THE SERIES
Smith and Western New England will meet for the second time on Wednesday afternoon in a series that started lat year. The Pioneers lead 1-0.
LAST MEETING
The Pioneers scored a pair of goals in each half en route to a 4-1 victory over the Golden Bears on September 29, 2015. An own goal gave Smith a 1-0 lead before tallies from
Emily Smith (Winchester, Mass./Winchester),
Jackie Foody (Weston, Mass./Weston) and
Isabella Ayvaz (Waldwick, NJ/Waldwick).
Shelby Hall (West Springfield, Mass./West Springfield) and
Camryn Biasin (Lee, Mass./Berkshire) split time in the net.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS
WNE (4-5-1) is coming off a 2-0 win over Gordon College Saturday afternoon. In that game, Samantha Emmert and Danielle Dixon scored 49 seconds apart early in the second half while goalkeeper Marissa Veilleux notched a six-save shutout, her third clean sheet of the season. Iman Shehemi and Brooke Labrie lead the team with three goal apiece. Veilleux owns a 1.83 goals against average and .681 save percentage. The Golden Bears average 1.20 goals per game.
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
Smith posted a 2-0 shutout victory over visiting Alfred University Sunday afternoon.
Jackie Foody (Weston, Mass./Weston) and
Emily Smith (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) each scored for the Pioneers while junior goalkeeper
Camryn Biasin (Lee, Mass./Berkshire) made two stops to keep the clean sheet. The Pioneers are off to their best start since the 1991 season at 6-1-2. Junior forward
Jordan Isaacs (Weston, Conn./Weston) leads the team with seven goals per game. Smith averages 4.33 goals per game and allows 0.67 gpg.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Smith College soccer ranks in the top-10 in six NCAA stats categories, including:
- Scoring Offense (6th)
- Total Goals (6th)
- Points per Game (8th)
- Assists per Game (10th)
- Total Points (6th)
- Total Assists (6th)
