HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Fairleigh Dickinson women's soccer team is set to take the field for the first time since November 10, 2020 when they travel to Hofstra on Thursday, February 25 to face the Pride. The Knights first two matches of the season were canceled, so the Hofstra game will be FDU's first. Kick-off is set for 4:00 p.m. from Hofstra Soccer Stadium.
Game Info
FDU (0-0-0, 0-0-0 NEC) at Hofstra (1-0-0, 0-0-0 CAA)
Thursday, February 25 at 4:00 p.m. – Hofstra Soccer Stadium
No spectators will be permitted throughout the 2020-21 season
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All-Time Series
Hofstra leads 7-0-1
Streak…L5
First Meeting…9/19/04 (Hofstra 2, FDU 1)
Last Meeting…9/12/19 (Hofstra 2, FDU 1)
NEC Season Format
The NEC will only have two teams qualify for the NEC Tournament with the No. 1 seed hosting the NEC Championship Game on the weekend of April 16-18. The conference schedule will consist of eight conference games from March 2-April 13.
Scouting the Pride
Hofstra (1-0-0) will play their second game of the year against FDU on Thursday. The Pride went 16-4-2 in 2019 and were 7-0-2 in CAA action. Hofstra won the CAA Championship over James Madison by a 5-1 margin to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The Pride beat Loyola Chicago 1-0 in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before falling 4-0 against No. 1 Stanford, who went on to win the National Championship. Hofstra's leading goal scorer from a season ago, senior midfielder Lucy Porter returns for the Pride after scoring 16 goals last year. Fellow senior midfielder Sabrina Bryan returns after scoring 11 goals and dishing out 10 assists last year. In Hofstra's 4-3 win to open the season, Porter scored two goals and Bryan dished out a pair of assists while adding a goal.
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Scouting the Knights
FDU (0-0-0) was selected to finish second in the NEC Preseason Poll after a 2019 season in which the Burgundy and Blue reached the NEC Championship Game. With last season's NEC Tournament appearance, FDU has reached seven straight Conference Tournaments. In last season's game against Hofstra, junior
Lea Egner scored FDU's goal in a close 2-1 defeat. The Knights bring back 18 players from last year and the 2021 roster consists of six freshmen, four sophomores, seven juniors, and seven seniors. Senior
Cassandra Marcoux appeared in three games last year and had a goals against average of 2.19 and is in line to replace
Amanda Fitzgerald, who graduated. The Knights will also have six of the top seven point scorers from last year, including senior
Alexiane Marquis who lead the team with 16 points. Egner who also reached double-digits with 11 points will be back for FDU. First team All-NEC junior defender
Christa Waterman also returns to a defense that only allowed 0.90 goals per night.
Coach Teepe's Thoughts
"As we get ready to start this season, I am excited by the challenges it will bring. There is a true sense of the unknown as each team we play will have gone on different paths to get to where they are. You will not be able to take one minute of any game for granted, so hopefully our players will be ready for that challenge. After a great run last year, I know the team is looking to try and take that next step forward."
What's Next
After Thursday's match at Hofstra, FDU will host its first home contest of the season at University Stadium on Tuesday, March 2 against Sacred Heart at 5:00 p.m.
