Women's Soccer Heads to D.C. to Face American Saturday

Saturday, September 22

Washington, D.C.

2 p.m.

Bucknell University

American

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Women's Soccer Heads to D.C. to Face American Saturday

9/20/2018 7:27:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Setting the Scene
Who: Bucknell (2-6-1, 0-1-0 PL) at American (5-1-3, 0-0-1 PL)
When: Saturday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m.
Where: Reeves Athletic Complex, Washington, D.C.
Live Webstream: Patriot League Network
Live Stats: AUEagles.com

About the Bison

Bucknell looks to shake a three-game losing streak when it travels to American for a Patriot League contest on Saturday afternoon. The Bison dropped their league opener to Lafayette last Saturday, while American played Boston University to a 1-1 draw.
The Bison went 2-5-1 against a very difficult non-league schedule, with the wins coming against Niagara (4-1) and Towson (1-0) at home. Bucknell also drew Saint Francis (Pa.) on the road. Four of those non-conference affairs came against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament last season (Hofstra, Monmouth, Virginia, Saint Francis).
Claire Mensi and Jenna Marek share the team lead with two goals apiece. Gabby Bair, Carly Baggott, Emilene Parham and Bailey Hurst have one apiece. Holly Burns has a team-high two assists.
The Bison allowed only four goals in the first six games of the season before being touched up for 10 in the last three contests.
Goalkeeper Theresa Adu-Attobrah ranks fourth in the Patriot League with an .845 save percentage, and her 6.13 saves per game are second-most in the league.

About American/Series History

The Eagles have been the Patriot League's surprise team of 2018. Picked for last place in the Patriot League preseason poll after going 3-31-2 overall and 1-15-2 in the league over the last two seasons, American is off to a 5-1-3 start in 2018, including last week's 1-1 home draw with Boston University. The Eagles are unbeaten (4-0-1) at home and have outscored their opponents 13-6 on the season.
American boasts two of the league's top scorers in Yari Bradfield (6-1-13) and Gabriela Maldonado (4-2-10), who have accounted for 10 of the team's 13 goals. Bradfield is tied with Navy's Baseley McCaskey for the league goal-scoring lead.
Goalkeeper Ryleigh Brown has 43 saves with only five goals allowed in seven starts. She ranks second in the Patriot League in goals-against average (0.64) and save percentage (.896).
Bucknell is 10-8-1 all-time against American, including four straight wins by a combined 13-1 margin.
Last season at Emmitt Field, the Bison scored three times in the second half in a 4-0 win over the Eagles. Kendall Ham scored twice and Gabi Rosenfeld and Lilly Courts once apiece. Courts' first career goal came on a highlight-reel blast from about 40 yards out. Dani Kaufman made six saves en route to the shutout, while Brown had eight saves for American.

Up Next

The Bison are home twice next week, hosting Loyola on Wednesday evening followed by Holy Cross next Saturday at 1 p.m. Both games will air on the Patriot League Network.