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THIS WEEK
Southern Connecticut hits the road to take on two sets of Purple Knights this week, starting with Bridgeport on Wednesday evening and topping it off with Saint Michael's on Saturday afternoon.

A LOOK BACK
The Owls took their home opener from Le Moyne on Saturday afternoon with goals by Chae Brangman and Louis Greenway Tambini. They came within three minutes of each other and sent the Dolphins back home to Syracuse with a loss. This is the third straight time Southern Connecticut has beaten Le Moyne and the Owls improve their overall record against the Dolphins to 17-4-1. 

PICKING UP THE SLACK
Last year's co-leading goal scorer Markus Jacobsen has been injured for most of this year and did not play against Le Moyne. He has only seen action against LIU-Post where he registered one shot. Filling in for him at the forward spot has been a combination of Chae Brangman, Louis Greenway Tambini, and Sabri Akter. Brangman and Greenway-Tambini have scored all three goals for the Owls this season.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
As of September 8, Southern Connecticut has fallen out of the NSCAA Coaches' Rankings after beginning the season in the No. 16 slot. The new rankings are released every Tuesday.

SCOUTING BRIDGEPORT
The Purple Knights will enter Wednesday's matchup with a 3-1 record, having shutout Nyack, Franklin Pierce, and Assumption, and losing its last game against No. 17 Merrimack 4-1. Leading the scoring charge for Bridgeport is Femi Coker and Luka Ivanovic who each have two goals. Daniel Coviella has started all four games in net for the Purple Knights, but he has been spelled in three of the four games by Fabio Junior. Coviella has allowed three goals on 13 shots, and Junior has allowed one goal on eight shots. 

ALL-TIME VS. BRIDGEPORT
The Owls lead the all-time series against the Purple Knights with a record of 34-13-2, but are 5-5 in their last 10 meetings. Southern Connecticut defeated Bridgeport last year 2-1 thanks to two goals from graduate Daquan King.

SCOUTING SAINT MICHAEL'S
As of Monday, September 14, the Purple Knights are 2-1, having lost their first game of the season 3-2 to Stonehill and winning the next two, 1-0 over Assumption and 7-0 over Lyndon State. They will play at Franklin Pierce Tuesday, September 15 at 7 p.m. Aaron DaCosta is second in the conference in goals scored with four, including two in the rout of Lyndon State. Daniel du Feu has seen the majority of the time in net for the Purple Knights. He has allowed one goal on five shots in two full games for Saint Michael's.

ALL-TIME VS. SAINT MICHAEL'S
The Owls are 13-1-3 all-time against the Purple Knights, including going 3-0-1 in their last four matchups, the last game being a 3-0 win off of one goal from Chae Brangman and two from Daquan King. 

THE PRESEASON NE-10 COACHES POLL
SCSU was picked second in the NE-10 preseason coaches poll.  The Owls received 154 points and one first place vote out of 14.
2015 Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll
1. So. New Hampshire - 169 (13)
2. So. Connecticut - 154 (1)
3. Merrimack - 140
4. Adelphi - 137
5. Le Moyne - 114
6. Franklin Pierce - 106
7. Stonehill - 98
8. Bentley - 79
9. American Int'l - 74
10. Saint Michael's - 57
11. Assumption - 54
12. Saint Rose - 41
13. Saint Anselm - 27
14. New Haven - 24
(#) - indicates first-place votes

LOOKING BACK AT LAST SEASON
The Owls finished 2014 with a 15-5 record and a No. 17 national ranking in the NSCAA poll. SCSU reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and before that, qualified for the finals of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. The Owls averaged just over two goals per game, with Daquan King and Markus Jacobsen leading the team with 10 goals each. Defense was the Owls' strength. Led by NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year Sebastian Brems, they allowed 1.16 goals per game. Freshman keeper Noah Varonier was a stud in net for the Owls, saving 71-percent of the shots he faced.

THE CAPTAIN
Head coach Tom Lang announced that redshirt senior Tyler Naef will captain the Owls this fall. This will mark the second straight year that Naef will serve as a team captain.

SCORING PUNCH COMING BACK
Southern Connecticut will see two of its top five scorers from last season return - Markus Jacobsen and Chae Brangman. Brangman finished second on the team last year with six goals. The next highest returning scorers are Brandon Rowlinson and Ignacio Navarro, who each scored two goals last year.

2014 ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
Seven players from the 2014 team were named to the All-Conference Team:
• Sebastian Brems was named First-Team All-Conference and NE-10 Defender of the year.
• Daquan King and Mads Larsen were named Second-Team All-Conference.
• Chae Brangman, Jonas Folstad, and Markus Jacobsen were named Third-Team All-Conference.
• Brangman and Noah Varonier were named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Brangman was also named Rookie of the Year.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB
The Owls welcome 14 newcomers to the squad for the 2015 season, including freshmen Ansbito Basquin, Jose Canahui, Weens Simon, Seth Dasher, Daniel Silva,Alejandro Rivera, Dylan Hogan, Alex Brown, and Daniel Prendergast. The Owls also welcome transfers Louis Greenway Tambini, Sean Black, Alain Laurent, Mitchel White and Joe Lucas Santos.

IN SEASON OPENERS 
The Owls are 31-9-6 in season openers.

LOOKING BACK AT 2014
The Southern Connecticut State University men's soccer team was ranked as high as No. 1 in the region and No. 5 in the nation in 2014.

TRIO NAMED ALL-ECAC/QUARTET ALL-REGION
Sebastian Brems, Daquan King, and Mads Larsen were named All-ECAC for their efforts on the pitch during the 2014 season. Brems, Markus Jacobsen, Jonas Folstad, and Chae Brangman were named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire Division II All-East Region Team.

ON DECK
Following this week's games against Bridgeport and Saint Michael's, the Owls travel to the University of New Haven on Wednesday, September 23 at 3:30 p.m., and return home to play Franklin Pierce on Saturday, september 26 at 5 p.m.