averaged just over one goal per game and allowed just under one. The strength of the Owls was their defense, led by keeper Erica Ridella. She allowed 17 goals in 19 games and saved 85-percent of shots she faced. Caroline Staudle led the team with six goals and 12 points last year, followed by Victoria Buonanni with five goals andKieran DeBiase with three.
 
THE CAPTAINS
Head coach Adam Cohen announced that senior Betti Worth and juniors Christine Allard and Erica Ridella will captain the Owls this fall. They will all be first-year captains.
 
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN
Southern Connecticut will return 10 out of 14 players who started 10 or more games last year, including its top three scorers: Staudle, Buonanni and DeBiase.
 
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome 10 newcomers to the squad for the 2015 season, including freshmen Megan Richardson, Emily LePage, Alyson Clarke, Juliana Santos, Taylor Bilyak, Mikaela Magee, Aaliyah Busby and Nicole Cronin. The Owls also welcome transfers Dolci Wagner and Shannon Murphy.
 
LOOKING BACK AT 2014
The Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team was ranked as high as No. 3 in the NCAA East Region rankings in 2014.
 
HONORABLE OWLS
Sarah Brochu took home the most awards of anyone on the team last year, most notably being named the Defensive Player of the Year and as an NE-10 Conference First-Team honoree. Also named to the All-Conference teams were Keri DeBiase,Erica Ridella, Victoria Buonanni, and Victoria Conde. DeBiase and Ridella were named Third-Team All-Conference, while Bounanni and Conde were named to the All-Rookie Team.
 
ON DECK
The Owls have two games next week, at Stonehill on Tuesday and home against Saint Rose on Saturday.