Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University women's soccer team will face Caldwell College in the quarterfinals of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship, which is set to begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
 
Holy Family (10-7-0, 7-5-0 CACC), seeded sixth in this year's championship, will travel to third seeded Caldwell College (8-7-2, 7-3-2 CACC) for a quarterfinal clash.  This marks the 13^th consecutive season that the Tigers have qualified for the CACC Championship.  The game will be held at the soccer field on the campus of Rutgers-Newark.
 
The Tigers finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the CACC with Chestnut Hill College and Georgian Court University.  However, due to Holy Family's regular season losses to both teams, the Tigers received the sixth seed in the championship.
 
In their regular season match up, the Tigers fell short to Caldwell by the score of 3-2 at home.  Freshman Natalie Migoya ended up scoring the game-winner for the Cougars in the 87^th minute after Caldwell overcame a 2-0 deficit.  It marked Caldwell's first ever victory against Holy Family.  The Tigers were 13-0 all-time against the Cougars prior to this season.
 
Senior Dawn Curry (Pennsville, N.J/Pennsville) and junior Megan Tole (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan), who both have scored ten goals this season, lead the Holy Family offensive attack.  Tole is fourth in the conference in scoring with 27 points, while Curry is ranked fifth with 23 points.  In the teams past two games, Curry has scored the game-winner in both including the double-overtime victory against Millersville University (2-1) and a last minute score versus Wilmington University (3-2). 
 
Freshmen Kimber Kisselback (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) and MaryKate Morris (Philadelphia, Pa./Saint Hubert's) have combined for 16 points this season.  Kisselback has scored four goals and one assist for nine points, while Morris has tallied three goals and one assist for seven points.  Junior Melissa Benson (Rockledge, Pa./Little Flower) has scored two goals and recorded four assists for eight points this year.
 
The Holy Family defense has limited opponents to only 1.53 goals per game and 11.4 shots per contest this season.  The Tigers feature a tandem of goalkeepers in senior Gina Mansi (Washington Twp., N.J./Washington Twp. ) and junior Rachel Dunkle (Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood).  Mansi has a goals against average of 1.54 to go along with a .766 save percentage with 36 saves.  Dunkle has recorded a 1.49 goals against average, while recording a .754 save percentage.  Dunkle has tallied 46 saves and has four shutouts this season.
 
For Caldwell, Migoya leads the team in scoring with 20 points.  Migoya has scored a team-best nine goals to go along with two assists.  Julie Crankshaw leads the team with four assists as she has also scored two goals for eight points.  Goalkeeper Kristina Cabales has a goals against average of 1.45 to go along with 75 saves.
 
The winner of this match with face the winner of the #7 Dominican/#2 Felician match in the semifinal round, which is set to begin on Thursday, Nov. 3 at Chestnut Hill College. 
 
For more information on the upcoming women's soccer championship visit the official website of the CACC at http://www.caccathletics.org (.)
 
 
 
 
2011 CACC Women's Championship Quarterfinals
Tuesday, Nov. 1 - at higher seeds
#8 Post at #1 Philadelphia - 2 p.m.
#7 Dominican at #2 Felician - 2 p.m.
#6 Holy Family at #3 Caldwell - 3 p.m.
#5 Chestnut Hill at #4 Georgian Court - 2 p.m.