Tournament Bracket

Riverdale, N.Y. – After posting 11 regular season wins and four wins in Skyline Conference play, the College of Mount Saint Vincent Women's Soccer team will make its first league tournament appearance on Saturday when it travels to Old Westbury. The fifth seeded Dolphins and the fourth seeded Panthers will square off at Panther Park in Old Westbury at 12:00 p.m.
 
At A Glance: Mount Saint Vincent has recorded the most wins in a season on record and double figures in the win column for just the second time in 10 years so far in 2013. The Dolphins have combined to win 19 games to date in the last two seasons after winning nine over the previous four.
 
Sophomore Vanessa Cornacchio (Oceanside, N.Y.) is the Dolphins' leading scorer heading into Saturday's tilt with 12 goals and 27 points. Cornacchio finished with the game winning goal in six of the team's wins thus far.
 
Fellow newcomer Charlotte Barnham (London, England) paces the Dolphins with eight assists thus far and trails only Cornacchio on the team with her 24 points. Barnham is one of six Mount Saint Vincent with double figures in the point category.
 
Junior goalkeeper Kelly Hilly (Massapequa, N.Y.) has anchored the defense with a 1.28 goals against average and three shutouts. She has picked up seven of the team's 11 wins and compiled an .815 save percentage
 
Mount Saint Vincent featured a season long winning streak of three games from September 9-14 and lost consecutive games just once on its way to an 11-7 overall record and a 4-4 mark in Skyline Conference play.
 
Head Coach Giuseppe Pennetti: In his second season at the helm of the Women's Soccer program at Mount Saint Vincent head Coach Giuseppe Pennetti has posted a 19-15 overall record and a 6-10 mark in Skyline Conference play.
 
After being outscored 68-16 and allowing 184 points in 2011, the Dolphins improved on those numbers in Pennetti's first season in 2012, slicing the team's goals against average by nearly two goals. In 2013, the Dolphins have outscored opponents 57-23 heading into Saturday's contest and posted a team goals against average of 1.28.
 
A Look At Old Westbury: The Panthers stand at 11-7 overall and 4-3 in league play heading into their regular season finale against NYU-POLY on Thursday afternoon. Old Westbury has won its last three matches overall and four of its last six heading into Thursday's contest.
 
JoAnna Kettel is the Panthers leading goal scorer with 17 tallies to date and has amassed a team-high 40 points. Stephanie Maybie leads Old Westbury with six assists and is second on the team in goals with 14 and points with 34. Monika Santelli and Emily Winberry are the only other Old Westbury players in double figures in points with 11 and 10, respectively.
 
Caitlin Thomas has anchored the Panthers in goal, starting each of the team's 18 games heading into Thursday afternoon. She sports a 1.62 goals against average, a .750 save percentage and has made 87 stops for Old Westbury.
 
The 2013 Match-Up: Old Westbury picked up a 3-0 win over the Mount back on September 29. The Panthers scored three second half goals starting with the game winner from Edania Martinez in the 54^th minute. Kettell added the other two goals, her eighth and ninth of the season, to secure the win. Thomas earned the shutout win with three saves. Hilly made seven stops for Mount Saint Vincent in the contest.
 
The Series: Since the 2008 season, the Dolphins are winless against the Panthers, dropping all six meetings. Old Westbury is outscoring Mount Saint Vincent over that stretch by a 29-1 margin.
 
Skyline Conference Tournament: In addition to the Dolphins and Panthers, Purchase and St. Joseph's-L.I. will play a quarterfinal contest on Saturday. The winner of the Mount Saint Vincent Old Westbury contest will travel to top seed Mount Saint Mary on November 6, while the winner of the other quarterfinal will travel to Farmingdale State. The semifinal winners will meet on November 9 on the campus of Mount Saint Mary. Farmingdale State, the second seed in 2013, has won each conference crown since 2007. 

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