UTICA, NY – The Utica College women's soccer team hits the road to take on nationally-ranked No. 22 Nazareth College in an Empire 8 matchup Saturday. Game time is set for 1 p.m.

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LAST TIME OUT: The Pioneers were outscored 2-1 as they took on Bard College in the 30 MPH wind and rain on Wednesday night …Trailing 1-0 in the second half, Alana Fitzpatrick (Cheshire, CT/Holy Cross) found Maddisen Melley (Wappingers Falls, NY/Roy C. Ketcham) for the Pioneers only lone of the game ... Bard College came back to score its second goal of the game to secure to win.

TIED FOR THE LEAD: Maddison Melley and Alana Fitzpatrick (Cheshire, CT/Holy Cross) are tied for a team-lead with 14 points each … Melley has scored seven goals, while Fitzpatrick has scored five goals and added four assists … Keri Berkowitz (Racine, WI/Racine Saint Catherine's) is tied with Fitzpatrick for the team-lead with four assists.

MAKING THE TRANSITION: Freshman Keri Berkowitz (Racine, WI/Racine Saint Catherine's) has played in 15 games and has started in 14 … In the last four games she has made the transition to goalie … Berkowitz has recorded a .759 save percentage on 40 shots … She has a 1.99 goals against average and 22 saves.

IRREPLACEABLE MINUTES: Morgan Donovan (Farmingdale, NY/Half Hollow Hills East ) has started and played in every game this season, while anchoring the defense … Donovan is leading the team with 1,376 minutes played … The junior defender has helped UC to one shutout victory over Clarkson University (9/5/14).

WE'RE DUE: The last time UC beat Nazareth was back in September of 2006, by the score of 2-0 … In 2006, Head Coach Claire McLain led UC to its first-ever Empire 8 Conference Championship final … UC was within one victory of an NCAA Tournament berth.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN FLYERS: Nazareth is 11-3-1 overall and is undefeated at home with a record of 7-0 … The Golden Flyers have 17 different players with at least one point this season … Naz has three players in the top ten for overall points; they also feature Michaela Soules, who is the Empire 8 leader in assists.

LAST TIME AGAINST NAZ: UC hosted Naz at Charles A. Gaetano stadium last year (10/26/13) … The Golden Flyers got on the board early with two quick goals … Then senior, Sarah Southwell (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) scored on Alana Fitzpatrick (Cheshire, CT/Holy Cross)'s rebound to cut the deficit to 2-1 … Naz then scored in the second half to help secure the win … Naz outshot UC 26-12.

NEXT TIME OUT: Utica will host its season finale, an Empire 8 Conference match up against Elmira College, on November 1st. UC will send off four seniors on Senior Night; Jenna Hughes (Brookfield, NY/Brookfield), Maddisen Melley (Wappingers Falls, NY/Roy C. Ketcham), Alana Fitzpatrick (Cheshire, CT/Holy Cross), and Katie Matloff (Grafton, MA/Grafton). The game is set to start at 7 p.m. at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium.