Women’s Soccer Set to Host Hampton on Wednesday

Game 2
Saint Peter's (1-0) vs. Hampton (1-1-0)
Date: Wednesday, August 28
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Joseph J. Jaroschak Field, Jersey City, NJ
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• The Saint Peter's University women's soccer team remains at home as it prepares to take on the Hampton University Pirates on Wednesday, August 28 at 3 p.m.
• The Peacocks opened the season last Friday, August 23 with an impressive 3-1 victory over Delaware State. 
• The team jumped out to a commanding 3-0 lead over the Hornets in the win, getting goals from Isabel Fernandez, Skyler Owens, and Madison Greenberg.
• The Peacocks will look to improve to 2-0, a feat that has not been achieved by the team since 1994.

• Saint Peter's and Hampton have met annually since 2015 with the Peacocks holding a 2-1-1 advantage over the Hampton Pirates all-time.
• Hampton took its first victory in the series last season, when the Pirates defeated Saint Peter's 3-0 in Hampton, VA.
• Despite last year's setback, the Peacocks remain undefeated at home against the Pirates, holding a 1-0-1 series record in games played in Jersey City.

• Saint Peter's will be on the road for the first time this season as they head to Newark to face off against NJIT on Saturday, August 31 at 1 p.m.

• Against Delaware State (Aug. 23), Saint Peter's netted the most goals scored in a single game (3), since September 9, 2017, when the Peacocks defeated current opponents, Hampton, 5-1.
• The three goals against the Hornets were scored by three different individuals (Isabel Fernandez, Madison Greenberg, and Skyler Owens); the last time the Peacocks had three different goal scorers in a game was also during the 2017 matchup against Hampton.

• The season-opening home win against Delaware State marked the first time in program history that the women's soccer team secured a season-opening win at home.
• The victory stands as the first season-opening win for the Peacocks since week one of 2009, when the Peacocks defeated Wagner College, 2-0, at Wagner.

• Head coach Melissa Sherwood enters her fourth year at the helm of the Saint Peter's women's soccer team.
• For the second season in a row, the Peacocks have 13 letterwinners returning from the previous season. They will look to earn a MAAC Championship berth after narrowly doing so a year ago, when the 2018 squad finished with 10 league points, the most for the program in one season since 1998.
• Junior goalkeeper, Victoria Scarratt, returns after finishing 2018 with the third-most saves in the MAAC with 95.
• Sophomore Brooke Bouchie, a 2018 All-MAAC Rookie Team selection, returns as the Peacocks' top scorer from a year ago. She tallied two caps in 16 games as a freshman last year..
• Kelly Aguilar, Victoria Babcock and Alyssa Conanan make up the trio of seniors that, alongside junior captains Nazae Craw and Isabel Fernandez, will comprise the leadership corps for the Peacocks this fall.

• The women's soccer team welcomes six newcomers into the fold this year.
• The Peacocks will welcome two transfer student-athletes to the program, including graduate transfer Noelle DeFede from Mount St. Mary's and sophomore Amber Whitely from Middle Tennessee State.
• Four true freshmen will be joining the squad this season: Jazmin Brown (Toms River, NJ), Dominique Cummings (Brick, NJ), Madison Greenberg (Columbia, MD), and Haley Martin (Middletown, NJ).

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