New England College (9-5-1, 5-1-1 NAC)
Streak Over Last 5: 4-1
October 25, 2014
Prescott Field, 2:30pm
Me.-Farmington: (1-13-1, 1-6 NAC)
Streak Over Last 5: 0-5
October 26, 2014
Prescott Field, 2:30pm
Colby-Sawyer (10-4-1, 6-1 NAC)
Streak Over Last 5: 5-0
Complete Game Coverage & Recap: www.goumfbeavers.com
Stay Connected on Twitter: @UMFathletics
Like Us on Facebook: UMFathletics
Game Webcast: UMFBeaversTV
WEEK RECAP
UMF tried to tackle the weather and Thomas in Waterville on Wednesday under the lights. The Terriers dominated the game and shutout the Beavers, 5-0.
Thomas scored all five goals in the second half.
Matt Wilson saved nine shots for UMF.
LAST MEETING WITH THE PILGRIMS
New England College extended their win streak to five games after shutting out UMF, 5-0, last year. NEC opened the scoring in the 17thminute of play as Sebastian Manteau netted his first goal of the season
The Pilgrims extended their lead to 2-0 just over three minutes later as senior forward Rob Lucas would sneak a free kick in the upper right corner of the net recording his fourth goal of the season.
New England College struck again just 10 minutes into the second half as senior midfielder Zak Harris notched his third goal of the season heading in a free kick off the foot of Lucas.
The Pilgrims tacked on another score just four minutes later as Sebastian Andersson scored his team-high fifth goal of the season looping in a pass from first-year defender Alfred Agnew.
NEC closed out the game with one more score as Brandon Guidotti (Lebanon, N.H.) rebounded in a shot by Ronsard Masamba (Haverhill, Mass.) that ricocheted off the crossbar.
ALL-TIME VS NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE
The Beaver won the opening game of the series in 2011, but have dropped the last two games since then.
SCOUTING THE PILGRIMS
NEC is riding a four-game win streak with four straight shutouts and five of the last six games. The four-game win streak is also a four-game conference win streak and the Pilgrims' only conference loss came on September 27th at Colby-Sawyer.
Sebastian Andersson leads the team with 10 goals and 23 points, which is tied for third in the NAC. Mark Nowak ranks as one of the best goalkeepers in the conference as well with only nine goals allowed, one behind the conference lead. Nowak's goals-against average of 0.97 also ranks second best in the NAC behind Colby-Sawyer's Nick Austin (0.69).
SENIOR DAY
Sunday will mark the last time Jordan Luks will step onto Prescott Field as a member of the UMF men's soccer team. Luks has set career highs for himself this season with a team best four goals and leads the team with 10 points.
MAGIC 8 BALL
Ronie Morales saved 10 shots for the Beavers last Saturday against Husson. The double-digit marks gave Morales the ninth best season all-time in UMF history with 106 total saves.
LAST MEETING WITH THE CHARGERS
The Chargers scored a goal n the 69th minute to sink the UMF efforts for a comeback on their way to a, 2-1 win.
Chris DiCecca scored the game's first goal in the 31st minute. The ball was pin-balling between several players in the box when DiCecca was able to get a shot off and score his second goal of the season.
UMaine-Farmington knotted the score early in the second half when sophomore Ibrahim Achekh sent a ball towards the Colby-Sawyer net that the goalie could not handle. The goal was Achekh's team leading third of the season.
The game-winning goal came at 68:21. After Colby-Sawyer earned a corner kick, junior Alex Ortega sent a ball towards the box. The Farmington defense was able to clear the ball, but it went right back to Ortega who served it back in towards the far post. DiCecca was left alone and headed the ball into the net for his second game-winner of the season.
ALL-TIME VS COLBY-SAWYER
The series is still young, but Colby-Sawyer has the upper hand with a 2-1 series edge. UMF won the first ever match in 2011 but has fallen the following two meetings.
SCOUTING THE CHARGERS
The Chargers sit atop the conference standings and winners of their last seven games. CSC has shutout five of its last seven opponents and the last defeat came over a month ago at Middlebury (L 0-3).
Denali Sexton leads the team with 25 points this season; good enough for second in the conference. Sexton has won back-to-back NAC Player and Rookie of the Week Honors in addition to his ECAC Co-Rookie of the Week honors last week and this week's Offensive Player of the Week honors.
PLAYERS TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND
For NEC, Andersson has scored seven goals since the turn of the calendar into October. Seven of his 10 goals this season has come in October. Andersson scored a hat trick against Green Mountain on October 4th.
For CSC, Sexton also loves the month of October. The freshman has scored eight goals in the month of October (5 games) including a two-goal game against Maine Maritime on October 11th and a three-goal game on October 14th at Green Mountain.
For UMF, Jordan Luks will look to end his UMF career on a positive note. The senior has fired at least two shots in nine straight games, helping him net his team-lead four goals.
