University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Travels to New England for Saturday Match at Northeastern
10/16/2015 10:50:00 AM | Men's Soccer
NEWARK, Del. – The Blue Hens look to continue moving up the CAA ladder Saturday as Delaware heads to Massachusetts to take on Northeastern at 6 p.m.
Delaware is currently sixth in the league with six points while Drexel, William & Mary and the Huskies all have three points. The top six of nine total teams in the league will earn a berth into the conference's post-season tournament.
BROADCAST
Saturday's game will be broadcast online, for free, via GoNUxtream.
LIVE STATS
· Saturday at Northeastern
ONLINE
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LAST TIME OUT
Thomas de Villardi led the way with four points while four total Blue Hens got in the scoring action Wednesday evening in Delaware's 5-1 decision over Drexel at Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium. The Hens, who had been shutout in five of the last seven games, posted season-highs in goals, points (13) and assists (3) in the win. Ryan Talbot posted his first goal in a Delaware uniform in the 24th minute to erase the eggs on the scoreboard. Thibault Philippe gave the Hens the two-goal advantage in the 32nd minute with his first score of the year after heading in the corner kick from de Villardi, his former high school teammate. De Villardi and Guillermo Delgado connected for the first time on the night in the 53rd minute as de Villardi notched his first tally in the blue and gold to go up, 3-0, after receiving the cross from Delgado. The duo of de Villardi and Delgado paired once again in the 88th minute on the breakaway goal for Delaware (5-6-2, 2-2 CAA), but this time Delgado knocked the ball in while de Villardi was credited with the assist. With time winding down, the Blue Hens received their fifth and final goal as a Drexel player netted an 'own-goal.' Todd Morton accumulated three saves to move to 3-2-1 on the year.
HEN SCRATCHINGS
· Delaware last scored at least five goals in a 6-2 victory over Iona on September 4, 2014. The Blue Hens also recorded 18 points in the win.
· With three points versus Drexel, Guillermo Delgado upped his career total to 75 (33g, 9a). John McCloskey (1975-78) is second in school history with 82 career points (35g, 12a).
· Todd Morton has allowed an average of 0.47 goals with a save percentage of .870 in six games played this season.
· Ten Blue Hens have now tallied at least one point on the year.
· Delaware has competed in four double overtime contests this season for the first time since playing five in 2011.
· Since 2011, UD has earned two berths to the NCAA Tournament with a CAA Tournament Championship in 2011, CAA Regular Season title in 2014 and two CAA Tournament Finals appearances.
· In the past five seasons, Delaware has posted a record of 24-19-7 (.550) against CAA opponents.
· With 12 career assists, Joe Dipre is tied for eighth all-time in program history with McCloskey and Roger Morley (1966-68).
· Brian Ainscough (Fairleigh Dickinson '87) is in his 11th season as the head coach at Northeastern. During his tenure with the Huskies, he has posted a mark of 80-88-35 while he is 165-162-49 in 21 years overall as a head coach at Northeastern, Bowdoin and Providence.
ABOUT NORTHEASTERN
Similar to Delaware's matchup at Hofstra last week, Northeastern came up on the wrong side of the 2-1 double overtime shootout against the No. 22 Pride Wednesday. With the loss, the Huskies fell to 1-4 in CAA action and 1-8-2 on the year. Their lone win of the season came with a 2-1 victory over William & Mary last Saturday. Frantzdy Pierrot is the current CAA Player of the Week after tallying two goals. He currently leads NU with nine points on four goals and one assist while Khesanio Hall has posted a team-best three assists. Jonathan Thuresson has started eight games in goal for Northeastern and averages 1.19 goals allowed per game with a .773 save percentage.
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