Oct. 15, 2014 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy women's soccer team (8-3-4, 3-1-1 PL) will look to improve on their Patriot League position on Friday against Holy Cross (9-3-2, 1-3-1 PL) at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility. The match can be seen live for free on PatriotLeague.TV with Joe Miller on the call. Live statistics will be available on navysports.com (.)
The Mids currently stand tied for third with archrival Army at 10 points with four league matches remaining. Boston University (3-0-2) sits second with 11 points and Colgate (4-0-1) is on top of the standings at 13 points. Lehigh (2-0-3; 9 points) and Bucknell (2-2-1; 7 points) round out the final two positions for the Patriot League tournament at the moment. Holy Cross with four points is a team on the outside looking in.
Scouting Holy Cross
• The Crusaders are 9-3-2 overall, 1-3-1 in league play and enter the match on a three-game losing streak. Holy Cross has dropped the last three matches against Patriot League foes Colgate, 2-1, Boston University, 3-0 and Lafayette, 3-2.
• Holy Cross owns a 5-1 record on the road, outscoring its opponents, 13-4 with four shutouts.
• Freshman forward Aly Spencer leads the team and the Patriot League in points (23) and goals (10). She also leads the league in game-winning goals with five.
• Goalkeeper Carly McCabe has tallied a 0.69 goals-against average and an .841 save percentage, both of which are third best in the league. Her eight shutouts are best in the conference.
All-Time Series
• Navy has a sizeable advantage over Holy Cross with a 17-2-1 all-time record, including a perfect 10-0 record at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility.
• The Mids have not allowed a goal against the Crusaders at home since 2004.
• Navy has defeated Holy Cross in 13-straight matches, outscoring the Crusaders, 35-5.
• Senior defender Jade Seabrook scored the game-winning goal in last season's contest on Oct. 18 in Worcester, Mass. en route to a 2-0 victory.
Patriot League Play
• Since 1994, Navy has accrued a 89-35-17 record against Patriot League opponents during the regular season. The Mids have tallied four-plus wins in regular-season play seven of the last eight seasons.
• Saturday's match versus Boston U. was the 22nd league opener for Navy. The Mids fell to an 11-8-2 record in league openers following the 1-0 loss at Boston. Navy is 3-6-1 on the road in conference openers.
• Since the league opening loss to the Terriers, Navy is unbeaten in league play going 3-0-1 over the last four matches. The Mids have outscored its last four league opponents, 15-2.
• Navy has tallied eight regular-season titles, including the last two (1998, `99, `01, `03, `06, `08, `12, `13).
Putting In The Time
• Senior defender Jade Seabrook has been Navy's foundation on the backline since she was a freshman.
• After playing as an important reserve player during her freshman season and logging 774 minutes, Seabrook has seen very little time on the bench. The senior defender has recorded back-to-back seasons of 1600+ minutes on the field. Seabrook currently has tallied 1284 minutes this season.
• Since she was implemented as a starting center back, Seabrook has not been on the field for 619:01 out of a possible 5347:01 minutes. She has started 56 straight games since the beginning of her sophomore season.
Thanks For The Assistance
• Senior defender Julie Schumacher has made a career of setting up her teammates in set pieces and this season has been no different.
• Over the past two seasons, Schumacher has either led or was tied for the lead in assists in a season with nine in 2012 and six in 2013.
• Schumacher currently leads the Patriot League in assists with seven after 15 matches and is tied for 15th in the nation.
• For her career, Schumacher has recorded 23 assists in 68 games. Her recent assist against American tied her for ninth all-time at Navy with Kara Hardebeck (1999-02) and Shannon Filbin (1996-99).
Freshman Firsts
• Navy freshman have been busy through 15 games, tallying 22 points on eight goals and six assists.
• Forward Clare MacAdam paces all Navy freshmen with five goals and one assist, including the game winner over No. 24 James Madison. The Mids are 4-0 when MacAdam records a goal.
• Forward Natalie Dzhandzhapanyan has recorded two assists, one against UConn and one against Stetson.
• Dzhandzhapanyan scored her first collegiate goal against Lafayette on Sept. 26.
• Midfielder Meghan Hegarty set up teammate Rachel Hunter for the go-ahead goal vs. Maryland for her first career assist on Sept. 8.
• Hegarty scored her first collegiate goal against American on Oct. 1, which was the eventual game winner.
• Defender Annie Morgan tallied an assist on Courtney Mason's goal versus Marist on Sept. 12.
Road Warriors
• Navy began its 2014 slate with five matches on the road. The Mids battled with UMBC and UConn on opening weekend. Navy lost two one-goal games, 1-0 at UMBC and 2-1 at UConn.
• Navy then continued with two matches in Florida, tying with USF, 1-1 and concluded with a 3-1 win over Stetson.
• The Mids finished their five-game road trip with an impressive 1-0 win over No. 24 James Madison.
• Navy is 113-79-20 all-time when it plays away from home. The Mids were 5-2 on the road in 2013 and are currently 3-3-2.
• It's the first time in program history that the Mids began a season on the road for the first five matches.
A Week To Remember
• Senior forward Lily Kraemer provided a big spark for Navy off the bench and led Navy to a 2-0 record from Sept. 22 to Sept. 26.
• Kraemer began the week with a career-best two-goal game against Mount St. Mary's en route to a 3-0 win. She recorded the eventual game winner in the 32nd minute. The senior forward then tallied the first goal of the contest against Lafayette in the 40th minute, which resulted in the game-winning goal as the Mids won 4-0.
• Kraemer's three goals in a span of four days, two of which were game winners were both season highs.
• Following her performance, Kraemer was named as the Disney Soccer/NSCAA Players of the Week and Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week.
Battle Tested
• Navy played a strong nonconference to prepare for the league schedule, facing five teams in the RPI's top 60 (Colgate - 27, Boston U. - 37, Maryland- 44, UConn-39, South Florida-57) and defeating then No. 24 James Madison.
Knocking Off The Best
• Navy recorded its second win over a top-25 team in program history with a 1-0 win over No. 24 James Madison.
• The Mids now own a 2-14-1 record against top-25 programs. Navy earned its first win over then-No. 9 Penn State, 1-0 on Oct. 26, 2006. Navy then went on to tie then-No. 20 William & Mary, 0-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Mids advanced on penalty kicks.
Navy Invitational
• Since 1996, Navy has accrued a 24-4-4 record at its annual invitational. The Mids largest margin of victory was against Pittsburgh, 8-1 on Sept. 7, 1996 and their largest defeat was against Ohio State, 2-0 during the same invitational on Sept. 9, 1996.
• Navy has won eight of its last nine matches of the invitational, three of which have been overtime wins.
• Of the 26 different squads to compete against Navy at the invitational, Rider, Davidson and Towson have faced the Mids each three times, which is the most amongst the 24 teams.
• Eight of Navy's matches have gone into overtime and own a 3-2-3 record, winning the last two last season (Duquesne, 1-0; St. Bonaventure, 3-2).
• Navy defeated Marist, 2-1 on Sept. 12 and finished the invitational with a 1-1 tie against Ball State on Sept. 14.
