The New York University men's and women's soccer teams continue University Athletic Association (UAA) play this weekend against Emory University and Carnegie Mellon University, at Gaelic Park, in Riverdale, NY.
Both Violet squads will battle Emory on Friday, October 17, and square off against Carnegie Mellon on Sunday, October 19. The men will kick off both doubleheaders at 11:00 am, with the women scheduled to follow at 1:30 pm.
Freshman
Liam Stimpson leads the Violet men (10-2, 1-1) in points (15) and is followed by classmates
Malcolm Montilus and
Nicolas Notaro (11). Goaltender
Lucas Doucette (four shutouts) will look to continue his successful season, first against the ninth-ranked Eagles, and again versus the Tartans.
The Violet women (9-3, 2-0),
ranked nationally (23) for the first time since 2002, will look to improve their undefeated Association record against a pair of ranked opponents. Emory is currently ranked ninth in the country, while Carnegie Mellon is ranked fifth.
Senior
Cami Crawford (13 points) leads the NYU women offensively and
reigning ECAC Defensive Player of the Week Cassie Steinberg (six shutouts) leads the Violets defensively. Steinberg has recorded four straight shutouts, not allowing a goal since a 5-1 victory over DeSales University on September 27.
Live stats (
men,
women) and
live video will be available for both of this weekend's doubleheaders.
