ORONO, Maine -- The University of Maine women's soccer team faces NJIT for an America East Conference match, kicking off on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 1 pm.
Game Information
DATE: Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Newark, NJ
2021 RECORDS: Maine 2-2-2, NJIT 2-8
VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS:
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TWITTER: @MaineWSoccer
The Series
The Black Bears and Highlanders met for the first time in the delayed 2020 season.
The match ended in a 1-1 tie.
NJIT moved into the America East Conference last season. They were previously in the ASUN conference.
Black Bear Notes and Notables
- The Black and Blue are looking to get back into the playoffs for the 14th time in the last 19 seasons. Maine is led by 10 seniors and one graduate student.
- Five freshmen and one transfer junior joined the Black Bears this fall - Abby Kraemer, Olivia Bammel, Elle Vermilya, Melina Peloteau, and Myla Schneider. Halle Rogers rounds off the newcomers as a transfer from Xavier.
- The Black Bears dropped their conference opened to UMBC. The team recorded nine shots on goal, and Kira Kutzinski made five saves.
- Delaney Labonte scored her second goal of the season in Maine's 1-1 tie against Marist.
- Emma Donovan scored her first goal of the season in Maine's 4-1 loss against Quinnipiac.
- Abby Kraemer and Kayla Kraemer both scored their first career goals in Maine's season-opening 2-0 victory over Sacred Heart.
- Tiana Bucknor scored her first career goal in the Black Bears' 1-1 tie at Merrimack College.
- Senior Julia Mahoney (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec) comes into the season with 14 career points. Seniors Emma Donovan (Québec City, Québec) and Hannah Bamford (Rochester, New Hampshire) both enter the 2021 campaign with six career points.
- Kutziniski (Bünde, Germany), started six games last season, bringing her 1.54 GAA from last season back to the pitch in Orono.
A Bit About the Highlanders
- NJIT went 2-6-1last season, which was delayed to Spring 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their two victories came in non-conference matchups against Drexel and Wagner.
- The team was 0-5-1 in America East Conference play.
- NJIT returns Corbin Reifschneider and Lauren Chamberlain, who lead the team in goals with two a piece.. The team is led by five fifth-year students and three seniors.
About Head Coach Scott Atherley
Now in his 29th season as a head coach in the NCAA, Scott Atherley is entering his 23rd season as the Maine women's soccer program's head coach.
Atherley has led the Black Bears 13 of the last 18 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.
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