POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – For the final time in 2021, the Marist women's soccer team will take on a non-conference foe, traveling to Maine for a Sunday matinee with the Black Bears at 1 p.m. on September 12th.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Sunday's game airs on ESPN3, beginning at the top of the hour.
• Live statistics are available courtesy of GoRedFoxes.com.
• @MaristWSoccer on Twitter will provide live updates.

 

last time out

• The Red Foxes earned their first win of 2021, and first under Head Coach Brittany Kolmel, with a 2-1 triumph over Fordham on September 2nd.
• Marist scored its first goal of the season when defender Riley Abate smashed a bar-down 18-yard shot from the left corner of the box moments before halftime.
• With the score 1-1 in the 68th minute, forward Brooke Cergol settled a long pass from defender Deanna Lomino and flicked a shot through the keeper's legs to give the Red Foxes the lead.
• Goalkeeper Natalie Kelchner corralled a season-high six saves, including five in the second half.

 

two's plenty

• The win over the Rams was the first time this season that Marist scored multiple goals, a feat they accomplished seven times in 2019.
• Three of those victories came against non-conference opponents.
• Dating back to 2018, Marist has won their last 11 regular season games in which they've scored multiple goals, and 16 of their last 17 under that circumstance since 2017.

 

with a win...

• Marist would record a .500 record in non-conference play for the first time since 2016.
• The Red Foxes will have won consecutive games against non-conference adversaries for the first time since 2018, when Marist beat Vermont and Rhode Island.
• It would mark the first road win under Kolmel.

 

road trippin'

• Sunday's match is the farthest trip for Marist this season, approximately 440 miles from Poughkeepsie.
• The Red Foxes have traveled to Maine twice in the last five years.
• Previously, the furthest Marist traveled in a season was to Davidson (North Carolina) and Winthrop (South Carolina) in 2016.

 

scouting the black bears

• Maine is 2-1-1 entering Sunday's game, most recently dropping a 4-1 contest to MAAC-foe Quinnipiac on September 5th.
• The Black Bears' victories came against NEC teams Sacred Heart and Bryant.
• Five different Black Bears have found the back of the net. Tiana Bucknor is the team leader with three points.
• Kira Kutzinski has played every minute between the pipes, registering a 1.18 goals-against average to go with a .783 save percentage.

 

series history

• Marist and Maine will meet for the ninth time since the start of the 2001 season. The Red Foxes have not won in that stretch.
• This will be just the second matchup in Orono, ME in that span. The last contest that took place there was 2017.
• In the last meeting back on September 12th, 2019, Maine won 2-1 in Poughkeepsie. Marist struck first in the 13th minute, but the Black Bears responded with a goal seven minutes later. The game winner arrived in the 68th minute.

 

looking ahead

• Marist opens MAAC play with a three-game homestand. Fairfield comes to town on Saturday, September 18th at 1 p.m.