Oct. 20, 2017
ANNAPOLIS, Md.- The postseason picture will potentially become much clearer this weekend with a pair of matchups between the Patriot League's top-four teams. After Boston U. (4th) and Bucknell (2nd) face off in Lewisburg, Pa. at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, the top-ranked Navy women's soccer will go head-to-head with Colgate (3rd) at Beyer-Small '76 Field in Hamilton, N.Y. at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday night. The Mids come into the contest with a 10-game unbeaten streak (9-0-1) on the season and three consecutive wins over the Raiders.
Both live stats and video will be available for Saturday's game.
Navy vs. Colgate
• Saturday will be the 35th meeting between the two schools in a series that began in Navy's second year of varsity existence in 1994 ... In that Oct. 16, 1994 matchup, Colgate took the contest by a 3-0 margin ... The Raiders would build up a 6-0 lead in the series over the first four years before extending the margin out to 9-1 following a postseason win over the Mids in 1999 ... Navy started leveling out the series in the second half of the 00's with five straight wins between 2006 and 2008, including two victories in tournament action ... Since 2010, Navy has posted a 5-1-3 record with wins in each of the two program's last three matchups ... Colgate is Navy's most common opponent in Patriot League Tournament play with 11 contests between the two; the Raiders lead that series, 7-4 ... All-time, Colgate has outscored Navy, 45-36 and holds a 8-6-3 advantage over the Mids in games played in Hamilton, N.Y.
• Last season, Navy traveled to Colgate twice and came away with a pair of victories ... Behind a hat trick by Rachel Feldman ('17) and a golden goal by Cadie Higginson in the 106th minute, the Mids nabbed a come-from-behind win by a 4-3 margin on Oct. 15 before knocking off the Raiders again in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League on Nov. 1, 2-0 ... Cat Macklin ('17) and Ash Fairow netted scores for the Mids in the shutout win ... Macklin scored in the fourth minute, while Fairow added the insurance marker in the 75th off of Megan Rogers corner kick ... Dayton Wetherby ('17) made five saves in goal ... For the game, Colgate held slight statistical advantages over Navy in shots, 19-17, and corner kicks, 5-3, while both teams had five shots on goal.
• Amongst returning players, Ash Fairow leads a trio of players, who have found the back of the net versus Colgate as the junior has scored in 2015, as well as in the 2016 postseason; Cadie Higginson (2016-Reg.) and Meghan Hegarty (2014) have also tallied goals ... In terms of assists, Megan Rogers has two helpers over four matchups, while Clare MacAdam (2015) and Karli Sottung (2016-Reg.) have one assist each ... Hegarty is active leader in minutes played against Colgate since 2014 with 358 minutes on the field out of a potential 396.
Last 5 Matchups
In the last five matchups dating back to 2013, the Mids are 4-0-1 and have outscored the Raiders, 11-5
Nov. 1, 2016: Navy 2 - Colgate 0 (Patriot League Quarterfinals)
Oct. 15, 2016: Navy 4 - Colgate 3, 2ot
Oct. 17, 2015: Navy 3 - Colgate 1
Oct. 4, 2014: Navy 1 - Colgate 1
Oct. 5, 2013: Navy 1 - Colgate 0
Common 2017 Opponents
| Navy | Colgate |
| American | W, 2-0 | W, 3-0 |
Army
| T, 0-0 | W, 1-0 |
Holy Cross
| W, 2-1 | T, 0-0 |
| Lafayette | W, 1-0 | W, 4-1 |
| Lehigh | W, 2-0 | T, 1-1 |
| Loyola | W, 4-0 | W, 3-1 |
Comparing the Teams
| Navy | Colg. |
| Overall Record | 13-3-1 | 9-4-2 |
| Patriot League Record | 6-0-1 | 5-0-2 |
| Goals/Gm | 2.06 | 1.60 |
| Assists/Gm | 2.29 | 0.93 |
| Shots/Gm | 14.2 | 16.3 |
| Goals Against/Gm | 0.75 | 1.42 |
| GK Saves/Gm | 4.23 | 3.40 |
Individual Leaders
| Navy | Colgate
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| Goals | Eleanor Pratt, 9 | Mara Cosentino, 6 |
| Assists | Baseley McClaskey, 8 | Cosentino, 4 |
| Points | Pratt, 19 | Cosentino, 16 |
| Shots | Clare MacAdam, 35 | Abby Sotomayor, 45 |
| GK Saves | Sydney Fortson, 68 | Kelly Chiavaro, 39 |
What 2 Watch 4
• Navy comes into Saturday with the Patriot League's highest scoring offense with 2.06 goals scored per game ... During the Mids' current ten-game unbeaten streak (9-0-1), they've tallied 24 goals with 16 coming in the second half of contests
• Defensively, Navy is in the midst of seven-plus straight shutouts ranging over 698:07 minutes
• Navy has clinched a spot in the Patriot League postseason for the seventh straight year ... Currently, the Mids are atop the standings with 6-0-1 records and 19 points; the top-four teams in PL are separated by three points
• The Mids are ranked 15th in the most recent United Soccer Coaches East Regional Poll, this is the fifth straight week that they've been ranked in the top-15 ... Amongst non-ACC teams in the region they're number five behind (4) Princeton, (10) St. Louis and (11) Hofstra & (13) La Salle
• 17 of Navy's 23 field players have recorded points this season with six having eight or more points.
• Junior forward Ash Fairow is first in the NCAA Division I with seven game-winning goals
• Junior defender Baseley McClaskey is eighth in DI with eight assists
• Sophomore goalie Sydney Fortson is 15th with seven shutouts
• Junior midfielder Eleanor Pratt is 37th in the nation with nine goals
• Navy is 13-0 this season when scoring at least one goal ... All three of the team's losses (and one tie) have come via shutouts ... Another note on their defeats, the Mids' three opponents in those losses are a combined 34-10-3 in 2017
