BALTIMORE – A busy weekend on the campus of Notre Dame of Maryland translates to the court and the field as the Gators athletic teams play in front of a campus community celebrating Parent & Family Weekend this weekend.
This weekend will also mark senior day festivities for the Gators Soccer Programs.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Tuesday, October 13th at 3 p.m. at Penn State Abington
Saturday, October 17th at 1 p.m. vs. Keystone at the Turf Field Sponsored by the SSNDs
The Gators enter this week with a 3-7-1 overall record and a 1-2-1 record in conference play. They earned a road draw against Penn State Brandywine before falling to Penn State Berks at home last Saturday.
Alex Busick and Ava Tippett lead the Gators with four goals apiece while Taylor Edwards has three goals and three assists.
Leah Hasberry is second in the conference with 85 saves this season. Hasberry is one of five seniors on this year's team, along with Adrienne Villa, Jillian Seay, Malaika Habib, and Ariana Rodriguez.
Halfway through conference play, the Gators are in a tight battle for a spot in the conference tournament. Their final four games will feature them facing the teams occupying the bottom three spots in the standings.
Penn State Abington enters this week with a 1-10-2 overall record and a 1-2-1 record in United East play; they are tied with NDMU, only ahead on goal differential, for the eighth and final spot.
Abington's lone win is a 4-0 decision over Cairn on September 29
th. Kaitlyn Frank leads the team's offense, having scored three of the Nittany Lions' seven goals. Sara Hogan has provided a trio of assists as well.
The Gators are 1-2 all-time in this series, most recently winning 2-1 last season.
The Gators close the week off against Keystone, who is 0-7 on the season and 0-5 in conference play and have been out-scored 69-1. Emma Herman scored the Giants' lone goal this season, doing so against Albright back on Sept. 24.
The all-time series is tied 7-7-1; NDMU has won the last two games in the series by a combined 11-2 scoreline.
MEN'S SOCCER
Tuesday, October 13th at 4 p.m. vs. Penn State Abington at the Turf Field Sponsored by the SSNDS
Saturday, October 17th at 4 p.m. vs. Keystone at the Turf Field Sponsored by the SSNDs
The Gators are 4-3-2 overall on the season and 3-1 in conference play; they are riding an all-time program-best three match winning streak, all via shutouts, and currently sit fifth in the conference standings.
The Gators have not allowed a goal in 224 minutes of play and own the league's best defense, only conceding 11 times this season.
Athanasios Ziliaskopolous is tied for third in the league with seven goals and has the conference's best goals per game ratio of .778, and Tassilo Lehmkuhl leads the conference as he averages half an assist per game.
The men have four seniors on this year's team – Lehmkuhl, Jefferson Da Silva, Myles Tanksley, and Cristo Sanchez.
Penn State Abington enters the week with a perfect conference record, winning all five United East matches, outscoring opponents 20-2 as they hold a three-point lead atop the conference standings.
Frankie Rafferty is tied for the conference lead with nine goals, while Amerr Yagoub is tied for the league lead with five assists.
Hector Ortiz has allowed a league-low 0.63 goals per game and owns a .865 save percentage.
The Nittany Lions won the first-ever matchup in this series last season, winning 4-0 on their home field.
Keystone enters the week with a 5-7-1 overall record and a 3-2 record in conference play; they are tied with the Gators in the conference standings, only behind on goal differential.
Aiden Cummings is responsible for six of the Giants' 15 goals this season, and Marcos Louzada leads the team with three assists.
The Gators have picked up a win and a draw in their two all-time meetings against Keystone; this is the first time the two team will meet in Baltimore.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Wednesday, October 14th at 7 p.m. at Penn State Harrisburg
Friday, October 16th at 7 p.m. vs. Penn State Berks at the MBK Sports Complex
The Gators return to court on Wednesday after a week away from game action, when they defeated future conference opponents Gwynedd Mercy in straight sets last Wednesday.
The Gators' offense is led by the duo of Kaliyah Brown and Bryanna Carter, who rank seventh and eighth in the conference in kills per set, respectively.
Libero Izzy Stewart is seventh in digs and ninth in aces, and Oliviya Rodriguez is third in assists.
Penn State Harrisburg sits on top of the conference standings with a 4-0 record and a 10-6 overall record.
The Nittany Lions hit .192 as a team, second-best in the conference, and are led by Camryn Wettstone and Brianna Ondishin Ribon, who are both top-ten in the conference in kills.
The Gators are winless against Harrisburg in nine all-time meetings.
The Gators then host Penn State Berks as a part of Parent & Family Weekend on Friday evening. Berks, like the Gators, are 7-11 on the season and are 2-3 in conference play.
The Nittany Lions hit .110 as a team and Delaney Gote leads the team with 2.97 kills per set, while setter Libby Swoyer is fifth in the conference with 5.20 assists per set.
The Gators are 4-1 all-time in this series, having won the last four contests dating back to 2019; all four wins for the Gators have been sweeps.
CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, October 17th at 10 a.m. at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational
The Gators run for the second-successive weekend, doing so at the Aubrey Shenk Invitational hosted by Gettysburg College.
Last time out, a trio of Gators – Sanai Helms, Alyssa Rojas, and Keylinn Yanes – ran at the Golden Ram Open, where they finished 24
th, 26
th, and 28
th, respectively. Helms clocked a time of 37:18.2 to lead the way.
This is the Gators' final meet before they compete at the United East Championships on Halloween.
