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HONORING THE 2000 TEAM
During halftime of the Southern New Hampshire game, the Southern Connecticut women's soccer team honored the 2000 women's soccer team for their 15 year anniversary of winning the NE-10 regular season championship and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Members of the team were welcomed back and congratulated by Director of Athletics Jay Moran.

A HEARTBREAKING LOSS
The Owls lost a tough game to the Penmen, 1-0 in overtime. The goal came when goalkeeper Erica Ridella passed the ball out to one of her teammates, but SNHU's Alexa Poulin took it away and fired it past a diving Ridella. The Owls managed 12 shots in the game, including six on goal. Half of both totals were owned by Kieran DeBiase.

THIS WEEK
Southern Connecticut is back on the road this week to take on Pace and Franklin Pierce.

SCOUTING PACE
The Setters will enter Tuesday's matchup with a 3-2-1 record having beaten their most recent opponent, Bentley, 1-0. Delany Williams leads the team in goals with two, while five other players are tied with one goal each. They average just over one goal a game and allow half a goal a game. 

ALL-TIME AGAINST PACE
The Owls have an all-time record against the Setters of 9-5-2 dating back to 1999, including a 2-0 win last year.

SCOUTING FRANKLIN PIERCE
As of Monday, the Ravens have a record of 3-1 and 1-1 in the NE-10. Nathalia Maria da Silva leads the scoring for FPU with three goals. Nichole Donovan and Sydney Stengle are right behind her with two goals each. The Ravens are averaging three goals per game and allowing .25 goals per game. 

ALL-TIME AGAINST FRANKLIN PIERCE
The Ravens have had the Owls' number, as Southern Connecticut's all-time record against them is 3-20. SCSU was bounced by Franklin Pierce in overtime of the NE-10 Tournament last season.

RIDELLA NAMED TO NE-10 HONOR ROLL LAST WEEK
Goalkeeper Erica Ridella was named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll for stopping seven of nine shots against Assumption. She had 10 saves entering the game.

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. 

FALLING TO SAINT ANSELM
The Owls dropped their third game of the year to Saint Anselm last Wednesday. Victoria Conde had four shots, but was unable to add to her season total of two goals. Erica Ridella also made five saves in the loss.

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 one game next week, a home matchup against crosstown rival New Haven on Saturday at 6 p.m.