University of New Hampshire Athletics
Sunday, September 23
Durham, N.H.
2 PM
University of New Hampshire
vs
UMBC
Gaby Dorsey (Photo by Greg Greene)
Photo by: Greg Greene
Wildcats Open America East Play Hosting UMBC (Sunday, 2 P.M.)
9/20/2018 12:46:00 PM | Women's Soccer
The Wildcats begin conference play on Sunday hosting the Retrievers.
UNH (4-4-1) vs. UMBC (1-8-0)
Sunday, September 23 • Bremner Field • 2 p.m.
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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's soccer team, finishing the non-conference part of their season with a 4-4-1 record, open up America East play at home on Sunday as they host the UMBC Retrievers on Sunday afternoon.
The Wildcats, who went 5-2-1 in America East play last season, look to continue that dominance in the 2018 season. They'll do so against a UMBC team riding their first win of the season, a 4-3 victory over Mount Saint Mary's, on Wednesday evening.
The Series with UMBC
• Conference foes UNH and UMBC have met 16 times in women's soccer since 2003, with UNH holding the all-time advantage with a 9-4-3.
• UMBC holds a slight advantage in the last five meetings with a 2-1-2 record.
• Of those two ties, one was the 2014 America East semifinal round; with a 1-1 tie the game went to PK's, and UNH advanced to eventually claim the 2014 America East title.
• UMBC won the most recent match up last season, by a score of 3-1 in the regular season finale on October 22, 2017.
• UNH's last victory over UMBC came in September of 2016 by way of a 4-0 scoreline.
Last Time Out
• New Hampshire split the weekend going 1-1-0 to close out the non-conference schedule.
• UNH opened the weekend with a heartbreaking double overtime loss to intrastate rival Dartmouth on Thursday.
• The Wildcats found themselves down by one in the final 10 minutes of regulation, when junior captain Caitlyn Keenan (Bow, N.H.) hit a deflected shot into the very bottem left corner of the net to keep the Wildcats alive and send the game to overtime. The Wildcats would hold that tie until halfway through the second overtime period.
• On Sunday, the Wildcats bounced back against Sacred Heart, scoring one goal and holding the Pioneers to just one shot on goal; junior Liz Lane (Porter, Maine) tallied the lone goal in the 14th minute, and Mia Neas (Old Saybrook, Conn.) claimed her first shut out of the season (7th of her career) in the 1-0 victory.
The State of New Hampshire
• New Hampshire was ranked the number one team in the America East in their annual preseason poll that was released on August 6th.
• The Wildcats opened up the season with back-to-back overtime wins, the first in program history; UNH started 2-0-0 to start the season for the second straight year (went 11-6-1 in 2017).
• Both game-winners were scored by junior transfer Ally Reynolds (Weymouth, Mass.), who now leads the teams with three goals on the season.
• Also in that first weekend, sophomore Casey Peterson (Clifton, Va.) tallied her first four career points, notching two assists and a goal against Rhode Island.
• In their last five games, New Hampshire has a 1-3-1 record; they dropped two games of their season-opening three-game homestand to #14 Princeton and UMass, after going undefeated in the regular season at home last year (7-0-1).
• The 'Cats are now 1-1-1 in their next three, with a win over ASU, a loss to Arizona, and the draw with Northeastern.
• UNH ended non-conference play splitting the weekend 1-1-0 home against Dartmouth and at Sacred Heart. The 4-4-1 non-conference record is the second best in the Steve Welham era, the first best being last season's 6-3-0 record.
Players to Watch
• The Wildcats return 19 players with six incoming freshmen and one junior transfer for a total of 26 players on the 2018 roster.
• Among those returners is reigning America East Goalkeeper of the Year Mia Neas who touted an 11-5-1 record in 2017 after seeing action in only three games prior to that season. Neas will serve as one of the two captains on the team this season, along with junior Caitlyn Keenan. They are joined by two other representatives to serve as captains each game.
• The Wildcats also return All-Conference first-teamer Gaby Dorsey (Hubertus, Wisc.) who tallied 10 points on four goals and two assists, and All-Conference second-teamer Kaylan Williams (Marion, Ind.) who had five goals and an assist for 11 points last season.
• The defensive core remains intact for the 'Cats, who return Keenan, Maddie Murdick (Burlington, Conn.) and Caroline Wysocki (Agawam, Mass.), whom each tallied an assist last season, while holding their opponents to just 0.94 goals per game.
• All-Rookie team members Sofia Borea (Oakville, Ontario) and Francesca Picicci (North Massapequa, N.Y.) got a great start to their UNH careers in the 2017 season and look to fill the holes left by some graduating members. Borea tallied one assist in her rookie season, filling in at the midfield spot, while Picicci worked her way up to a starting role and tallied three goals and two assists in her freshman season.
Scouting UMBC:
• The Retrievers (Baltimore, Maryland) comes into the weekend with a 1-8-0 record.
• UMBC nothced its first win Wednesday evening against Mount Saint Mary's by a score of 4-3. UMBC's goals were all scored by four different players.
• UMBC saw Leah Roth in net, starting in the first six games and making 22 saves for a .579 save percentage. For two of their most recent three games they turned to Jade Wilkins who has 9 saves and .643 save percentage. Roth took the win in net against Mount St. Mary's, giving her a 1-6-0 record on the season.
• The Retrievers have three players who have tallied two goals on the season: sophomore Christina Corbi, freshman Danielle Fuentes, and sophomore Merideth Webber. Fuentes also has three assists for a team-high seven points.
• UMBC averages about 9.9 shots a game and a GAA of 2.66.
New Hampshire vs. The Power Five
• New Hampshire women's soccer now has three wins against schools in a power-5 conference (Big 10, Big 12, SEC, ACC, Pac-12)
• The first two wins came in the 1980s, with a victory over ACC foes Duke (9/16/89, 3-2) and Maryland (10/16/88, 2-1 in OT).
• With their win over ASU on Friday, August 31, New Hampshire tallied it's third win over a power-five school in program history, and their first against the Pac-12.
Don't Let Them on the Board
UNH is 4-1-1 in games where they score at least one goal; three of their four losses this season have come by way of a shut out.
Road Warriors
Last season the Wildcats had a road record of 4-5-0 in the 2017 season; through 10 games of the 2018 season, the Wildcats hold a 3-0-1 road record.
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Sunday, September 23 • Bremner Field • 2 p.m.
WATCH - AETV | LIVE STATS
DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's soccer team, finishing the non-conference part of their season with a 4-4-1 record, open up America East play at home on Sunday as they host the UMBC Retrievers on Sunday afternoon.
The Wildcats, who went 5-2-1 in America East play last season, look to continue that dominance in the 2018 season. They'll do so against a UMBC team riding their first win of the season, a 4-3 victory over Mount Saint Mary's, on Wednesday evening.
The Series with UMBC
• Conference foes UNH and UMBC have met 16 times in women's soccer since 2003, with UNH holding the all-time advantage with a 9-4-3.
• UMBC holds a slight advantage in the last five meetings with a 2-1-2 record.
• Of those two ties, one was the 2014 America East semifinal round; with a 1-1 tie the game went to PK's, and UNH advanced to eventually claim the 2014 America East title.
• UMBC won the most recent match up last season, by a score of 3-1 in the regular season finale on October 22, 2017.
• UNH's last victory over UMBC came in September of 2016 by way of a 4-0 scoreline.
| UNH | Team Stat Comparison | UMBC |
| 1.33 | Goals Per Game | 1.00 |
| 1.89 | Goals Allowed Per Game | 2.66 |
| 13.6 | Shots Per Game | 9.9 |
| 3.44 | Corners Per Game | 2.44 |
Last Time Out
• New Hampshire split the weekend going 1-1-0 to close out the non-conference schedule.
• UNH opened the weekend with a heartbreaking double overtime loss to intrastate rival Dartmouth on Thursday.
• The Wildcats found themselves down by one in the final 10 minutes of regulation, when junior captain Caitlyn Keenan (Bow, N.H.) hit a deflected shot into the very bottem left corner of the net to keep the Wildcats alive and send the game to overtime. The Wildcats would hold that tie until halfway through the second overtime period.
• On Sunday, the Wildcats bounced back against Sacred Heart, scoring one goal and holding the Pioneers to just one shot on goal; junior Liz Lane (Porter, Maine) tallied the lone goal in the 14th minute, and Mia Neas (Old Saybrook, Conn.) claimed her first shut out of the season (7th of her career) in the 1-0 victory.
The State of New Hampshire
• New Hampshire was ranked the number one team in the America East in their annual preseason poll that was released on August 6th.
• The Wildcats opened up the season with back-to-back overtime wins, the first in program history; UNH started 2-0-0 to start the season for the second straight year (went 11-6-1 in 2017).
• Both game-winners were scored by junior transfer Ally Reynolds (Weymouth, Mass.), who now leads the teams with three goals on the season.
• Also in that first weekend, sophomore Casey Peterson (Clifton, Va.) tallied her first four career points, notching two assists and a goal against Rhode Island.
• In their last five games, New Hampshire has a 1-3-1 record; they dropped two games of their season-opening three-game homestand to #14 Princeton and UMass, after going undefeated in the regular season at home last year (7-0-1).
• The 'Cats are now 1-1-1 in their next three, with a win over ASU, a loss to Arizona, and the draw with Northeastern.
• UNH ended non-conference play splitting the weekend 1-1-0 home against Dartmouth and at Sacred Heart. The 4-4-1 non-conference record is the second best in the Steve Welham era, the first best being last season's 6-3-0 record.
Players to Watch
• The Wildcats return 19 players with six incoming freshmen and one junior transfer for a total of 26 players on the 2018 roster.
• Among those returners is reigning America East Goalkeeper of the Year Mia Neas who touted an 11-5-1 record in 2017 after seeing action in only three games prior to that season. Neas will serve as one of the two captains on the team this season, along with junior Caitlyn Keenan. They are joined by two other representatives to serve as captains each game.
• The Wildcats also return All-Conference first-teamer Gaby Dorsey (Hubertus, Wisc.) who tallied 10 points on four goals and two assists, and All-Conference second-teamer Kaylan Williams (Marion, Ind.) who had five goals and an assist for 11 points last season.
• The defensive core remains intact for the 'Cats, who return Keenan, Maddie Murdick (Burlington, Conn.) and Caroline Wysocki (Agawam, Mass.), whom each tallied an assist last season, while holding their opponents to just 0.94 goals per game.
• All-Rookie team members Sofia Borea (Oakville, Ontario) and Francesca Picicci (North Massapequa, N.Y.) got a great start to their UNH careers in the 2017 season and look to fill the holes left by some graduating members. Borea tallied one assist in her rookie season, filling in at the midfield spot, while Picicci worked her way up to a starting role and tallied three goals and two assists in her freshman season.
Scouting UMBC:
• The Retrievers (Baltimore, Maryland) comes into the weekend with a 1-8-0 record.
• UMBC nothced its first win Wednesday evening against Mount Saint Mary's by a score of 4-3. UMBC's goals were all scored by four different players.
• UMBC saw Leah Roth in net, starting in the first six games and making 22 saves for a .579 save percentage. For two of their most recent three games they turned to Jade Wilkins who has 9 saves and .643 save percentage. Roth took the win in net against Mount St. Mary's, giving her a 1-6-0 record on the season.
• The Retrievers have three players who have tallied two goals on the season: sophomore Christina Corbi, freshman Danielle Fuentes, and sophomore Merideth Webber. Fuentes also has three assists for a team-high seven points.
• UMBC averages about 9.9 shots a game and a GAA of 2.66.
New Hampshire vs. The Power Five
• New Hampshire women's soccer now has three wins against schools in a power-5 conference (Big 10, Big 12, SEC, ACC, Pac-12)
• The first two wins came in the 1980s, with a victory over ACC foes Duke (9/16/89, 3-2) and Maryland (10/16/88, 2-1 in OT).
• With their win over ASU on Friday, August 31, New Hampshire tallied it's third win over a power-five school in program history, and their first against the Pac-12.
Don't Let Them on the Board
UNH is 4-1-1 in games where they score at least one goal; three of their four losses this season have come by way of a shut out.
Road Warriors
Last season the Wildcats had a road record of 4-5-0 in the 2017 season; through 10 games of the 2018 season, the Wildcats hold a 3-0-1 road record.
UNHSHOP.com:
Get the latest in official UNH gameday gear from the all-new UNHShop.com.
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