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CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Southern Connecticut has earned the eighth seed in the Northeast-10 Tournament and will travel to Adelphi to take on the Panthers on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

LAST WEEK
Southern Connecticut split its games last week. They shutout Saint Michael's 3-0 on the road and feel to Bentley 4-3 on Senior Day.
• Caroline Staudle scored two goals for the Owls in their win over Saint Michael's. They were her fifth and sixth goals of the year. Victoria Conde also scored her sixth of the year. Erica Ridella made five saves in her third shutout this season.
• The Owls lost a high scoring affair on Senior Day despite coming back from being down 1-0 and 3-1. Betti Worth scored her first goal on the season to tie the game at one. Conde and Staudle added to their totals with one goal each. They both finish the season with seven goals, tied for ninth in the conference.
 
SCOUTING ADELPHI
The Owls have lost to Adelphi once already this year: a 3-0 decision at Jess Dow Field in early October. Laura Gomez is the leading goal scorer for the Panthers with 10 goals on the year and Kelsey Malles is right behind her with seven. Their goalkeeper, Anne Marie Ulliac, is fifth in the conference with a save percentage of 84.7-percent. She has also allowed 0.61 goals per game. Adelphi has not lost a conference game this season.
 
ALL-TIME vs. ADELPHI
The Owls are 5-4-2 all-time against the Panthers, including the loss earlier this season.

CONDE AND STAUDLE
Victoria Conde and Caroline Staudle have been on a scoring tear as of late. Conde has five goals in her last five games, including two in the 2-1 win over Merrimack. Staudle has three in her last two games, including two in the 3-0 win over Saint Michael's.

CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For her efforts in the win over Merrimack, Victoria Conde has been named the Northeast-10 Player of the Week. It is the second time an Owl has received the award: Caroline Staudle was honored four weeks ago for scoring two goals and adding an assist against Pace and Franklin Pierce.

STAUDLE HITTING HER STRIDE
Caroline Staudle was a monster on the field for the Owls against Pace and Franklin Pierce. She assisted on Victoria Buonanni's goal in the win over Pace, then scored the first two goals of the game at Franklin Pierce.

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.