LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 15, 2023) - Georgian Court Women's Soccer kicks off CACC play this weekend in Lakewood.
Opponent
Dominican Chargers (1-3-0, 0-0 CACC)
Where
Lakewood, NJ - Investors Savings Field
When
Saturday, Sept. 16 - 12 p.m.
How to Watch
• Saturday's match is available to watch via a free to view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal page of the CACC Network powered by HUDL. Links for videos and live stats can be found above and on the Lions Soccer schedule page.
Previously vs. Dominican
• Georgian Court has a long history with the Chargers. This is their 45th all-time meeting.
• The Lions lead the series 31-11-2.
• After a nine-match unbeaten streak, the Lions only win in the last four matches came in a CACC postseason shootout.
• Last year, GCU fell 3-0 in Orangeburg.
• Dominican scored in the 43rd minute, right before the half for a 1-0 lead. They added a pair of late goals.
• GCU was outshot 24-10. Dominican was also issued five yellow cards.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court scored their first official goals of the season, but played to a 3-3 draw with the College of Staten Island.
• GCU led 3-1 at the half, but the Dolphins scored twice in the second half to come away with a tie.
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Aliya Canfield,
Abby Kennelly and
Chiamaka Wokocha all scored for the Lions.
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Delaine Wilkinson made eight saves.
Who's Hot?
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Abby Kennelly scored in the Lions suspended game against Pace. She then scored an official goal Wednesday against the Dolphins.
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Aliya Canfield and
Chiamaka Wokocha each scored a goal.
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Delaine Wilkinson made her first start in goal against Staten Island.
Lion Leaders
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Carley Polchak has played a team-high 217 minutes in net and has 12 saves.
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Abby Kennelly's seven shots leads the team and shes one of three Lions to score.
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Jessica Ford,
Izzy Hernandez,
Bridgette King and
Ashley Merizalde all have assists this season.
Individual Milestones
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Aliya Canfield is one goal away from 20 in her career.
• The next game played will be
Ashley Merizalde's 40th and
Grace Konfederak's 30th.
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Corissa Robbins is 29 minutes away from 3000.
• With four more shots,
Abby Kennelly will hit 60.
About Dominican
• The Chargers picked up their first win of the season this week defeating New Haven 1-0.
• Dominican dropped their first three matches and are 1-3 on the season.
• The Chargers were picked to finish eighth in the CACC Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Dominican has struggled to score this season with just two goals in four games.
• Bryanna Foti and Kaitlyn Zeeb are the two Charger goal scorers this season.
• Stella Paton has been the primary goalkeeper having started three matches. She has a 2.19 goals against average and .682 save percentage with 15 total saves.
