The 8-0 women's soccer team earned the highest ranking in their 21-year history this week when the Dutchwomen were named the No. 1 team in the Northeast Region and earned a No. 8 spot on the national poll. Union, which has been on the road for all but three of their first eight games, play five of their last seven on Garis Field. The Dutchwomen are unbeaten at home in their last 22 games over the past four seasons.
Senior forward Missy
Matusewicz (Florence, MA/Northampton) earned her second-straight Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association “Player of the Week”
honor as she scored seven goals and three assists in wins over New Paltz,
Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Matusewicz now has seven career hat
tricks among her 13 multiple-goal games and has scored 64 goals and 150
points while starting all 61 games of her brilliant career.
Freshman Victoria Kuzman (Altamont,
NY/Guilderland) earned the UCAA's “Rookie of the Week” honors as she had an assist against New Paltz, a goal and an assist against Clarkson and a goal against St. Lawrence.
Union, which was ranked No. 3 in the state and No. 19 in the country before last week's sweep, has now outscored the opposition by an overall margin of 49-1, including a 22-1 advantage among its five UCAA opponents. The Dutchwomen have outshot their
eight opponents by a whopping 165-18 margin and hold a 91-11 advantage over league foes.