Women's Soccer Hosts SU Sunday

RFH 2010, Colgate Sports

Fri, Aug 26, 2011

The Colgate women's soccer team will look to turn things around Sunday when it hosts Syracuse in its second consecutive matchup against a Big East team. The game is schedule to take place at 1 p.m. on Van Doren Field.

Colgate is coming off a 3-0 loss to Connecticut Thursday at Storrs, Conn. Junior forward, Jillian Kinter, continues to lead the team with four points from one goal and two assists against Vermont in its opening game while junior co-captain, Ashley Walsh, supports the Raiders in goal with a total of 10 saves in two games for a .714 save percentage.

Kinter and freshman Emily Manoogian were named the Brine Patriot League Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week respectively for their performances against Vermont last week. Kinter scored one goal and had two assists while Manoogian scored the opening goal for Colgate.

This will be the 16th meeting between the two teams with the Orange leading the all-time series 12-2-1. Syracuse won the last meeting in 2010 when it defeated the Raiders 2-1 in Syracuse.

Syracuse (1-1), which was picked to finish seventh in the American Division of the BIG EAST Preseason Poll, is coming off a 1-0 loss to Robert Morris and a 1-0 shutout win over Florida Gulf Coast at the Embassy Suites Kick Off Classic Tournament last weekend. The Orange had three members named to the all-tournament team, including junior Tina Romagnuolo and sophomores Brittany Kinmond and Kayla Afonso. Kinmond leads the team's offense, scoring the team's only goal this season.

The team was picked to finish second in the 2011 Patriot League preseason poll voted by head coaches and sports information directors in the league. The Raiders, who had 79 points and four first-place votes, were projected to finish behind Army, which had 93 points and 10 first-place votes. Following Colgate was Lehigh with 75 points and two first-place votes.