Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Soccer Begins Patriot League Schedule with Home Match Against Navy
10/4/2007 8:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 4, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's soccer team will begin its quest towards another Patriot League title as the 2006 regular season co-champion Bison will take on the league's defending tournament champion, Navy on Friday, Oct. 5, on Varsity Soccer Field at 7 p.m. After dropping its last two games to Marist and Loyola (Md.), Bucknell is 4-6-0 on the season, while the Mids enter Friday's contest with a record of 6-3-2.
BISON WOMEN'S SOCCER NOTEBOOK
About the Series with Navy
- In the all-time series between Bucknell and Navy, which began on Oct. 29, 1995, the Midshipmen hold a 9-5-1 advantage. However, the Bison have come away with the victory in the last two meetings. In 2005, Bucknell clinched a playoff berth with a thrilling 4-3 win against Navy in Lewisburg. Senior Krista Lee Gentile (North Haledon, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy) completed her hat trick with the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in the 88th minute after the Mids had rallied back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the score at three. Then in 2006, in Annapolis, Md., the Bison clinched their share of the Patriot League regular season title as the squad handed 14th-ranked Navy its first loss of the season by a 2-1 margin. The result ended a 19-game winning streak for the Mids.
Scouting the Navy Midshipmen
- Navy is currently 6-3-2 on the season and enters Friday's contest with Bucknell riding a two-game winning streak after picking up victories over VMI (2-1) and Saint Francis (Pa.) (1-0) last week.
- Brigitte Fox leads the Mids with four goals and two assists for 10 points. She has three game-winners two her credit as well.
- Sam Schroth and Brittany White follow with four points apiece, Schroth on two goals and White with a goal and two assists.
- In goal, Lizzie Barnes has played 923 minutes, 42 seconds, over 11 games and has allowed 13 goals for a 1.27 goals against average. She holds a .658 save percentage after making 25 saves on the year and has two shutouts to her credit.
Last Time Out
- Junior Jennifer Dervarics (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) gave the Bucknell women's soccer team a 1-0 advantage in the 80th minute, but it wasn't enough as the Orange and Blue fell, 2-1, to Loyola (Md.) last Sunday afternoon. At 79:48, Dervarics was awarded a penalty kick and converted the attempt for the first tally in the contest. The Bison lead was brief, however, as Christina Gomez netted the equalizer for Loyola less than two minutes later, connecting with a feed from Lea Day and Theresa Ferraina. Then, at 87:16, Lina Staropoli dribbled around a Bison defender and drove a shot into the net from 15 feet out for the deciding tally. Bucknell goalkeeper Sarah Seltzer (Dallas, Texas/Ursuline Academy of Dallas) made six saves in her first collegiate start. The contest also marked the first career start for sophomore Erin Lavery (Huntington, W. Va./Huntington).
Broadcast Coverage
- A live video broadcast of Bucknell's Oct. 26 home match against Lehigh will be available for a subscription fee though BucknellBison.com. The contest is slated to begin at 7 p.m.
About the Bison
- The Bison have played 10 matches so far, five on the road and five at home, and have collected wins over Sacred Heart (1-0), UMBC (5-1), Saint Francis (Pa.) (5-2) and Cornell (1-0, OT).
-- Bucknell has allowed just one first half goal this season, outscoring opponents, 7-1, before the intermission.
- Freshman Christa Matlack (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) and Dervarics pace the Bison offense with 12 points apiece. Matlack has five goals and two assists, while Dervarics holds totals of four goals and a team-best four assists.
- Dervarics three assists versus Saint Francis (Pa.) matched the second-highest single-game total in program history. The only other Bison to ever notch three or more assists in a match was Lisa Gibbons '95 as she totaled three against Scranton in 1994 and set the Bucknell record in the same season with four against Lycoming.
- Freshman Kelliann Doherty (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional) currently has nine points on the year (4g, 1a). She is tied for second on the team in goals and her last tally vs. Cornell marked her first career game-winner.
- Sophomore Cheslea McGorry (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill Regional) ranks second on the Bucknell squad in assists with three. She scored her first collegiate goal against then-ranked No. 17 Penn State.
- Sophomore Kathryn Sutton (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area) has played 819:39 minutes in goal for the Bison and holds a 1.87 goals against average and a .721 save percentage. She has made a total of 44 saves and recorded her first career shutout against Sacred Heart on Sept. 2. Against then-ranked No. 12 Rutgers, she made a career-high 10 saves.
Bison Milestones
- On Wednesday, Sept., 12, Bucknell played its 300th in match in program history, celebrating with a 5-2 win over Saint Francis (Pa.). The program currently holds an all-time record of 141-148-16 (.489).
- With her 16th career goal, which came against Loyola (Md.), Dervarics moved into a tie for ninth in Bucknell history in that category. She cracked the top-10 in career points, as well, as she is now 10th with 43. After registering three assists against Saint Francis (Pa.), she is now tied for eighth in career assists with 11.
- Gentile is one goal away from tying Kerry McDonnell for third in program history as her next tally will be the 30th of her career. She is eight shy of passing McDonnell on the career points list. Gentile is also three away from breaking Bucknell's career game winning goals record, held by Lisa Gibbons with 15.
Weekly Awards and Honors
- Dervarics was named Patriot League Honorable Mention on Sept. 4, after scoring the game winner at Sacred Heart.
- Matlack earned her first Patriot League BRINE Rookie of the Week honor on Monday, Sept. 10, after recording a three-goal week with one at Rutgers and two against UMBC, including her first career game winner. She was named Patriot League Honorable Mention on Sept. 17 after posting five points on two goals and an assist in a two-game week, tallying the deciding goal against Saint Francis (Pa.).
- Sutton picked up her first career Patriot League BRINE Goalkeeper of the Week award on Monday, Sept. 10, for her 10-save performance at Rutgers and her win over UMBC.
- On Sept. 24, Doherty was named the Patriot League BRINE Rookie of the Week for the first time in her career after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against Cornell, leading the Bison to a 1-0 victory.
In the Polls
- The Bison were selected second in the Patriot League preseason poll, the team's highest ranking since 2002 (2nd with 78 points, three first-place votes, also 2nd in 1996). The Bison totaled 85 points, which is their most ever in the preseason poll.
Looking Ahead
- Following Friday's match with Navy, the Bison will take to the road the following weekend for two more Patriot League contests, playing at Holy Cross on Friday, Oct. 12, at 4 p.m., and at Army on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m.
