Week 8
First Meeting: 1998
Series Record: Tied at 5-5-3
Streak: LVC +3
Last 10: 4-4-2
Last F&M Victory: 1-0; 9/5/2007
Last Lebanon Valley Victory: 2-0; 2015
Lebanon Valley
Wednesday, Oct. 19
4:30 p.m.
The Dutchmen defeated F&M 2-0 in their last meeting in 2015.
First Meeting: 1996
Series Record: UC Leads 12-10-3
Streak: F&M +2
Last 10: 3-5-2
Last F&M Victory: 5-0; 10/23/2021
Last Ursinus Victory: 1-0; 2018
Ursinus
Saturday, Oct. 22
6:00 p.m.
F&M defeated the Bears 5-0 in their last meeting in 2021.
Game Notes
The Franklin & Marshall women's soccer team (8-2-3, 3-2-2 CC), who's receiving votes in the national poll, prepares for two home matches this week. The Diplomats host their final non-conference match of the season when they take on Lebanon Valley (5-3-4) Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. F&M will then play a Centennial Conference match against Ursinus (4-5-4, 1-4-2 CC) at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Last Week
Sierra Brophy recorded her second hat trick of the season, and the fourth of career to help the Diplomats win 3-0 over Haverford Wednesday evening. Meg O'Callahan and Lainie Anderson both tallied two assists in the win. F&M outshot 13-10 in the match. Read the recap here.
F&M fell 2-1 to Swarthmore Saturday afternoon. Brophy had F&M's lone goal on an assist from O'Callahan in the second minute of the match. Brophy now holds a team-high 10 goals, while O' Callahan has the team-lead in assists with six. Read the recap here.
Last Time
Lebanon Valley and F&M have not faced since the 2015 season, where the Dutchmen shutout the Diplomats 2-0. The last F&M victory against LVC happened in 2007 as the Diplomats held on to win 1-0 in the match.
F&M cruised to a 5-0 victory in last year's matchup against Ursinus with all five goals coming in the first half. Meg O'Callahan led the Diplomats' offensive attack with two goals on three shots. Sierra Brophy, Haley Barge '21, and Alison Francis also tallied goals in the win. F&M outshot UC 16-10 in the contest. Read the recap here.
Lebanon Valley Team Preview
LVC has not lost a game since falling to Gettysburg 2-0 in late September. Since then, the Dutchman have earned four wins and one tie. Alyssa Peiffer leads LVC in points (seven) and goals (three). Goalkeeper Jocelyn Umana has a goals-against average of 1.42 and a save percentage of 79.8 percent.
Ursinus Team Preview
The Bears have lost their last two CC matches to Swarthmore and No. 4 Johns Hopkins. Their lone CC win came in a 2-0 victory against Bryn Mawr in September. Midfielder Morgan Raley leads UC in points (seven) and goals (three). Goalkeeper Kaela Frenchman has a goals-against average 0.73 and a CC-leading save percentage of 87.1 percent.
Raise Our Game
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October is the month-long philanthropic athletics event that supports the Diplomat tradition of excellence. In each of my first two years we have set new Raise Our Game records for both total donors and dollars raised. This year, our goal is 2,000 donors and $400,000.
Championship level experiences require championship level resources. I’m grateful for the legion of blue and white that supports our more than 650 student-athletes in their pursuit of academic excellence, competitive success and community contribution.