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LORETTO, Pa. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson women's soccer team, the No. 2 seed in this weekend's four-team Northeast Conference Tournament (8-7-4, NEC 4-1-3), will square off Friday afternoon against third-seeded LIU Brooklyn in the second semifinal contest at Stokes Soccerplex for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff. The winner will play either Saint Francis University (No. 1) or Central Connecticut State (No. 4) in Sunday's 12 p.m. championship game. Those two teams will play their semifinal contest at 11 a.m.

The Knights will be playing in their fourth NEC Tournament and first since 2008. They will be looking for their first-ever victory in postseason tournament play. Coverage of all three tournament games can be found on NEC Front Row.

Last Time Out
FDU suffered a 4-1 defeat last Sunday in Loretto, Pa. to conference regular season champion SFU while trying to win its first-ever regular season title. Sophomore Amanda Goulet (Quebec City, Quebec/Shattuck-St. Mary's ) provided the lone goal, a header off a Kasey Schiavoni (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) corner, for the Knights' first goal in nearly 360 minutes.

LIU Brooklyn
2013 Season: 7-10-1 (5-3-0 NEC)
When: Friday, Nov. 8th - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Loretto, Pa. (Stokes Soccerplex)
Series History: LIU leads 11-4-0
Last Meeting: Oct. 11, 2013 - FDU 2 LIU 0
What You Need To Know: The Blackbirds have won back-to-back conference championships and have reached the NEC tournament in nine straight years. Despite losing 10 seniors from last year's championship team, LIU enters the tournament as the conference's hottest team and are coming off four straight victories and five in its last six after suffering a 2-0 loss to FDU on Oct. 11 at LIU Field. Freshman Jenn Peters leads the team with 15 points (6 g, 3 a), while senior Shino Kunisawa (3 g, 1 a) possesses excellent technical ability and provided the lone goal in the season finale victory over Mount St. Mary's, which catapulted the Blackbirds into the NEC tournament ahead of Wagner. Senior goalkeeper Jessica Sexton has started every match this season and holds a 1.27 goals against average, with 95 saves and four shutouts.

Up Next
With a victory over the Blackbirds, the Knights will face either SFU or CCSU in the NEC championship game on Sunday, Nov. 10th. at 12 p.m.