SHU Concludes Non-Conference Play This Weekend

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South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's soccer team wraps up its non-conference slate with matches at UMass Lowell (2-1-3) Thursday at 6 p.m., followed by a 1 p.m. meeting with Harvard (4-2-0) on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Owen T. Carroll Field. Thursday's game will be broadcast on Stretch Internet, and Sunday's match with be streamed live for FREE on the Pirate Sports Network.

The Pirates (0-4-2) are coming off a 1-1 draw at Duquesne on Sunday, Sept. 10, in which freshman Atley Fortney (Charles Town, W.Va.) scored her first collegiate goal and junior Anna MacLean (Thunder Bay, Ontario) made a season-high 11 saves.

Quick Kicks

Seton Hall has held its opponent to one goal in five of its six contests to date
Exactly half of the matches for The Hall this season (three) have gone to overtime, and the Pirates are 0-1-2 in said games
Over the last three games, the Pirates have out-shot their opponent, 41-30, and have had an 18-13 advantage in corner kick opportunities
Four different players lead the Pirates with one goal apiece: senior Lauren Hall (Bridgewater, N.J.), sophomore Siobhan McGovern (Cranford, N.J.), Fortney, and freshmen Cassy Harrigan (Beaverton, Ore.)
Sophomore Marissa Aniolowski (Enfield, Conn.) and junior Julia Stirpe (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) have each tallied an assist
Between the pipes, MacLean passed Elizabeth Bond (2008-'11) earlier this season to move into fifth on the program's all-time goalkeeper minutes played list
MacLean currently has 165 career saves, and with 11 more would pass Buffy Wojciehowski (2000-'03) for fifth on the SHU women's soccer all-time saves list

Scouting UMass Lowell

The Riverhawks are led offensively by junior midfielder Rachel Morrier, who has an assist and a pair of goals on the year
Lowell has played a total of six games this season and three have ended in scoreless draws
The Riverhawks have a double-overtime, 2-1 victory over NJIT under their belt, as well as a 1-0 win over Sacred Heart and a 1-0 setback to Colgate
Goalkeeper Julia Schneider has four shutouts, a 0.29 goals against average, 37 saves, and a 0.949 save percentage

Scouting Harvard

Junior midfielder Leah Mohammadi has scored a team-best three goals this season
Harvard is 4-2 and all four of their wins have come in shutout fashion
The two losses came at Northeastern and at Syracuse
Junior Danielle Etzel and sophomore Kat Hess have split time in goal with Etzel making five starts

Up Next

The Pirates begin BIG EAST Conference play on Saturday, Sept. 23 at DePaul in a 1 p.m. EST match from Chicago.