By: Laura Chapman
Assistant Sports Information Director
chapmal@juniata.edu • juniatasports.net
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Juniata College Athletics has carried its strong performance from the start of the year straight into the postseason becoming the only member of the Landmark Conference to qualify for all four postseason tournaments.
“I think it’s a credit to all the hard work of a lot of coaches and the support staff,” said Director of Athletics Greg Curley. “The improvements we’ve made as a department are thanks to the support the administration and Juniata has shown athletics and our student-athletes and really the commitment of many.”
Women’s
Soccer
The Eagles have put together the most successful season in Juniata
women’s soccer history. Their overall record of 14-4 is a new
program high for wins in a season. The 53 goals they have scored
along the way has also set a new team single season record and
Juniata, tapped to finish tied for last by the conference preseason
poll, has earned the No. 2 seed in the Landmark tournament, which
is the highest regular season finish for the team to date. The
Eagles will host Drew University Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 2:30 p.m. on
Winton Hill Field in semifinals play. The two teams met last
Saturday in the final match of the regular season with the Eagles
prevailing 3-0. Drew also finished the conference season with a 4-2
record, but Juniata earned the head-to-head tiebreaker on Saturday
to finished second and gain home field advantage.
Women’s
Volleyball
Juniata finished the conference season 5-0 earning the No. 1 seed
in the tournament and championship hosting honors for the seventh
consecutive year. Overall, Juniata is 41-0 in Landmark play since
the inception of the league and has won the previous six conference
titles. The first round of the tournament starts Tuesday, Nov. 5,
with No. 3 Catholic University of America hosting No. 6 Goucher
College and No. 4 The University of Scranton hosting No. 5 Moravian
University. Both matches take place at 7 p.m. Semifinal action will
begin in Kennedy Sports + Recreation Center on Friday, Nov. 8, with
Juniata facing the winner of the Scranton/Moravian match at 5:30
p.m. and No. 2 Susquehanna battling the winner of Catholic/Goucher.
The finals will take place Saturday, Nov. 9, at 3 p.m.
Men’s
Soccer
The Juniata men’s soccer team set a new single season wins
record en route to qualifying for its first-ever postseason
appearance. The Eagles finished the conference season 3-3-1 and
qualified as the No. 4 seed. Juniata’s conference record
equaled that of Scranton, but, after a thrilling 1-0 overtime
victory, Juniata owns the tiebreaker to secure the final spot in
the conference tournament. They finished the regular season 12-5-2
and earned the programs first National Soccer Coaches Association
of America (NSCAA) regional ranking, and stayed ranked for three
consecutive weeks. The Eagles will face No. 1 seeded Catholic in
Washington D.C. at 2:30 Thursday, Nov. 7.
Field Hockey
After missing out on its first Landmark tournament appearance last
year, Juniata field hockey has come charging back to earn the No.3
seed in the tournament with a league record of 4-2. The Eagles have
won half of the Landmark titles to date with the other half won by
Catholic. The two teams will meet Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in
Washington D.C. in semifinal action. Two of Juniata’s three
conference titles were won on the Catholic campus.
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