Game No. 11	Wagner College Seahawks (1-9-0; 0-2-0 NEC) vs. Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils  (8-1-2; 2-0-0 NEC)
Date	Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 2:00 PM
Location	Staten Island, NY  | Hameline Field
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Staten Island, NY – The Wagner College women's soccer team closes out the second week of Northeast Conference (NEC) play as the Seahawks welcome the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils to Grymes Hill on Sunday afternoon.

Last Time Out: vs, Bryant (September 28, 2018 | Lost, 1-0)

 

• The Wagner College women's soccer team fought valiantly in its Northeast Conference (NEC) home opener on Friday evening but a late first-half goal from Bryant proved to be the deciding factor as the Seahawks fell 1-0 to the Bulldogs at Hameline Field.
• With the loss, the Green & White fall to 1-9 on the year and 0-2 in conference play while Bryant improves to 6-4 and unbeaten in league play at 2-0.
• Wagner was tested early in the contest as Remi Manna put a shot on goal that was turned aside by senior goalkeeper Katie Viscardi. On the ensuing Seahawk possession, junior captain, Maria Nunez, received the pass from sophomore teammate, Le'la Allen, but her shot attempt misfired right of the goal.
• Bryant narrowly scored the first goal of the contest in the 10' minute as Manna again challenged Viscardi, this time receiving the ball off a throw in and traveling down the left hash before chipping a shot attempt high that Viscardi was able to snag in the air.  
• Two minutes later, the home team nearly capitalized on its scoring chance as junior captain, Kaitlyn Ross, was able to settle the loose ball and fire a laser of a shot attempt that sailed right of the goal. The visitors had back-to-back opportunities to break the stalemate, but Alex Spangler and Cayla D'Amico's attempts both went right of the target, keeping the match knotted at zero. 
• In the 40' minute, sophomore Mya Donnelly was able to create a scoring chance but was denied by Bryant's Meghan Dalton. A minute later, the Bulldogs were able to break the tie and take a 1-0 lead thanks to Katie Cronin burying the one-timer off a give-and-go from teammate Alex Ralph.
• Wagner narrowly evened the match at 1-1 in the 43' minute as sophomore Mattea Reale's shot was turned aside by Dalton after the second-year Seahawk got the header pass from Allen but couldn't net the equalizer.
• As play resumed for the second half, Wagner had the first chance as Ross curled the ball wide right of the target. The home eleven had a pair of chances a minute apart from each other as sophomore Madison Starr's attempt was denied by Dalton. Allen's attempt in the 67' minute sailed high over the net after she got the pass from junior captain, Christine Letendre.
• With just five minutes remaining in regulation. Wagner played more aggressively in looking for the tying-score as in the 85' minute freshman Gabby Cipriano's attempt went high. With two minutes left, senior captain Peyton Beck was able to create space and fire a shot on goal that was pushed aside by Dalton. Wagner furiously rushed to set up a last second corner kick as Nunez was able to send the ball deep in the box, but the ball was cleared out of the box by a Bryant defender, sealing the victory for the visiting Bulldogs. 
• The Seahawks held a 13-9 edge in shots in the contest with six of those finding its way on goal. Bryant was credited with five shots on goal. Allen, Ross, Nunez and Starr were each credited with two shots while six Seahawks had a shot on target (Donnelly, Beck, Allen, Barone, Reale and Starr.
• Viscardi made four saves in the contest, running her career total to 165, which is now 18 away from sole possession of third-place on the all-time career saves list.

Wagner – Central Connecticut Series History:

• Sunday's contest between the Seahawks and the Blue Devils is the 25th all-time meeting between the two schools with Central Connecticut holding a 22-1-1 advantage in the head-to-head series.
• Wagner is looking to snap a four-match losing streak to CCSU after picking up the program's lone win against the visitors back on October 19, 2014, a 1-0 home victory. 

 

Wagner vs. Northeast Conference

 

• Sunday's contest with Central Connecticut marks the 167th all-time Northeast Conference (NEC) match the Seahawks will play. 
• The most conference victories the Green & White has had is five, set back in 2014 when Wagner finished second in the league with a 5-1-2 conference mark and a 9-7-3 overall record en route to earning the No. 2 seed in the NEC Tournament that season.  

 
About The Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils:

• The Blue Devils, who were predicted to finish third in the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll, are in a three-way tie atop of the league standings with Bryant and Saint Francis U, all 2-0 in league play.
• CCSU has the most overall wins entering Sunday's action with an 8-1-2 record and winners of back-to-back matches.
• Charlotte Maurer leads the CCSU offense with six goals and 12 points.
• Danielle Pearse, Yo Tachibana, Carla Jackson and Roma McLaughlin are tied for the team's lead with two assists apiece. In goal,
• Ashley Cavanaugh has played in all 11 contests, allowing just six goals all season while stopping 45 shots. 

 

• Against Robert Morris in the NEC opener back on September 21, senior goalkeeper Katie Viscardi stopped a season-high nine shots.
• One of her nine stops came off a penalty kick off the foot of the conference's leading goal scorer, Jane Schleicher, in which Robert Morris nearly took a two-goal advantage.
• Against Bryant on Friday night, the Hazlet, NJ senior made four more stops to increase her career total to 165 and needs just 18 stops to move into sole possession of third place on the all-time career saves list, which is currently occupied by former Seahawk netminder, Katie Marcy. 

 

Up Next For Wagner:

 

• The Seahawks will embark on a two-match road trip, beginning with the short trek across the Verrazano Bridge as they will take on the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds on Saturday, October 6 at 1:00 p.m.
• Wagner concludes the road trip in Fairfield, CT on Friday, October 12 against Sacred Heart.  

 

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