North Dakota Game Information (Friday, Aug. 30 – 4 p.m. – WLI Field)
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Navy Game Information (Sunday, Sept. 1 – 12 p.m. – Summerall Field)
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel women's soccer team opens the home portion of the 2019 schedule this weekend with a game at WLI Field and another at Summerall Field. The home slate opens on Friday, Aug. 30 when North Dakota travels to WLI Field for a 4 p.m. match. The month of September will then open with a 12 p.m. game on Summerall Field against Navy on Sunday, Sept. 1.
The pair of home games open a stretch where the Bulldogs will play six out of their next seven games at home.
THE SET PIECE (ABOUT THE CITADEL)
The Bulldogs started the 2019 season by going 1-1 in the first two games, including a 5-0 victory in the season opener at Bob Jones on Aug. 22. Five different Bulldogs scored in the game with the Bruins, including the first goal of the season by
Logan Dix. Dix and
Marie Le Gallo each notched a goal and an assist.
Kate Manzione,
Hayley Long and
Emily Mason all scored a goal in the game as well.
NCAA TAKEOVER
For the second straight year, The Citadel women's soccer team will be featured on the NCAA Soccer Instagram page (@NCAASoccer). The Bulldogs are taking over the page on Sunday, Sept. 1 to document a day in the life of a Citadel soccer cadet-athlete. Junior
Ellie Burgess will be the featured Bulldog.
PLAYING FUTBOL ON THE PARADE GROUND
For the first time since 2015, an NCAA-sanctioned intercollegiate women's soccer game will be played on Summerall Field as the Bulldogs' women's soccer team will host Navy on Sunday, Sept. 1 at 12 p.m. The last time an NCAA-sanctioned contest was played on Summerall Field was Oct. 2, 2015, when the Bulldogs played Samford due to heavy rains that caused WLI Field to flood.
CAREER WIN NO. 50 FOR TRAQUAIR
The season-opening win over Bob Jones was No. 50 overall for
Ciaran Traquair as a collegiate head coach, and No. 20 in his career at The Citadel.
THE HISTORY WITH NORTH DAKOTA
Friday's game at WLI Field will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING HAWKS
The Fighting Hawks of North Dakota travel to the lowcountry with a 2-0-1 record on the year. Most recently, the Hawks defeated South Carolina State 2-0 in Orangeburg on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The Hawks received goals from
Olivia Knox and
Mimi Eiden. Knox, Eiden,
Mara Yapello and
Meghan Wilson have scored North Dakota's four goals on the year. North Dakota opened the season with a 0-0 draw at home against Montana in the season opener. Two days later, the Hawks defeated Saint Mayr's (Calif.) 2-1 in double overtime. The Fighting Hawks went 9-6-2 last season and return 15 letterwinners, including eight starters in 2019. Included in the returners are two of the Hawks' top three goal scorers from last season, Knox and
Cassie Giddings with five goals each a season ago. Last season's top goal scorer was
Katie Moller with 15.
THE HISTORY WITH NAVY
The Citadel and the Naval Academy have met in women's soccer three times prior to Sunday's meeting with the Midshipmen claiming all three previous contests. The two teams first met in Annapolis in 2004 with Navy claiming an 8-0 victory. In 2011, the two teams met in Charleston for the first time as part of The Citadel Nike Challenge. Navy claimed a hard-fought, 2-1 victory in the 105th minute of the double overtime match. The most recent game between the two was in 2013 when the 'Dogs traveled back to Annapolis, where Navy won 5-0.
SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN
Navy enters the weekend with a 1-1 mark, including a 1-0 home win over Buffalo in the season opener and a 1-0 loss to 24th-ranked LSU at home. The Midshipmen play at Charleston Southern on Friday, Aug. 30 before taking on the Bulldogs Sunday. The Midshipmen went 11-6-3 in 2018, including a stretch of five straight wins and winning four of their last six games. Navy returns 15 letterwinners, including seven starters, and brought in nine newcomers. Three of the top four returners from last season return, including leading scorer
Baseley McClaskey with seven goals. Also returning are
Alex Jackson with four goals in 2018 and
Cadie Higginson with three. Higginson scored the Midshipmen's first goal of 2019 in the win over Buffalo.
COMING UP
Next weekend, the 'Dogs will play a pair of games against Big South foes, including one game at home and one game on the road. The Citadel will host UNC Asheville on Friday, Sept. 6 before hitting the road for Boiling Springs, N.C. to take on Gardner-Webb on Sunday, Sept. 8.
TWELVE SOCCER GAMES TO APPEAR ON ESPN+ OR ESPN3
Twelve of The Citadel's 18 contests will be streamed live on either ESPN+ or ESPN3 this season. Six of the Bulldogs' home games will be carried on ESPN+, while three home games will appear on ESPN3.
The games that will be streamed live on ESPN+ will be at home against North Dakota (Aug. 30), at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 8), at home against USC Upstate (Sept. 10), at home versus Presbyterian (Sept. 15), at home against Samford (Oct. 11), on the road at ETSU (Oct. 20), at home versus Furman (Oct. 25) and at home against Wofford (Oct. 27).
The games that will appear on ESPN3 will include at home against UNC Asheville (Sept. 6), home against Columbia International (Sept. 19), on the road at VMI (Sept. 29) and at home against Chattanooga (Oct. 13).
Both ESPN3 and ESPN+ can be accessed via the ESPN App across most internet-connected media devices, or on ESPN.com.
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