University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Looks to Improve CAA Ranking at William & Mary Saturday
10/30/2015 12:11:00 PM | Men's Soccer
NEWARK, Del. – The Blue Hens (8-6-3, 4-2-1 CAA) seek to move up in the CAA standings Saturday in the regular season finale at William & Mary.
With a win over the Tribe and an Elon loss to the College of Charleston, Delaware would finish the year with 16 points and receive the No. 2 seed and a bye from the quarterfinals round. Should the Hens and Cougars finish tied with 13 or 14 points, UD would be the No. 3 seed and host a quarterfinal game based on the head-to-head tiebreaker.
BROADCAST 🎥
Saturday's game will be broadcast online, for free, via TribeAthletics.tv.
LIVE STATS 📊
· Saturday at William & Mary
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LAST TIME OUT ⚽️
Guillermo Delgado posted a career-best five points Wednesday evening at a rainy Stuart & Suzanne Grant Stadium as Delaware defeated James Madison, 4-0. The win was the first against the Dukes in Newark since the 2009 season. With the victory, the Hens improve to 8-6-3 overall and 4-2-1 in league play while JMU drops to 3-9-4 on the year and 2-3-1 in the CAA. Delaware also moved into third in the CAA standings with 13 points. Delgado notched the game's first goal in the 17th minute off an assist from Thomas de Villardi. The Blue Hens scored early and often to begin the second half of play as Ben Sampson notched his second goal of the season in the 51st minute on a header off a corner kick from Carlos Perales. Nick DiRienzo collected his first goal of the year just three minutes later as Delgado assisted on 18-yard shot. Delgado concluded the scoring in the 58th minute with a breakaway goal. Joe Dipre picked up his 15th career assist on the play. Todd Morton collected two saves in his fourth shutout of the year while the Blue Hens picked up two team saves in the win.
HEN SCRATCHINGS
· Delaware has won four of its last five contests. During that span, the Hens have outscored their opponents, 15-5.
· Guillermo Delgado has now reached 80 career points on 35 goals and 10 assists in just three seasons. John McCloskey (1975-78) is second in school history with 82 career points (35g, 12a).
· Delgado's 35 goals are good to tie for second all-time with McCloskey. Mike Biggs (1968-70) is the career-leader with 47 scores.
· Joe Dipre has moved into fourth place in the career record books with 15 assists. John Petito (1978-82) and current Delaware assistant coach Roberto Giménez (2011-13) are tied for second all-time with 16 career assists.
· Thomas de Villardi has registered at least one assist in four of the last five games.
· Eleven Blue Hens have tallied at least one point on the year.
· 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.
· Todd Morton was named the CAA Rookie of the Week after tallying 11 saves to help the Hens go 1-0-1 against a pair of nationally ranked opponents last week. Through nine matches this season, Morton is ranked 24th nationally with a 0.73 GAA and 13th with a save percentage of .837.
· A long-time member of the Tribe men's soccer program, Chris Norris (William & Mary '94) enters his 24th season overall and 11th as the team's head coach. During his head coaching tenure, Norris has posted a record of 107-90-32 (.537).
ABOUT WILLIAM & MARY
The Tribe (7-7-2, 2-5-0 CAA) looks to move its winning streak to four matches. Jackson Eskay leads the Green and Gold with 19 points on six goals and seven assists. Freshman Ryder Bell is second the team with seven goals, three assists and 17 points. Redshirt junior Mac Phillips has seen the most action in the net with 12 starts and 14 appearances with a 1.46 goals-against-average, 38 saves, and three shutouts.
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