NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – The Fairleigh Dickinson women's soccer team is set for a rematch of last year's NEC Championship Game as the Knights travel to New Britain to face Central Connecticut State on Friday afternoon.
Game Info
FDU (3-2-0, 3-1-0 NEC) at CCSU (1-0-0, 1-0-0 NEC)
Friday, March 26 at 4:30 p.m. – CCSU Soccer Field
No spectators will be permitted throughout the 2020-21 season
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All-Time Series
CCSU leads 16-7
Streak…L1
First Meeting…9/3/00 (CCSU 4, FDU 2)
Last Meeting…11/10/19 (CCSU 1, FDU 0)
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.
NEC Preseason Poll
FDU 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, which marked the Knights seventh consecutive NEC Tournament appearance.
Scouting the Blue Devils
CCSU (1-0-0, 1-0-0 NEC) will play their second match of the season on Friday afternoon when they host FDU. Central Connecticut opened their season on Tuesday, March 9 with a 4-0 win over St. Francis Brooklyn. The Blue Devils got four goals from four different players. Junior Roma McLaughlin and freshman Kelly Brady each netted one goal and dished out an assist in the match. Freshman Kristina Kelly and senior Jenna Rae Covello scored the other two Blue Devil goals in the contest. Junior Amanda McQuillan recorded seven saves and a shutout in her first win of the season in net.
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Scouting the Knights
FDU (3-2-0, 3-1-0 NEC) opened NEC play with three straight victories before falling 2-1 in double overtime to Merrimack. The Knights have beaten Sacred Heart, Wagner, and St. Francis Brooklyn in conference play. The Knights are currently tied for first place in the NEC. In the most recent victory over St. Francis Brooklyn, sophomore
Naemi Hausen netted a hat trick in the first half to help guide the Knights to a 4-2 victory. Hausen now leads the NEC in points with 10 and goals with four. Hausen was also named NEC Player of the Week on March 22. Junior midfielder
Isabelle Udovc was also named NEC Player of the Week on March 15 after scoring a goal and recording two assists against Wagner. FDU senior netminder
Cassandra Marcoux was selected as the NEC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on March 8 after an 11 save performance against Sacred Heart. Last year against CCSU, FDU went 1-1, with a 1-0 win in double overtime in the regular season and a 1-0 loss in the NEC Championship. Senior
Viktorija Miseljic netted the game-winner in overtime last year to win it for FDU.
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Coach Teepe's Thoughts
"We just seemed to be struggling today and are dealing with a lot of little nicks that I think we let it seep into our preparedness for this game," said head coach
Eric Teepe. "We just didn't play a mentally strong game and we caught a break being up 1-0, but we never really took command of the game and felt we were chasing the whole time."
"As a team, we had good moments and bad moments. I don't really think we did anything that would put us in a position to win the game today and we gave them an opportunity and they took it. I felt that overtime was our best part of the game and the part of the game where we were effective, but we left too much space on that goal."
"I felt our defense did a good job and they really had to battle today. We have to let this one sync in and get over it and let ourselves recover."
What's Next
After Friday's match at Central Connecticut State, the Knights will travel to Mount St. Mary's on Friday, April 2 with kick off scheduled for 5 p.m. The match can be streamed on NEC Front Row.
