Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Soccer team begins a season-long five-game road trip at local foe New Paltz Thursday afternoon. The road trip continues with two games at the Salisbury Women's Soccer Classic Saturday and Sunday with Live Stats and Video available for each game.
 
At A Glance: Mount Saint Mary stands at 0-2 overall in the early going, suffering a season opening road loss at New York University and a non-conference loss to Ithaca in its home opener Sunday afternoon.
 
Kaitlin Hansen (Port Jervis, N.Y.) has scored the team's lone goal to date, tallying for the first time in her career in the second half against the Bombers on Sunday. Darla Petricca (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) picked up her first assist of the season on the goal.
 
In net, the Mount has used two keepers with 2021 Second Team All-Skyline Conference selection Christina Kakavas (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) and Caroline Brucato (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) each playing 90:00. Each keeper has made seven stops in goal through the season's first two games.
 
Last Time Out: Mount Saint Mary suffered a 4-1 home loss to Ithaca on Sunday with Hansen tallying in the 60^th minute off a feed from Petricca for the team's first goal of the campaign.
 
Kakavas made her first start in goal for the Knights and finished the first half with four saves with Brucato coming on for the second half and stopping a trio of shots.
 
Ithaca finished the contest with a 24-3 advantage in shots, 11-3 in shots on goal, and an 8-5 edge in corner kicks.
 
A Look At New Paltz: The Hawks enter Thursday's contest with a 1-0-1 recording, posting a 3-0 win over Russell Sage in the season opener before playing RPI to a scoreless draw on September 3.
 
Rachel Eisert leads the way with two goals, including the game winner in the season opener, and four points through a pair of tilts. Emma Voege leads the team with one assist on the young season.
 
In goal, Kya Russo has started both contests, but has split time evenly with Maddie Franklin. Russo has stopped nine shots and earned the team's victory, while Franklin has stopped five shots in 90:00 of action.
 
Recent History: Thursday's contest will be the first between the two teams since the Mount posted a 3-0 home win on September 9, 2016. The Hawks have two wins in the series, winning 1-0 at home in 2012 and 3-0 in Newburgh in 2014.
 
Scouting Salisbury: The Sea Gulls will enter Saturday's game as part of their home tournament with a 2-2 overall record with wins coming over Farmingdale State and The College of New Jersey. After winning their first two games of the season, the Sea Gulls have dropped back-to-back contests to Randolph-Macon (L, 1-3) and York (Pa.) (L, 0-1).
 
Five different Salisbury players lead the team with one goal apiece, including Kyla Holt who adds an assist for a team-high three points.
 
Riley Pinato is the only keeper thus far to see time for Salisbury, posting a 1.50 goals against average and a .667 save percentage while stopping 12 opponent shots.
 
Recent History: Saturday's tilt will be the first on record between the two programs.
 
Previewing St. Mary's-Md.: The Seahawks enter the weekend tournament with a 1-2-1 overall record, picking up their first win of the season, a 1-0 triumph over Eastern Mennonite, on Wednesday.
 
Ella Raines leads the offensive attack with two goals and four points, including Wednesday's game winner, while Morgan Kresslein and Gabby Manning sit atop the team leaderboard with one assist apiece.
 
Audra Hunt and Kylie Wells have both played significant time in goal through four games, with Haines stopping 16 shots and earning Wednesday's shutout. Haines holds a 0.90 goals against average and a .889 save percentage. Wells has stopped eight shots in 160:30 worth of action.
 
Recent History: Sunday's matchup will be the first on record between the Knights and the Seahawks.
 
What's Next: The Knights continue their season-long road trip next week when they travel to RPI on Tuesday and Yeshiva for the Skyline Conference opener on Thursday.