Friday, October 10
Charleston, SC
7:00 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
at
Coll. of Charleston
Senior defender Mel Smith has a team-best five assists on the year, matching her career-high from her first year as a Wildcat.
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Davidson Looks to Score League Wins No. Five and Six this weekend
10/10/2008 9:39:06 AM | Women's Soccer
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
Game Notes
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Live Stats (The Citadel)
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — After finishing another week at 2-0 with wins over Samford (3-0) and Chattanooga (5-0) at home, the Davidson women's soccer team seeks to push its season-high win streak to six straight with games at College of Charleston and home against The Citadel this weekend.
The Matchup
The Wildcats (6-2-3, 4-0-0 SoCon) look to remain unbeaten in league play when it travels to College of Charleston (8-3-2, 1-2-1 SoCon) on Friday for a 7 p.m. affair, before then returning home for a matchup against The Citadel (2-8-1, 0-4-0 SoCon) on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The All-Time Series
Winners of the past three meetings, with two of them coming in overtime, Davidson owns a 9-3-0 record against the Cougars. As for their all-time series against the Bulldogs, the Wildcats are unbeaten with a 7-0-0 record.
Scouting the Wildcats
Davidson pushed its season-high win streak to four games with league wins over Samford and Chattanooga last weekend ... their 5-0 triumph over the Mocs set a season-high for goals scored in a game this year ... the Wildcats' offense and defense have been clicking on all cylinders lately, having scored 12 goals the past four games and allowing just two on defense ... with two more shutout wins last weekend, Davidson pushed its shutout total to four on the year ... the defense ranks third in goals allowed with just 11 given up in 11 contests ... junior Kyri Bye-Nagel was honored with her second SoCon Player of the Week award on Tuesday after scoring three goals last weekend ... the junior paces the team with six goals and 13 points, ranking her second and fourth, respectively, in the league in both categories ... in all, nine Wildcats have found the back of the net ... Davidson was ranked 62nd in the first NCAA RPI rankings that came out this week ... in their last meeting against Charleston, junior Suzanne Sittko netted the game-winner five minutes into overtime for a 2-1 Wildcat win ... Davidson has outscored The Citadel, 52-1, during its seven meetings in the all-time series ... twice the Wildcats have scored 12 goals in a game in the series.
Scouting the Cougars
After getting wins in its first seven games, College of Charleston has gone just 1-3-2 ... the Cougars are coming off an 0-1-1 weekend at Elon (1-1 tie) and UNC Greensboro (0-1 loss) ... in their eight wins, the Cougars have outscored their opponents, 14-2 ... their 17 goals on the year rank fifth in the SoCon ... Megan Manthey has led the charge for the Cougars, ranking first or second in the SoCon in shots (47), points (17– 6 goals, 5 assists), and game-winning goals (3) ... Hope Atkinson is second on the team in goals (3) and points (8) ... CofC is 5-1 in home games this year ... earlier this year Charleston came to Davidson and participated in the Wildcats' Homewood Suites Tournament, and took home the title with wins over Richmond and Lehigh ... the Cougars return 16 letterwinners from last year's 9-8-3 team ... CofC's last win against Davidson came on Oct. 31, 2004 when it took a 2-1 decision on its home field.
Scouting the Bulldogs
The Citadel is hunting for its first SoCon win after dropping games last weekend to UNC Greensboro and Elon ... their two wins this year have come against Mount, 4-1, and South Carolina State, 4-2 ... Nikki Mares (5) and Amy Loughran (4) has combined to score nine of the Bulldogs' 13 goals on the year ... Mares five goals place her in a tie for fifth in the league ... the Bulldogs have rotated three different goalkeepers, led by Whitney Nave, who has started four of her nine games she has played in ... 13 letterwinners return from last season, with 11 of them being starters.
Next on the Schedule
The Wildcats remain at home after hosting The Citadel for another league game when it plays Appalachian State on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
Live Stats (at College of Charleston)
Live Stats (The Citadel)
Live Video
DAVIDSON, N.C. — After finishing another week at 2-0 with wins over Samford (3-0) and Chattanooga (5-0) at home, the Davidson women's soccer team seeks to push its season-high win streak to six straight with games at College of Charleston and home against The Citadel this weekend.
The Matchup
The Wildcats (6-2-3, 4-0-0 SoCon) look to remain unbeaten in league play when it travels to College of Charleston (8-3-2, 1-2-1 SoCon) on Friday for a 7 p.m. affair, before then returning home for a matchup against The Citadel (2-8-1, 0-4-0 SoCon) on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The All-Time Series
Winners of the past three meetings, with two of them coming in overtime, Davidson owns a 9-3-0 record against the Cougars. As for their all-time series against the Bulldogs, the Wildcats are unbeaten with a 7-0-0 record.
Scouting the Wildcats
Davidson pushed its season-high win streak to four games with league wins over Samford and Chattanooga last weekend ... their 5-0 triumph over the Mocs set a season-high for goals scored in a game this year ... the Wildcats' offense and defense have been clicking on all cylinders lately, having scored 12 goals the past four games and allowing just two on defense ... with two more shutout wins last weekend, Davidson pushed its shutout total to four on the year ... the defense ranks third in goals allowed with just 11 given up in 11 contests ... junior Kyri Bye-Nagel was honored with her second SoCon Player of the Week award on Tuesday after scoring three goals last weekend ... the junior paces the team with six goals and 13 points, ranking her second and fourth, respectively, in the league in both categories ... in all, nine Wildcats have found the back of the net ... Davidson was ranked 62nd in the first NCAA RPI rankings that came out this week ... in their last meeting against Charleston, junior Suzanne Sittko netted the game-winner five minutes into overtime for a 2-1 Wildcat win ... Davidson has outscored The Citadel, 52-1, during its seven meetings in the all-time series ... twice the Wildcats have scored 12 goals in a game in the series.
Scouting the Cougars
After getting wins in its first seven games, College of Charleston has gone just 1-3-2 ... the Cougars are coming off an 0-1-1 weekend at Elon (1-1 tie) and UNC Greensboro (0-1 loss) ... in their eight wins, the Cougars have outscored their opponents, 14-2 ... their 17 goals on the year rank fifth in the SoCon ... Megan Manthey has led the charge for the Cougars, ranking first or second in the SoCon in shots (47), points (17– 6 goals, 5 assists), and game-winning goals (3) ... Hope Atkinson is second on the team in goals (3) and points (8) ... CofC is 5-1 in home games this year ... earlier this year Charleston came to Davidson and participated in the Wildcats' Homewood Suites Tournament, and took home the title with wins over Richmond and Lehigh ... the Cougars return 16 letterwinners from last year's 9-8-3 team ... CofC's last win against Davidson came on Oct. 31, 2004 when it took a 2-1 decision on its home field.
Scouting the Bulldogs
The Citadel is hunting for its first SoCon win after dropping games last weekend to UNC Greensboro and Elon ... their two wins this year have come against Mount, 4-1, and South Carolina State, 4-2 ... Nikki Mares (5) and Amy Loughran (4) has combined to score nine of the Bulldogs' 13 goals on the year ... Mares five goals place her in a tie for fifth in the league ... the Bulldogs have rotated three different goalkeepers, led by Whitney Nave, who has started four of her nine games she has played in ... 13 letterwinners return from last season, with 11 of them being starters.
Next on the Schedule
The Wildcats remain at home after hosting The Citadel for another league game when it plays Appalachian State on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
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