Albertus Magnus College
Women's Soccer Weekly Preview

Albertus Magnus (2-1, 1-0)
VS.
Lasell (1-3, 1-0)
Wed., Sept. 13 • 6 p.m. • New Haven, Conn.
Link: LIVE STATS| VIDEO

Albertus Magnus (2-1, 1-0)
VS.
Mount Ida (3-1, 0-1)
Sat., Sept. 16 • 2:30 p.m. • New Haven, Conn.
Link: LIVE STATS | VIDEO

A NEW WEEK
Following a 1-0 week, the Albertus Magnus College women's soccer team returns to action with back-to-back home contest against Lasell College and Mount Ida College.

WEEK TWO RECAP

GAME 3: Albertus Magnus 4 | Suffolk 0 – RECAP/ BOX SCORE

GAME THREE HIGHLIGHTS

• In the 28th minute of action freshman Sophia Austin (East Hartford, Conn.) scored her third career goal to put the Falcons on the board
• Freshman Tiana Cass (Torrington, Conn.) gave the visitors the two-goal edge, 2-0, with her first marker of the season.
• Kerrigan Loughman (Trumbull, Conn.) and Amanda Montano's (North Haven, Conn.) both recorded a goal for the Falcons in the second half. Loughmans's second of the season and Montano's first of the season.
• Senior Angelina Piccirillo (Naugatuck, Conn.), led the Falcons with a three-point performance.

LAST TIME VS LASELL
GAME 1 (9/28/16): Lasell 2 | Albertus Magnus 0 - RECAP/BOX SCORE
GAME 2 (11/5/16): Lasell 2 | Albertus Magnus 1 - RECAP/BOX SCORE (GNAC Championship)

ALL-TIME VS MT. IDA
Albertus Magnus leads Mt. Ida in the all-time series 9-0-1.

LAST TIME VS MT. IDA
GAME (10/5/16) Albertus Magnus 6 | Mt. Ida 1 – RECAP/BOX SCORE

A LOOK INSIDE THE STATS

• Senior Angelina Piccirillo (Naugatuck, Conn.) leads the conference as well as the team in assists with with four, while freshman Sophia Austin (East Hartford, Conn.) ranks fifth in the conference in assists with two.
• Austin also ranks fourth in the league with eight points.
• Junior Lexie Fenn (Oakville, Conn.) ranks fifth in the conference with 17 saves and currently has a .708 save percentage.

THIS YEAR NOTES

• Albertus Magnus returns one All-GNAC player from last year's team. 
• The Falcons welcome 10 newcomers to the club in 2017.
• Head Coach Nick Wajnowski enters the season with a 103-70-20 record, including a 66-38-12 mark in conference play.
• Albertus Magnus returns 10 players from last year's squad.
• The Falcons have made eight straight appearances in the GNAC Tournament.
• Albertus Magnus is in search of its first season-opening win since 2012. Albertus Magnus began that year with a 3-0 blanking of in-state foe Coast Guard at home. Last fall, the team lost 3-0 to Wentworth.

GNAC WOMEN'S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL
LINK: Complete Release
The Albertus Magnus College women's soccer team was picked to finish fifth in the 2017 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Preseason Coaches' Poll.

A QUICK LOOK BACK AT LAST YEAR

• It was a record-breaking year in 2016 for the women's soccer team, as new program-bests were set and the team earned it's first-ever berth in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship.
• The team saw its season come to an end with a 2-1 setback against top-seeded Lasell in the conference championship.
• The Falcons ended the fall with an 11-8-1 overall record and were the No. 3 seed in the GNAC Tournament thanks to posting a 7-3-1 mark in league play.
• Head Coach and alum Nick Wajnowski earned his 100th career victory in a 7-0 thumping of Suffolk at home in mid-October.
• Wajnowski is the winningest coach in program history and he has been on the bench for 103 of the school's all-time wins.

NOTEWORTHY STATS FROM 2016-17

• The Albertus Magnus defense ranked third in the conference in goals-against average and recorded nine shutouts.
• The team was one of three in the league that allowed less than one goal per game.

PICIRRILLO EARNS NSCAA ALL-NEW ENGLAND HONORS
Women's soccer player Angelina Picirrillo (Naugatuck, Conn.) earned a spot on the 2016 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-New England Team. She becomes the fifth player in program history to earn NSCAA All-New England distinction and the first since teammate Danielle Polvan(East Haven, Conn.) picked up third-team honors in 2014. Piccirillo was one of five Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) players to earn regional recognition this autumn.

POLVAN LEADS THE PROGRAM
Former Falcon standout Danielle Polvan became the school's all-time leader in goals last season. In a non-conference win against Mitchell, she scored four markers to move past Sam Gigliotti '10 and Danielle Figueroa '12 to hold the new school record. During her senior season, she also became the program's all-time leader in points with 85. In conference play, she netted five goals and added three assists for 13 points.

UP NEXT
The Falcons return to action next week against Johnson & Wales and Rivier.

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