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LAST WEEK
Southern Connecticut won both its games last week, first defeating New Haven 1-0 on the road before returning home to beat Franklin Pierce in a 3-2 comeback overtime victory.

LOUIE, LOUIE
Louis Greenway-Tambini scored three goals last week, two of them game-winners. He scored the only goal of the game against UNH when the ball was misplayed by the opposing goalkeeper. Against FPU, he showed his ball handling skills, crossing over a defender for his first goal of the night, and putting the ball between the legs of a defender before scoring the game winner in overtime.

NE-10 WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
For his efforts last week, Greenway-Tambini earned a spot on the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll.

THIS WEEK
The Owls have two games this week: an away game at AIC on Tuesday and a home matchup against Saint Anselm on Saturday.

SCOUTING AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
The Yellow Jackets will enter Tuesday's game having lost their last game to No. 5 ranked Southern New Hampshire 2-1. Prior to that, AIC tied Franklin Pierce, whom Southern Connecticut just beat. FPU is the only common opponent between the Owls and Yellow Jackets thus far. Sebastian Tamayo has started every game in net for AIC this year, saving 45 shots - most in the conference - and posting a save percentage of just over 80-percent. Alec Cerquiera leads the Yellow Jackets in goals with five - AIC scores an average of 1.14 goals a game.

ALL TIME VS. AIC
The Owls are 32-2-2 all-time against American International, including a 2-0 win last year.

SCOUTING SAINT ASNELM
The Hawks will play Le Moyne on Tuesday before traveling to New Haven to take on the Owls on Saturday. As of Monday, Saint Anselm has lost three straight games, all of them to conference opponents. The only common opponent thus far between the Owls and Hawks is Saint Michael's - whom both teams have lost to. Stephen McLeod is expected to start in net for Saint Anselm. He has allowed ten goals on 48 shots. The Hawks have scored ten goals on the year - Emmet O'Callaghan leads the way with three and Zachary Heckt and Jack Lynch are right behind him with two each.

ALL-TIME VS. SAINT ANSELM
The Owls are 12-3-2 all-time against Saint Anselm, including wins in their last two appearances.

WINNING THE HOME OPENER
The Owls took their home opener from Le Moyne on Saturday, September 12 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 is redshirting this year after holding a tie in goals last year with Chae Brangman. Filling in for him at the forward spot has been a combination of Brangman, Louis Greenway-Tambini, and Sabri Akter. Brangman and Greenway-Tambini have scored all three goals for the Owls this season.

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 Jacobsenleading 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, the Owls have one next week: an away game at Merrimack.