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ECC Women's Soccer Report - Week Five

ECC Women's Soccer Report - Week Five

Offensive Player of the Week
Brooke Amato, Daemen (So, F - Grand Island, N.Y.)
Amato recorded a combined five points in Daemen's victories against Roberts Wesleyan (4-0 on Sept. 29) and No. 24 Molloy (3-1 on Oct. 2) to extend the Wildcats' winning streak to four in a row. She scored in the 5th and 59th minutes against RWC. It was the third multi-goal game of career and first since posting a two-goal performance on separate occasions against D'Youville on April 11 and April 17, 2021. She later assisted on Alyssa Diaz's goal to tie the score at 1-1 in the 25th minute against Molloy, the first assist of her Daemen career.

Defensive Player of the Week
Melissa Torres, Mercy (Sr, GK - La Mirada, Calif.)
Torres made three saves to earn the shutout win over Bridgeport on Wednesday. The senior set a new school record with her 25th career shutout in the win.

Rookie of the Week
Jacklyn Diel, Queens (Fr, M - Stony Brook, N.Y.)
Coming off the bench against Lincoln on Saturday afternoon, Diel tallied not only her first career goal but her first career hat trick in a 14-1 ECC win. Diel tallied her first career goal in the 28th-minute before she tallied her second goal of the game four minutes later. She would complete the hat trick in the 66th minute to earn six points on the day.


ECC Weekly Honor Roll

Tori DeLappi, Daemen (Jr, GK - Medina, Ohio)
Recorded a combined eight saves in victories against Roberts Wesleyan (4-0 on Sept. 29) and No. 24 Molloy (3-1 on Oct. 2) to extend Daemen's winning streak to four in a row... Recorded five saves and second shutout of season (third of career) against RWC... Followed up with three-save performance vs. Molloy to record her seventh win in 12 career starts.

Claudia McKail, Mercy (Sr, M - Santa Clarita, Calif.)
McKail scored the game-winning goal in the 6th minute of action on a shot from 30 yards out in Mercy's 1-0 win over Bridgeport on Wednesday.

Colleen Stevens, St. Thomas Aquinas (Jr, GK - Ellenville, N.Y.)
Stevens made 10 saves, including two stops on PKs in STAC's 2-1 victory over Queens College. Stevens posted a 1.00 goals against average and a .909 save percentage last week.

Lexi Verni, Molloy (Jr, M - Patchogue, N.Y.)
The junior tallied five points (two goals and one assist) on the week. Verni scored two goals in the win over D'Youville and tallied an assist against Daemen.


ECC Women's Soccer Players of the Week

Date     Offensive Defensive Rookie
9/7 Sarah Tappeto, Molloy           Jackie Carty, Molloy           Jillian Bernas, D'Youville          
9/13 Brooke Amato, Daemen            Tori DeLappi, Daemen            Lauren Zwolenkiewicz, D'Youville          
9/20 Lexi Verni, Molloy  Alessandra Santoriello, St. Thomas Aquinas           Baylin Tighe, Daemen
9/27 Tatyjana Scalisi, Daemen            Jackie Carty, Molloy (2)  Jillian Bernas, D'Youville (2) 
10/4 Brooke Amato, Daemen (2)            Melissa Torres, Mercy  Jacklyn Diel, Queens

Standings

 
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Conference
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Overall
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PTS GP Record Win % PF PA GP Record Win % GF GA Last 10 Streak
Molloy 1. * # 24 9 8-1 0.889 38 4 21 18-3 0.857 57 10 9-1 Lost 1
Mercy 2. * 24 9 8-1 0.889 27 4 21 12-5-4 0.667 36 14 6-4 Lost 1
Daemen 3. 22 9 7-1-1 0.833 28 7 16 9-6-1 0.594 34 20 6-3-1 Lost 1
Roberts Wesleyan 4. 18 9 6-3 0.667 22 12 16 7-8-1 0.469 27 25 7-3 Lost 1
Bridgeport 16 9 5-3-1 0.611 24 10 19 11-7-1 0.605 37 22 7-2-1 Lost 1
D'Youville 8 9 2-5-2 0.333 12 16 17 6-9-2 0.412 28 27 3-5-2 Won 1
Queens (N.Y.) 7 9 2-6-1 0.278 23 18 13 3-8-2 0.308 27 24 2-7-1 Lost 2
Staten Island 7 9 2-6-1 0.278 7 24 18 3-14-1 0.194 9 61 2-7-1 Lost 4
St. Thomas Aquinas 6 9 2-7 0.222 14 18 15 4-11 0.267 22 36 2-8 Lost 5
Lincoln (Pa.) 0 9 0-9 0.000 3 85 14 0-14 0.000 6 114 0-10 Lost 14


Last Week's Results

Wednesday September 29, 2021
Saturday October 02, 2021
* Conference


Upcoming Games

Tuesday October 05, 2021
Wednesday October 06, 2021
Dominican (N.Y.)
Wednesday, October 06
Cancelled
Thursday October 07, 2021
Saturday October 09, 2021
* Conference


NCAA Statistical Rankings

Through games October 3


ECC Team Notes

Bridgeport: The UB women's soccer team enters this week's action at 4-5-0 overall and 1-2-0 in the ECC after splitting two matches last week falling 1-0 at Mercy and topping D'Youville, 3-1. This week, the Purple Knights host Holy Family on Wednesday and head to Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday. Graduate student Andrea Basilicato leads the team in scoring with six points on two goals and a pair of assists. Freshman Amiah Washington is second in scoring with four points on two goals.

Daemen: Daemen won a pair of ECC contests this past week, downing long-time rival Roberts Wesleyan (4-0 on Sept. 29) and No. 24 Molloy (3-1 on Oct. 2). Brooke Amato scored in the 5th and 59th minutes while Grace Stranahan recorded her 10th career goal in the victory against RWC. The Wildcats trailed 1-0 against Molloy before scoring three unanswered goals for the program's first victory against a nationally ranked NCAA Division II team. Alyssa Diaz scored her third goal of the season followed by goals from Katja Meyer and Demi McCalliog. It was the Wildcats' fourth straight win and they are now 5-1 in their six outings. It's the longest winning streak since winning their first five contests of the 2019 season. Since a goal in the second half from Grace Stranahan against St. Anselm on Sept. 15, Daemen has outscored opponents 20-5. Daemen (5-3, 4-0 ECC) continues their long homestand with contests against Stonehill (Oct. 7) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Oct. 9) this week.

D'Youville: Saints went 0-2 last week with a pair of setbacks in ECC play ... Maggie Leeds scored for D'Youville in a 3-1 loss at Bridgeport on Saturday ... The midfielder leads the Saints in goals (4) and points (9) ...


Lincoln: Lincoln fell to 0-7-0 (0-4-0 ECC) on the season with losses to Staten Island and Queens last week. This week, the Lions will travel to Dominican on Wednesday and Mercy on Saturday for another ECC matchup. 

Mercy: The Mercy College women's soccer team went 1-0 on the week with a 1-0 win over Bridgeport on Wednesday. The Mavericks were led by senior Claudia McKail who scored the game-winning goal. Mercy resumes action on Tuesday when they play at Southern N.H. at 7 p.m.

Molloy: No. 24 Molloy went 1-1 last week to move to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in league play. The Lions topped D'Youville, 3-0, Wednesday, September 29, and fell to Daemen, 3-1, Saturday, October 2. Junior Lexi Verni netted two goals, junior Joanna Graca recorded three points (one goal and one assist), and senior Jackie Carty made three saves for her seventh shutout of the season. Against the Wildcats, junior Annie Coogan recorded her first goal of the season, and Verni picked up an assist.

Queens: The Knights travel to Rockville Centre, N.Y. Saturday afternoon as they take on Molloy College Lions in East Coast Conference action at 3 p.m.

Roberts Wesleyan: The Roberts women's soccer team won its first game of the season on Saturday on the road at CSI, 3-1. Earlier in the week the Redhawks lost to Daemen, 4-0. Roberts will host Bridgeport on Saturday

Staten Island: First, the Dolphins faced Lincoln University for the first time in program history this afternoon, the College of Staten Island Women's Soccer team picked up their first conference victory of the season by a score of 2-0. The win ended a five-game Dolphins losing streak and improved their record to 2-7 overall, 1-3 in ECC play. Facing Roberts Wesleyan College in the third of three consecutive conference matchups and for the first time in program history, the College of Staten Island Women's Soccer team dropped today's match by a final score of 3-1. Up Next, The Dolphins will next take the pitch at home on Wednesday when they face Goldey-Beacom for the first time in program history at 3 p.m.

St. Thomas Aquinas: The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Soccer team went 1-0 last week, defeating Queens College 2-1. STAC will travel to Daemen College on October 9 (11 a.m.).


Polls

United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25
United Soccer Coaches Division II East Region
NCAA East Region Poll (First poll released October 27)
ECC Preseason Poll

Previously in the Polls

United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll

  PRE     WK1     WK2     WK3     WK4
Molloy         - RV 14 21 24

United Soccer Coaches East Region Poll

  WK1     WK2     WK3    WK4
Bridgeport         - 6 8 -
Mercy 4 5 6 7
Molloy 3 2 3 3

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