BOYDS, Md. – The American University women's soccer team begins its push to make the Patriot League Tournament on Saturday, as the Eagles reach the halfway point of the Patriot League season on Senior Day against Colgate at 1:00 p.m.
QUICK INFO
When: Saturday, October 12; 1:00 p.m.
Where: Maryland SoccerPlex (Boyds, Md.)
How to watch: ESPN+
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Colgate leads the all-time series, 18-5, with four ties.
- American has one win in the last five meetings, with two ties.
- American won its last home match against Colgate in 2022.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN
- American comes into Saturday's game after a 0-3 loss to Lafayette in its last home game. The Eagles have had a week to recover and prepare for Senior Day at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
- Sophomore Lailah Stewart has five goals and four assists so far this season. Her five goals are already the most in a season by an Eagle since Tate Jordan in 2021. Stewart ranks sixth in the Patriot League with her five goals.
- American's non-conference record of 4-1-1 yielded the Eagles' best out of League win percentage since 1996.
- Seven Eagles have scored goals so far this season to combine for 13 total goals. Those totals are already higher than American's output during the entirety of the 2023 season, when American had five goal scorers and 11 total goals.
- American will celebrate eight seniors for Senior Day: Andriana Cabral, Giuliana Capraro, Julia Kato, Amelie Kovacevic, Jordan Mahony, Jennifer McGuire, Olivia Simmons, and Brooke Steel.
- The eight seniors have combined for 17 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selections.
- American has collected seven Patriot League Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors so far this season.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT COLGATE
- Colgate enters Saturday's game with a 3-8-2 record, and a 1-2-1 record in the Patriot League.
- Colgate most recently tied Loyola Maryland 1-1 at home, a week after securing its first win of the season, a 3-0 defeat of Navy in Annapolis.
- The Raiders earned their two non-conference wins against Vermont (3-0) and UAlbany (4-1). Colgate also enters the game on a full week of rest.
- Colgate's leading goal scorer is junior Ari Bezanson. Her nine goals on the season lead the Patriot League, despite ranking third in shots on goal.
- Bezanson accounts for half of Colgate's goals this season.
- Junior Ellie Stokes and Senior Paige Foa add two goals apiece for the Raiders this season.
- Colgate ranks third in the Patriot League in shots per game, one spot behind American.
- Colgate ranks ninth in the Patriot League in goals allowed, giving up 1.77 goals per game.
- Colgate leads the Patriot League in fouls and cards, with just 82 fouls committed and four yellow cards, but the Raiders have received two red cards.
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