Sept. 30, 2014 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy women's soccer team (5-3-3, 1-1 Patriot) is riding a two-match winning streak and looks to extend to three on Wednesday against American at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility (7 p.m.). The game will be on PatriotLeague.TV with Joe Miller handling the play-by-play responsibilities. Live statistics will be available on navysports.com (.)
Series Notes:
• Navy is 11-7-3 all-time against American. The Mids hold a 5-3-1 record at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility.
• The Mids have won the last four contests, including the 2013 Patriot League semifinal match, 2-0 at GWSF.
• Senior Forward Morgan Dankanich has owned American the last three seasons. Dankanich has tallied a goal in all four previous matches, three of them being the game-winning goal. Her only non-game winning goal was the game-tying goal in the 89th minute in 2011 to force overtime, which Navy ended up winning the game on an Ashlynn Soellner score.
American Notes:
• The Eagles are 3-8 overall and 0-5 on the road. AU has been outscored on the road, 10-1.
• American has dropped its first two Patriot League contests, 1-0 at Lehigh and 1-0 vs. Holy Cross.
• The Eagles' offense is led by senior Lindsay Muri, who has tallied 10 points on four goals and two assists, including a game winner.
• Sophomore Marley Jennings has scored twice this season both of which were game winners.
• Four different American players have tallied two assists.
• Senior Charlene Belanger has started in seven matches, recording a 1.22 goals-against average, a .763 save percentage and two shut out.
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.
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 912 minutes this season.
• Since she was implemented as a starting center back, Seabrook has not been on the field for 611:01 out of a possible 4967:01 minutes. She has started 52 straight games since the beginning of her sophomore season.
Patriot League Play
• Since 1994, Navy has accrued a 101-48-16 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 10 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 nine games.
• Dankanich has improved each season on the attacking end, tallying five goals her freshman season to 10 in her sophomore campaign to 14 goals last season.
• Through 68 career games, the senior forward has accrued 33 goals, which places her sixth all-time at Navy.
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.
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 112-79-19 all-time when it plays away from home. The Mids were 5-2 on the road in 2013 and are currently 2-3-1.
• It's the first time in program history that the Mids began a season on the road for the first five matches.
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.
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 three goals, including the game winner over No. 24 James Madison. The Mids are 3-0 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.
• Defender Annie Morgan tallied an assist on Courtney Mason's goal versus Marist on Sept. 12.
