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America East Quarterfinals: No. 5 NJIT at No. 4 UMass Lowell

10/29/2023 3:27:00 PM

AE Quarterfinals at No. 4 UMass Lowell
Date | Time Monday, October 30 | 6:00 pm
Location | Arena Lowell, Mass. | Cushing Field
All-Time Series UML leads 4-1
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NEWARK, N.J. — The NJIT women's soccer team will take part in its third consecutive America East Championship tournament on Sunday as the No. 5 Highlanders (7-6-5, 3-4-1 AE) take on the No. 4 seed UMass Lowell River Hawks (3-5-7, 3-2-3 AE) Monday evening at UML's Cushing Field

2023 AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT BRACKET
  • No. 5 NJIT at No. 4 UMass Lowell | Monday, October 30 @ 6 p.m.
  • No. 6 Vermont at No. 3 New Hampshire | Monday, October 30 @ 6 p.m.
  • NJIT/UML winner at No. 1 Binghamton | Thursday, November 2 @ 6:07 p.m.
  • UVM/UNH winner at No. 2 Maine | Thursday, November 2 @ 6 p.m.
  • Championship Match | Sunday, November 5 - TBD
  • NCAA Tournament Selection Show | Monday, November 6 @ 4 p.m.

2023 NJIT WOMEN'S SOCCER BY THE NUMBERS (AS OF 10/29/2023)
  • 3 & 5: This will be the third straight America East Tournament appearance and fifth conference tourney berth for the Highlanders under eighth year head coach Ally Nick. NJIT went to back-to-back ASUN Tournament in 2018-19 and have now reached the America East playoffs in three of their first four seasons in the conference (since July 2020). The last time the Highlanders played in at least three straight league tournaments, NJIT competed in four consecutive Great West Conference tourneys from 2009-12.
  • 25 & 13: Number of goals and different goals scorers in 2023 | Most team goals since 2018 (27) and most goal scorers since 2022 (14)/
  • 2019: A win for the Highlanders would be the program's first-ever victory in the America East Tournament and the program's first conference tournament win since their 2-1 comeback win over Liberty in the 2019 ASUN Conference quarterfinals.
  • 4: Number of America East weekly honorees NJIT has produced this season: Briana Andreoli - Offensive POTW (October 23), Merle Hueser - Rookie of the Week (September 11), Maria Nogueira - Offensive POTW (September 5), and Gabby Zalot - Offensive POTW (August 21). Since joining the America East in July 2020, NJIT has earned 16 AE weekly awards (Offensive - 6 | Defensive - 5 | Rookie - 5).
  • 2018: NJIT"s 7-6-5 overall record in 2023 is the program's first in a regular season since 2018, when the Highlanders went 11-4-2 before playoffs. NJIT was also adept at responding to adversity and garnering results this year, not losing back-to-back games at any point this season. This marks the first time since 2018 that the program was able to accomplish this feat. Since a road loss at Binghamton on September 29, 2022, NJIT has gone 25 matches (24 regular season, 1 playoff) without losing two games in a row.
  • 2022: Chant's PK in the 3-0 win over LIU on August 31 was  NJIT's first since October 27, 2022, when former Highlander Siani Magruder's game winner at Bryant capped off a two-goal comeback and helped NJIT clinch a place in last year's America East tournament.
  • 11: Career goals for Bailey Chant - most among active Highlanders third all-time in NJIT Division I era (since 2006; Fiona Wright - 15, Kori Washington - 12).
  • 9: Career goals for Briana Andreoli - includes team-best 6 this season, most since Fiona Wright's 11 in 2018. Her next goal would bring her into double digits and make her the sixth in the DI era to score ten or more times, joining Wright, Washington, Chant, Carly Berdan (10) and Gechi Ukaegbu (10). Andreoli also leads NJIT with 15 points this year after adding three assists.
  • 6: Single-game school record for points in a game for Gabby Zalot (2 G, 2 A) in NJIT's record-tying 7-0 shutout win over Saint Peter's on August 20. Zalot set the NJIT mark after never scoring a collegiate goal and registering one assist in 34 previous games between NJIT and Valparaiso.
  • 7: Points Madison Taibl has recorded so far this season (3 G, 1 A; fifth on team) after not logging one in 42 matches and four years prior to 2023. Taibl went 357 days between having her 2022 season ended early (August 25) and making her return in this year's season opener on August 17.
  • 9: Career-high save tally for Samantha Constantine at Vermont on October 22. In her first season as the full-time starter in goal (1395 minutes so far), Constantine has posted a 7-6-4 record across 18 matches with a 1.23 GAA, 50 saves, and a .725 save percentage.
  • 29: NJIT fielded an active roster of 29 during the 2023 campaign: 21 returners (including 2022 AE All-Championship selection Ciara Adams, 2022 AE All-Rookie honoree Riley Jones, 2021 AE All-Rookie selection Caroline Caputo, and veteran captains Emma Bitar and Madison Taibl), seven freshmen and one grad transfer.
  • 11: This year's roster is even more diverse than last year's in terms of hometowns. The active roster hails from 11 different locales - New Jersey (13 players), Virginia (4), Pennsylvania (3), New York (2), California (1), Arizona (1), North Carolina (1), Canada (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), and Germany (1) - compared to seven in 2022.
  • 1510: Minutes for freshman Merle Hueser (second on team), who has fit seamlessly into the vaunted NJIT backline. Hueser has started all but one of NJIT's 18 matches and appeared in them all
  • 8: America East postseason honors all-time prior to the 2023 announcements: 
  • 54-60-22: Ally Nick's career W-L-D record entering Monday
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

NJIT DIVISION I CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT/POSTSEASON HISTORY
2022 America East Tournament
QF: No. 6 NJIT 1, No. 3 Maine 4

2021 America East Tournament
QF: No. 3 NJIT 0, No. 6 UNH 0 | UNH advanced on PKs, 5-4

2019 ASUN Tournament
QF: No. 6 NJIT 2, No. 3 Liberty 1
SF: No. 6 NJIT 0, No. 2 Lipscomb 1

2018 ASUN Tournament
SF: No. 2 NJIT 0, No. 6 North Alabama 3 | home game played at Kean University

2014 Independent Soccer Tournament
SF: NJIT 1, Francis Marion 1 | NJIT advanced on PKs, 4-2
F: NJIT 0, Delaware State 2

2012 Great West Conference Tournament
QF: No. 3 NJIT 1, No. 6 Howard 2 (2OT)

2011 Great West Conference Tournament
QF: No. 7 NJIT 0, No. 2 Houston Baptist 1

2010 Great West Conference Tournament
QF: No. 2E NJIT 0, No. 3W Houston Baptist, 1

2009 Great West Conference Tournament
QF: No. 1E NJIT 1, No. 4W North Dakota, 3

2008 United Soccer Conference Tournament
SF: No. 4 NJIT 0, No. 1 Utah Valley, 4

2023 STATS LEADERS (AE RANK)
ALL TIME SERIES
UMass Lowell leads 4-1
  • 9/24/23: UML 2-0 NJIT (Lowell, MA)
  • 10/2/22: UML 2-0 NJIT (Newark, NJ)
  • 9/19/21: UML 2-1 NJIT (Lowell, MA)
  • 8/31/08: NJIT 1-0 UML (Hillside, NJ)
  • 8/27/17: UML 2-1 NJIT, 2OT (Lowell, MA)

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT | NOTES
UMass Lowell made the most of America East play to secure the 4-seed in the tournament. After a winless non-conference slate (0-3-4), the River Hawks went 3-2-3 in league play to make the six-team field. UMass Lowell will appear in its sixth straight America East Tournament and will host a first-round game for the fifth straight year

Their signature win was a 2-0 home shutout of eventual 2-seed Maine on October 12. The River Hawks are led by Calliste Brookshire (4 G, 4 A), Chloe Layne (3 G, 1 A) and Taylor Burgess (1350 minutes, 1.47 GAA, 69 saves).

 
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