BOYDS, Md. – The American University women's soccer team searches for its first Patriot League win of the season as it hosts Lafayette at the Maryland SoccerPlex on Saturday, October 5, for Alumni Day and its Hispanic Heritage Celebration.
QUICK INFO
When: Saturday, October 5; 1:00 p.m.
Where: Maryland SoccerPlex (Boyds, Md.)
How to watch: ESPN+
INSIDE THE SERIES
- American leads the all-time series, 13-5, with five ties.
- American has won three of the last five meetings, with two ties.
- American is 8-1 all-time in home games against Lafayette, with three ties.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN
- American comes into Saturday's game after a 1-1 tie at Holy Cross the previous week. Sophomore forward Lailah Stewart scored her fifth goal of the season in the match.
- 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 goalscorers and 11 total goals.
- American ranks fourth in the Patriot League in terms of goals per game (1.44) and third in shots per game (6.00).
- Stewart ranks third in the League with four assists this season.
- American has collected seven Patriot League Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors so far this season.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT LAFAYETTE
- Lafayette enters Saturday's game with a 4-4-1 record, including a 1-1-1 start in the Patriot League.
- The Leopards most recently fell 3-0 to a (6-3) Princeton squad. In its most recent Patriot League match, Lafayette played Loyola Maryland to a scoreless tie at home.
- Lafayette's lone Patriot League win came at Lehigh, a 2-0 win for the Leopards on Sept. 25, when Alexa Jindal and Katrina Santelli scored goals for Lafayette.
- Jindal, Santelli, and Nadia Zaffanella lead the Leopards with two goals each this season. Jindal also has two assists.
- All four of Lafayette's wins this season have been shutout wins: 3-0 against Siena, 1-0 against Seton Hall, 1-0 against NJIT, and the 2-0 win at Lehigh.
- For their efforts in the win over Lehigh and the tie against Loyola Maryland, defender Lauren Stewart and goalkeeper Catherine Apker were named Patriot League Women's Soccer Players of the Week.
- Apker ranks second in the League in saves, shutouts per game, and saves per game, ranking fourth in goals against average.
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