NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The Pioneers will be heading to Wheaton College on Tuesday, November 3 at 1:30 p.m. for a NEWMAC quarterfinal match, just three days after the teams played each other in the regular season finale.
Last Meeting: Wheaton held on for a 2-1 victory in the regular season meeting on October 31. GiGi Ross (Colt's Neck, N.J./Colt's Neck) scored the only goal for the Pioneers in the 74th minute.
The Series: Wheaton leads 29-18-1, and has won 26 straight between these two. Smith won 16 of 18 meetings from 1983-1996. These two teams have met in the postseason 11 times, most recently in the NEWMAC Finals in 2006 where Wheaton won 3-0.
Fast Facts: Wheaton has won six of their last seven games and have not lost since October 6 at MIT…The Lyons have made the NEWMAC tournament every year dating back to the 1998 season, a stretch of 18 years…Julia Cipriano leads the NEWMAC in assists with nine and is second with 31 points…Leann Wolf's 0.61 goals against average ranks first in conference...Wheaton has won the conference tournament nine times, including five-straight from 2000-2004...The Pioneers have won four conference championships, most recently in 1996…Smith will be looking for their first postseason win since 2006…The Pioneers offense averages 1.17 goals per game, while the defense allows 1.17 gig…Jordan Isaacs (Weston, Conn./Weston) leads Smith with five goals, two assists…Goalkeepers Camryn Biasin (Lee, Mass./Berkshire) and Shelby Hall (West Springfield, Mass./West Springfield) have combined for a 0.99 goals against average splitting time in net…
MIT claimed the top seed and hosting rights in the tournament after wrapping up the regular season at 8-2. Wheaton finished the regular season at 6-2-2 in NEWMAC play to secure the #2 seed. Rounding out the remaining seeds are #3 Babson (5-1-4), #4 Springfield (6-3-1), #5 WPI 5-3-2), #6 Mount Holyoke (4-3-3) and #7 Smith (3-3-4). A tiebreaking procedure was done between Babson and Springfield. In the regular season during head to head competition the Beavers defeated the Pride for the #3 slot.
MIT has earned a first round bye with the #1 slot while #2 Wheaton will host #7 Smith in quarterfinal action. In the other two quarterfinals, #3 Babson will host #6 Mount Holyoke while #4 Springfield will host #5 WPI. Quarterfinal matches are scheduled for Tuesday, November 3rd.
2015 NEWMAC Women's Soccer Tournament
Quarterfinals | Tuesday, November 2nd| at Higher Seed
#5 WPI (11-5-1, 5-3-2) at #4 Springfield (11-5-2, 6-3-1), 7:00 p.m.
#6 Mount Holyoke (9-6-2, 4-3-3) at #3 Babson (12-3-4, 5-1-4), 1:30 p.m.
#7 Smith (7-6-5, 3-3-4) at #2 Wheaton (13-5-2, 6-2-2), 2:30 p.m.
Semifinals | Saturday, November 7th| Hosted by MIT
Winner of #4/5 vs. #1 MIT (11-6-2, 8-2), 10:30 a.m.
Winner No.3/No. 6 vs. Winner No. 2/7, 3:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.
Championship | Sunday, November 8th| Hosted by MIT
Semifinal Winners, 1:00 p.m.
