ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine women's soccer team will host conference rival, UMass Lowell, this Thursday, October 3rd. The America East night game is scheduled for 6:00 pm.
GAME INFORMATION
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
SITE: Mahaney Diamond – University of Maine
2019 RECORDS: Maine 4-3-1, UMass Lowell 1-7-1
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The Series
UMaine holds an edge of 6-0-0 in the all-time series with UML.
The Black Bears won the first-ever meeting in 2013, 3-1.
Last season, the Black Bears defeated the River Hawks, 1-0, in Lowell.
The last five games in this series have been 1-0 affairs
Black Bears Notes and Notables
The Black Bears are looking to get back into the playoffs for the 14th time in the last 17 seasons. All but one player from the 2018 roster returns to UMaine for the 2019 season.
2018-point leader and sophomore Julia Mahoney (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec) returns to Maine after being named to the America East All-Rookie team. Nicole Bailey(Nepean, Ontario) registered 11 total points (five goals and one assist) will return as a senior for the Black Bears.
Junior Annalena Kriebisch (Potsdam, Germany) (five starts) and Kira Kutzinski (Bunde, Germany) (three starts) each have started in goal this season. The goaltenders, hailing from Germany, have combined to save 34 shots, while both have two Black Bear wins.
Anna-Maria Dagher (Bangor, Maine), Emilie Andersen (two goals)(Oppegaard, Norway), Susannah Gaines(Lexington, Massachusetts), Hannah Bamford (Rochester, New Hampshire), Mahoney (two goals), Kayla Brace (Lewis Lake, Nova Scotia ), Gaby Panagakos (Scarborough, Maine), and Bailey are the seven goal scorers on the 2019 season for Maine.
Emma Donovan (Quebec City, Quebec), Olivia Bamford (Rochester, New Hampshire), Saylor Clark (Bedford, N.H.), Bailey (two assists), Mahoney, Brace, and Andersen have each been credited with an assist on the new season.
A Bit About the River Hawks
UMass Lowell has begun the 2019 with a 1-7-1 record, while dropping their most recent game to Hartford in OT, 2-1.
Emily Nelson (four goals) enters the conference game with eight total points. Lily Fabian enters with two goals and two assists, while Karah Fleet and Courtney Coleman both boast with one goal and one assist on the season.
Farrell O'Shaughnessy, Lauren Huff, and Annerens Tijm have all earned minutes in net for UMass Lowell. The third goaltenders has combined to save 41 shots, tally a 2.32 GAA, and post a 65.1% save percentage.
About Head Coach Scott Atherley
Now in his 27th season as a head coach in the NCAA, Scott Atherley is entering his 21st season as the Maine women's soccer program's head coach.
Atherley has led the Black Bears 13 of the last 16 America East postseason tournaments.
In 1993, Atherley became head coach of the UMaine men's team and took on head coaching duties of the women's team in 1999, coaching both squads that year.
Atherley was a four-year letter-winner at UMaine between 1984 and 1987, serving as captain during his final season.
Next
The Black Bears will travel to West Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday, October 6 to take on the Hartford Hawks. Kick-off is scheduled for 12:00 pm.
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