ECAC Tournament Bracket Danbury, Conn. - The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Soccer team will continue the 2015 season on Wednesday night when it travels to Stockton to open play in the ECAC Metro/Upstate Tournament. The Knights and Ospreys will meet for the second time in 2015, with kick-off in Galloway, N.J. scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Mount Saint Mary enters the opening round of the tournament at 14-7-2 after suffering a hard fought 2-1 loss to St. Joseph's-L.I. in the Skyline Conference Championship game. Senior
Melissa Guillemette (Branford, Conn.) finished the contest with the Mount's lone goal.
Guillemette leads the team in scoring heading into Wednesday's game with 12 goals and 26 points. Classmate
Melissa Maini (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) and freshman
Jacqueline Davis (Islip Terrance, N.Y.) are tied for second on the team in scoring with five goals and four assists each, with rookie
Maeve O'Sullivan (Garden City Park, N.Y.) entering the contest with six goals and 13 points.
Junior
Alaina Neddermann (Prospect, Conn.) leads Mount Saint Mary with nine assists, helping on Guillemette's goal in the conference title game. Sophomore
Destiny Ribadeneyra (Maybrook, N.Y.), the Skyline Conference Defensive Player of the Year, has helped on seven goals in 2015 and stands at nine points heading into Wednesday's contest.
Sophomore
Mary Riley (Newburgh, N.Y.) has played every team minute in 2015, totaling 2,090:01 through Saturday's game. She holds a 0.99 goals against average and a .793 save percentage while making 87 saves. In a 4-0 win over Mount Saint Vincent on Halloween, Riley set the single season and career shutout record with 11 and 20, respectively.
Stockton enters Wednesday's game at 12-3-7 overall on the season and is coming off a tight 1-0 loss to Rowan in the NJAC Tournament. The Ospreys were outshot 12-2 in the game, including 8-2 in shots on goal. Nicole Pallante finished the game with seven stops for Stockton.
Alexa Fama leads the Ospreys with six goals on the season and is second on the team with 15 points. Adrianna Boucher paces the Ospreys in assists with seven and points with 17, adding five goals. Stockton has five players with at least five goals on the season.
Pallante has played 1,987:39 of a possible 2,106:52 in goal for Stockton, recording 12 shutouts on the season. She holds a .859 save percentage and a 0.50 goals against average, making 67 saves in 22 games played.
Wednesday's game will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams, with Stockton posting a 2-0 win at the Drew Fall Festival on September 13. Marissa Bruno and Chelsea James netted the goals for the Ospreys, with Pallante earing the shutout without making a save.
Ribadeneyra led the Knights with two shots in the game, while Riley finished off the contest with seven saves for Mount Saint Mary.
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