PREVIEW: Women's Soccer to Host NJIT in First Round of AE Tourney
10/29/2022 10:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine women's soccer team will host the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders in the quarterfinal round of the America East playoffs on Sunday, October 30. Kickoff at Mahaney Diamond is scheduled for 5:00 pm.
GAME INFORMATION
DATE: Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
SITE: Mahaney Diamond - Orono, Maine
2022 RECORDS: Maine 8-2-5, 4-0-4 AE, NJIT 5-7-6, 2-4-2 AE
VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: goblackbears.com
TWITTER: @MaineWSoccer
The Series
Since NJIT joined the conference during the 2021 season, the Black Bears are 0-1-2 against the Highlanders, while the two squads fought to a scoreless tie earlier this season in Orono.
Black Bears Notes and Notables
GAME INFORMATION
DATE: Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
SITE: Mahaney Diamond - Orono, Maine
2022 RECORDS: Maine 8-2-5, 4-0-4 AE, NJIT 5-7-6, 2-4-2 AE
VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: goblackbears.com
TWITTER: @MaineWSoccer
The Series
Since NJIT joined the conference during the 2021 season, the Black Bears are 0-1-2 against the Highlanders, while the two squads fought to a scoreless tie earlier this season in Orono.
Black Bears Notes and Notables
- For the first time since 2015, the Black Bears will host an America East playoff game. UMaine defeated the University of New Hampshire in penalty kicks, 4-3, in the first round of the 2015 America East tournament.
- Maine holds a 4-0-4 record in America East with a victory at Bryant last Sunday. Jordane Pinette scored the game winning goal with her head.
- Halle Rogers, Kira Kutzinski, and Myla Schneider have all earned America East Defensive Player of the Week honors. Madison Michaud and Jordane Pinette both were named Rookie of the Week earlier in the season by the league during their first season in Orono, while Birte Speck was named Player of the Week after the Merrimack tie.
- Sophomore Abby Kraemer led the Black Bears in points during the 2021 season with a total of 11 during her rookie campaign. Graduate student Emma Donovan and junior Delaney LaBonte each scored two goals last season.
- NJIT is coming off a 7-10-2 season, which saw them fall in the opening round of the America East tournament.
- Three of the Highlanders top five scorers - Bailey Chant, Angela Harris, and Ciara Adams - from 2021 return in 2022.
- Molly Saylor will return in net after posting a 1.11 GAA and 0.824 save percentage over her 19 appearances last season.
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