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DATE: August 31, 2022
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LOCATION: Tiger Field
Philadelphia, Pa. |
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THE LEAD
Following a two game split on opening weekend in Pleasantville, N.Y., the New Haven women's soccer team looks to get back on track when they travel to the City of Brotherly Love on Wednesday to take on the Holy Family Tigers. Opening kickoff from Tiger Field is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY VS HOLY FAMILY
In a series that dates back to the 2005 season, the Chargers hold a 3-1-1 overall record against the Tigers. New Haven opened up the series winning the first three matchups before the Tigers managed their only win in 2008. The most recent matchup came last season after what was a 13 season hiatus in the all-time series, with that game ending in a 1-1 stalemate after 110 minutes of action. Overall through the five game series, New Haven has outscored Holy Cross 11-9.
SCOUTING THE CHARGERS (1-0, 0-0 NE10)
New Haven continues a three-game season opening road trip with the final game in that stretch at Holy Family. In the first two games, both of which were played on a neutral field at Pace, the Chargers finished 1-1, taking a 2-1 win over Post before dropping a 1-0 decision to Georgian Court. Both goals in the win over the Eagles came from the junior class with Dakota Cimetta (Coral Springs, Fla./J.P. Taravella) and Elizabeth Anderson (Lakeville, Mass./Apponequet Regional) notching the tallies. Cimetta also put up a goal against Post last season, while the score for Anderson was her first career goal. Two other players also got in on the point collection with freshman Riley Drosopoulos (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) and graduate student Mackenzie Myers (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) adding the assists on the goals against Post. In net, graduate transfer Amanda McQuillan (Meath, Ireland/) has started both games, collecting four saves on the season. McQuillan comes to West Haven from Central Connecticut where she wrapped up her time in New Britain with a 1.09 goals-against-average, eight shutouts and 64 saves last season.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS (0-0-1, 0-0 CACC)
Holy Family enters Wednesday evening game looking for their first win of the season after dropping a pair of games on the opening weekend, both of which were losses to Northeast-10 Conference opponents. The Tigers took a pair of trips to New England on opening weekend with a 2-0 loss to Saint Anselm and a 2-1 loss to Assumption. The lone goal for the Tigers came from sophomore Brynn Hess who was the only Tiger to record a point as she scored unassisted. Between the pipes, graduate student Brianna Pudlo started and played the full 90 minutes in both games, collecting five saves. Holy Family enters 2022 after finishing last season with a 12-5-2 overall record, advancing to the CACC semifinals before falling to Jefferson.
THE SCHEDULE
The New Haven women's soccer team will play an 18-game schedule in 2022 with half of those games to take place at the friendly confines of Kathy Zolad Stadium. In addition to the two opening neutral site games at Pace, the Charges will play three more non-conference games before opening league play against American International on Saturday, September 10. The three non-conference tests before league action includes a trip to Holy Family and home games against STAC and Bloomfield. The 2022 NE10 schedule will consist of 12 games, with the top eight teams among the 13 league squads, advancing to the NE10 Championship which is scheduled to begin on Sunday, October 30.
UP NEXT
After playing their first three games away from West Haven, the Chargers will finally make their 2022 debut on Saturday afternoon as part of a day-night doubleheader with the men's team. New Haven will welcome Saint Thomas Aquinas to town for its home opener with kickoff slated for 4:00 p.m. at Kathy Zolad Stadium.
