Sept. 25, 2014 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - With a loss against Boston University in the Patriot League opener, the Navy women's soccer team (4-3-3, 0-1-0 Patriot League) looks to get back on the right track against Lafayette (3-5-0, 0-1-0 PL) Friday at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility (7 p.m.). The match can be seen live and for free on PatriotLeague.TV with Joe Miller on the call. Live statistics also will be available on navysports.com (.)
Series Notes:
• Navy has dominated Lafayette, 20-2-1 in the all-time series. The Mids are unbeaten at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility when playing the Leoparts, 9-0-1.
• Navy has outscored Lafayette 61-19 overall and 31-7 at home.
• The Mids have won the last three matches by a combined score of 7-4, including a 3-2 win in the Patriot League semifinal.
• Morgan Dankanich and Lily Kraemer have combined for all three game-winners against Lafayette in the last three matches. Dankanich broke the scoreless tie in the 75th minute to beat Lafayette on Sept. 28, 2014.
Lafayette Notes:
• Lafayette is 3-5 through the first half of the 2014 season and dropped its first conference match to Colgate, 2-0 at home.
• The Leopards are 2-3 on the road and have been outscored 7-5.
• Senior forward Alyssa Finelli leads the team in scoring with six points on three goals, including two game winners. Finelli is tied for seventh in the Patriot League in goals scored.
• Danielle Sedillo has started in all eight matches in net for the Leopards, recording 27 saves on 37 chances for .730 saves percentage and a 1.33 goals-against average. Sedillo has tallied three shutouts on the season.
Patriot League Play
• Since 1994, Navy has accrued a 100-48-16 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.
• Navy has tallied eight regular-season titles, including the last two (1998, '99, '01, '03, '06, '08, '12, '13).
• Senior forward Morgan Dankanich has found success against league foes, tallying 22 points on 10 goals and two assists in 24 games played.
Battle Tested
• Navy played a strong nonconference to prepare for the league schedule, facing three teams in the RPI's top 40 (Maryland- 25, UConn-36, South Florida-38) and defeating then No. 24 James Madison.
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 five after nine matches and is tied for 15th in the nation.
• For her career, Schumacher has recorded 21 assists in 65 games and is two shy of cracking Navy's top-10 all-time assists list.
Dialed In To The Net
• Dankanich wasted very little time to the start of the 2014 campaign, recording four goals through the first eight games.
• Dankanich has improved each season on the attacking end, tallying five goals her freshman season to 10 in her sophomore campaign to 14 last season.
• Through 67 career games, the senior forward has accrued 33 goals, which places her sixth all-time at Navy.
Freshman Firsts
• Navy freshman have been busy through seven games, tallying seven points on two goals and four assists.
• Forward Clare MacAdam paces all Navy freshmen with two goals, including the game winner over No. 24 James Madison. The Mids are 2-0 when MacAdam records a goal.
• Forward Natalie Dzhandzhapanyan has recorded two assists, one against UConn and one against Stetson.
• Midfielder Meghan Hegarty set up teammate Rachel Hunter for the go-ahead goal vs. Maryland for her first career assist on Sept. 8.
• Defender Annie Morgan tallied an assist on Courtney Mason's goal versus Marist on Sept. 12.
