WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's soccer team embarks on its longest road trip of the season with a pair of matches against in-state rivals. The road swing starts at No. 4 Virginia on Thursday, Sept. 12, before traveling to Old Dominion on Sunday, Sept. 15. Kickoffs are scheduled for 7 p.m. and 6 p.m., respectively.
Hear from head coach
Julie Shackford as she recaps last week's games, senior
Katelyn Briguglio being named CAA Defensive Player of the Week, and the upcoming contests. The weekly video preview is available through the above link or by clicking
here.
Both games will be available on live stream for an additional cost. Thursday's contest will be streamed on the
ACC Network Extra, and Sunday's contest will be available on
CUSA.TV.
Scouting the Tribe
William & Mary looks to move its unbeaten streak to three as it travels to a pair of in-state rivals this weekend. The Tribe is coming off a home victory against High Point and a draw against Fairleigh Dickinson (1-1). Junior
Alex Kuhnle (2g) and sophomore
Renee Kohler (1g, 2a) lead the Tribe with four points apiece. Meanwhile, five different players – Kuhnle, redshirt senior
Sarah Segan, redshirt junior
Lauren Kelly, junior
Courtney Miles, and freshman
Kayleigh Shackford – have all scored goals this season. In goal, both senior
Katelyn Briguglio and sophomore
Maisy Fling have each started two games this season, and played in three games. Briguglio, who is the reigning CAA Defensive Player of the Week, owns a 1.55 goals-against-average with 18 saves, and two shutouts. Fling has started twice and appeared in three games, with a 1.77 goals-against-average, and five saves.
Scouting the Cavaliers
No. 4 Virginia enters the weekend a perfect 6-0-0, and has only surrendered one goal this season. The Cavaliers are coming off a pair of 2-0 home wins against Georgetown and Minnesota last weekend. Diana Ordonez lead the UVA offense with nine goals, two assists, and 20 points. Meghan McCool is just off of her pace with five goals and 10 points. Laurel Ivory has started all six games in goal for the Cavaliers, while Michaela Moran has seen action in two games. Ivory owns a 0.17 goals-against-average four saves, and has three saves.
Scouting the Monarchs
Old Dominion also heads into the fourth weekend of the season unbeaten at 4-0-1. However, the Monarchs will put that streak on the line as it travels to East Carolina on Thursday night. ODU is led offensively by Amanda Nhek, who has scored five goals, has three assists, and 13 points. Kyra Ricks is second on the team with two goals, two assists, and six points. The Monarchs have used three different goalies this season, Jasmine Crawley, Erin Davidson, and Kasey Perry. Davidson started one game and owns a 1.00 goals-against-average, while Perry has seen action in four games with a 1.53 goals-against-average. Crawley has seen action as a reserve and made three stops.
Series History vs. Virginia
W&M heads to Virginia for the 33rd meeting between the two schools. Virginia leads the all-time series, which dates back to 1987, 19-10-3. Last season, the Cavaliers topped the Tribe 3-0 in Williamsburg.
Series History vs. Old Dominion
Two former CAA rivals, Old Dominion and William & Mary meet for the 27th time in series history on Sunday night. The Tribe leads the all-time series 23-2-1. Regular opponents, this will be the first meeting between the two schools since 2016. In that game,
Mackenzie Kober scored the golden goal to lift W&M to a 1-0 win in Norfolk.
What's Ahead
W&M, which plays just once next weekend, will conclude the non-conference schedule as it travels to Princeton on Sunday, Sept. 22. Kickoff between the Tribe and the Tigers is set for 1 p.m.
Kohler Getting Going
Sophomore
Renee Kohler has been getting into the attack over the last four games and has four points over those contests. She recorded two assists at Liberty before a goal against High Point. She has already nearly matched her stat line from last season with a goal, two assists, and five points.
Weekly Awards
Senior Katelyn Brigulio won the Tribe's first weekly award of the season when she was named the CAA's Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 9. It was the second-time the senior has won the award, and was honored after making eight saves, and conceding only one goal in 200 minutes of action against High Point and Fairleigh Dickinson.
Balanced Attack
After having 11 goal scorers in the 2018 season, the Tribe is off to a similar start in 2019. The Tribe has had five –
Alex Kuhnle,
Sarah Segan,
Kayleigh Shackford, and
Courtney Miles,
Lauren Kelly – different goal scorers this season. Kuhnle is the only player to score two goals this year.
Second Half Success
A season ago, W&M made its living on scoring goals in the second half of games (13 of 18). In 2019, that trend seems to be the same as the Green and Gold scored six of its seven markers in the game's last 45 minutes.
Experienced Lineup
W&M returns nine starters from last year's team, as well as a handful of starters that made spot starts and played valuable minutes last season. The Tribe also returns 72.2-percent of its goal-scoring, 85.7-percent of its assists, 76-percent of its points, and 88-percent of its minutes played in goal from a season ago.
Segan Tabbed to Preseason All-CAA Team
Redshirt senior
Sarah Segan was named to the Preseason All-CAA Soccer Team. Segan is the Tribe's returning leading scorer and coming off of a First-Team All-CAA selection in 2018. She finished last year with six goals, four assists, and 16 points starting 16 of the Tribe's 17 matches. For her career, Segan has appeared in 50 matches with 48 starts, scoring 24 goals, 10 assists, and 58 points. The Fogelsville, Pa. native has earned four all-conference postseason honors as she has been named to the All-CAA First-Team, All-CAA Second-Team twice, and picked up an all-rookie nod after her freshman season.
Selected Sixth
The William & Mary women's soccer team was selected to finish sixth in the Preseason CAA Poll. Defending CAA Tournament Champion Hofstra (78 points, seven first-place votes) was picked to reclaim its title while defending regular-season champ James Madison (74 points, three first-place votes) was tabbed second. Northeastern (third, 67 points), Charleston (fourth, 52), and Drexel (fifth, 47 points) are the teams ahead of the Tribe. Delaware (seventh, 34 points), UNCW (eighth, 32 points), Elon (ninth, 16 points), and Towson (10th, 10 points) round out the preseason poll.
Bleeding Green and Gold
Three of W&M's freshmen are following in their mother's footsteps as members of the Tribe women's soccer program.
Kayleigh Shackford whose mom, Julie, played from 1984-87 and is the current head coach,
Jillian O'Toole whose mom, Nancy, played for the Tribe from 1984-87, and
Zoe Doughty whose mom, Margaret League, played 1992-96. The family connections just stop with Tribe women's soccer. Sophomore
Addie Puskar parents and grandparents, and six other uncles, aunts, or cousins that attended W&M. Freshman
Emily Crocco's father, Gary, was a two-sport athlete (football and baseball) for the Tribe, while her uncles Dave and Steve Wiley, were on the football team, and her aunts, Jennifer (Volgenau) Wiley and Sofia (Cedergreen) Wiley were women's soccer players. Senior
Hannah Keith's father, Barry, is a member of the class of '92, freshman
Caroline Monahan's aunt is a member of the class of 1983, redshirt junior
Lauren Kelly's brother, Colin, was a member of the class of 2016, and
Mariana Hershner's uncle, Ron, is a member of the class of 1971.
New Kids on the Block
W&M welcomes eight true freshmen and a transfer to their roster for the 2019 season.
Laurel Hagen,
Emily Crocco,
Kayleigh Shackford,
Jillian O'Toole,
Madeleine Hayes,
Sophie Geslao,
Zoe Doughty, and
Shelby Hachtel are all true freshman, while sophomore
Hannah Potter joins the Tribe as a transfer from Kentucky.
Setting the Slate
W&M will play an 18-game schedule in the 2019 season. The 18-game slate features five games against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams and seven home games at Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field.
