Following a 1-0 win against the University of Delaware to conclude the regular season, the Drexel women’s soccer team will head into the Colonial Athletic Association Championships as the No. 2 seed. For the first time in program history, the Dragons have achieved a winning season, as the closing regular-season match marked their 13th win [...]
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Drexel tops W&M on late goal by midfielder Hammaker
The Drexel women’s soccer team continued winnging by picking up a victory in its only game last week. Drexel defeated a very good College of William & Mary squad Oct. 14 to improve to 11-3-2 (5-2-1 Colonial Athletic Association). Drexel sophomore goalkeeper Eve Badana stopped all five shots that came her way en route to [...]
Women’s soccer posts 3-0 shutout against Hofstra
The Drexel University women’s soccer team reached the halfway point of Colonial Athletic Association play on a hot streak, winners of two straight and three of their last four overall. The Dragons’ last win was their ninth, the most the program has ever obtained in a single season. Despite their success to this point in [...]
Drexel defeats Northeastern on lone goal by Vazquez
After surviving a challenging three-game road trip through the Colonial Athletic Association’s southernmost and northernmost teams, the Drexel women’s soccer team has the best record in the conference. The Dragons took two of three from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Georgia State University and Northeastern University. The trip got off to a bad start [...]
Women’s soccer extends unbeaten streak to nine
Two games into conference play, the Drexel women’s soccer team’s unbeaten streak remains intact at nine and counting. The first two teams in the conference to get a shot at breaking the streak, George Mason and Towson universities, failed to snap the Dragon’s run. The most recent set of games that added to the run [...]
DU soccer’s Chapman, Pataia receive CLEAR honors
Drexel Athletics named two soccer players as CLEAR Players of the Week for their performance the weekend of Sept. 21. Sophomore midfielder Michele Pataia won the honors for the men’s team, and sophomore defender Melissa Chapman received the honors for the women’s team. Pataia won the award for his effort in a 4-1 win over [...]
Women’s soccer shuts out Temple
It was a historic start to the season for the women’s soccer team. Following a 1-0 victory over Temple University Sept. 14, the Dragons are off to their best start in program history, notching another win to move to 6-1-1. The Dragons got the win via their fifth shutout of the season, and four of [...]
W. soccer kicks off season right
After losing the first contest of the 2012-13 season against Longwood, the women’s soccer team has rebounded with an impressive three-game winning streak. The Drexel University women’s soccer season is finally underway. The Dragons (3-1-0) have already played four games against Longwood University, Liberty University, Villanova University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Drexel [...]
Women’s soccer team prepares for fall campaign
Another exciting season awaits the Drexel women’s soccer team. The Dragons will start their campaign Aug. 17 with a match in Farmville, Va., against Longwood University. The next two fixtures will also be away against Liberty University and Villanova University, respectively. On Aug. 27 the team will have its home opener at Vidas Field against [...]
Eve Badana brings solidity to net for Goon’s squad
As the days grow shorter, Thanksgiving lurks over the horizon, the basketball season starts with a bang and the frantic pace of the Drexel term eases, we get the perfect opportunity to meet one of Drexel soccer’s newest faces. “My inaugural season here at Drexel was very enjoyable,” freshman goalkeeper Eve Badana said. “The work [...]
Valient efforts fall just short for women’s soccer
Senior forward Jenna Lindsay dribbles the ball upfield toward the goal against Northeastern sophomore defender Cassidy Costa. The Dragons and Huskies played the entire game Oct. 2 at Vidas Field without managing a score as the teams ended in a 0-0 draw. Written off at an early stage of the season by a Colonial Athletic [...]
Women’s soccer needs win to make post season
When the schedules come out at the start of each Colonial Athletic Association season, some games are circled as potential conference deciders, others as senior-night games, and finally some as absolute must-wins. Every now and again, the list makers throw up a fixture that blends all three into a compelling end-of-season prospect. When Drexel (6-8-4, [...]
Years after, Meikle Koch continues to inspire DU
The late Laura Meikle Koch dribbles the ball down the field during a home game on the Vidas grass. The top scorer passed away of lung cancer in 2008 at the young age of 28. Updated: Oct. 19, 3:41 p.m. Did you ever have that friend in elementary school that would always stick up for [...]
Women’s soccer shifts attention
Drexel freshman midfielder Alyssa Findlay dribbles the ball toward the opponent’s goal during a Oct. 2 home game against Colonial Athletic Association rival Northeastern. The Dragons played stiff defense all game and forced the Huskies into a scoreless tie. Updated: Oct. 19, 1:09 p.m. In Chicago, 23 will always be Michael Jordan. In Sao Paulo, [...]
Women’s soccer off to hot start in conference play
Senior forward Jenna Lindsay makes a move past the opposition’s defender during a home game at the Vidas Athletic Complex last season. The New Jersey native has started all 10 games this season and leads the Dragons in scoring with nine points overall — four goals and one assist. Update: The women’s soccer team lost [...]
Women’s soccer looks to bring home success on the road
There are many things that make the Vidas Athletic Complex an intimidating arena for visiting teams. Be it the menacing blow-up Mario that keeps guard from aloft, the banners that herald the 1958 National championship-winning men’s soccer side or the sound of yet another fire truck screaming away from the nearby fire station. Yet all [...]
Women’s soccer drops opener
Emblazoned on the covers of disaster survival manuals, one usually finds a phrase such as “Be Prepared.” What goes without saying is the inherent admonition from Douglas Adams’s classic Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “Don’t Panic.” In a week that saw office buildings evacuated and social media sites swamped as we handled the biggest earthquake [...]
USA women’s soccer team heads to world cup final
USA’s Abby Wambach, second from left, heads the ball past France’s goalkeeper Berangere Sapowicz during the Women’s World Cup at Borussia-Park stadium in Monchengladbach, Germany, July 13. USA won 3-1, progressing the team to the July 17 final round. At the National Soccer Coaches Association of America annual convention this year, there were whispers of [...]
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