COLONIA, NJ – For each ECC sport in its conference portion of the season, the league office will determine an ECC Game of the Week to highlight the competitive spirit within the East Coast Conference. 

This week's women's volleyball, field hockey, men's soccer, and women's soccer Game of the Week selections for the week of October 12-18 will be streamed on FloCollege. To sign up, please click here.

Women's Volleyball
St. Thomas Aquinas at Daemen – Saturday, October 17
11:00 AM • Lumsden Gymnasium • Amherst, NY
The top four teams at the conclusion of the regular season qualify for the ECC postseason. This week's ECC Women's Volleyball Game of the Week storyline writes itself as the Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas and Wildcats of Daemen, currently tied with each other for fourth place, will battle for the middle-of-the-season edge. 

St. Thomas Aquinas enters the week 7-9 overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Spartans are winners of two of their last three after a 3-2 home victory over D'Youville on Oct. 4 and 3-1 road victory over Queens on Oct. 10. STAC is led by Adriana Zarceno (179 kills, 18 service aces), Boglarka Kiss (268 digs), Stepanka Bicistova (279 assists, 15 service aces), and Biana Bilc (27.0 blocks)

Daemen (10-8, 2-2 ECC) took down Roberts Wesleyan on Oct. 7 (W, 3-0) before falling to D'Youville on Oct. 11 (L, 3-0) to enter this week. The Wildcats are led by Audrey Johnson (167 kills, 26 service aces), Avery Craig (190 digs, 23 service aces), Maddie Schamaun (359 assists), and Jolie Faw (64.0 blocks). 

The teams face off for the first time this season on Oct. 3, with Daemen earning a 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-17) road win in Sparkill, NY. The Wildcats finished with advantages in kills (36-26), service aces (12-4) and hitting percentage (.142-.068). Craig finished with a team-high 10 kills and added seven digs along with two aces for a team-high 12.5 points. Amelia Gonzalez led the team with five blocks and added seven kills for a team-high .353 clip along with five digs for 11.5 points on the day. Johnson finished with a career-high seven aces, chipping in eight digs and four kills. Schamaun totaled 19 assists, five digs and one ace. Mollie Berry totaled a team-high 11 digs.

ECC Women's Volleyball Standings Entering Week of Oct. 12
1. Mercy (4-0 ECC)
T-2. D'Youville (3-1 ECC)
T-2. Molloy (3-2 ECC)
T-4. Daemen (2-2 ECC)
T-4. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-2 ECC)
6. Queens (1-4 ECC)
7. Roberts Wesleyan (0-4 ECC)

Field Hockey
Roberts Wesleyan at Molloy – Saturday, October 17
1:00 PM • RVC Athletic Complex • Rockville Centre, NY
It's a top-of-the-ECC showdown as Molloy, currently tied for second in the ECC standings with D'Youville, welcomes undefeated Roberts Wesleyan to the RVC Athletic Complex on Saturday for the ECC Field Hockey Game of the Week. 

Roberts Wesleyan enters the week 5-5 overall and a perfect 3-0 in conference play after ECC victories over Dominican on Oct. 3 (W, 1-0 OT), Mercy on Oct. 6 (W, 3-2; PSO 2-0), and St. Thomas Aquinas on Oct. 10 (W, 3-0). The Redhawks top the conference in points/points per game (56/5.6), goals/goals per game (21/2.1), and assists/assists per game (14/1.4). RWU has three of the ECC's top eight point scorers with Natalee Lawrence's 12 points (6g), Gabby Croniser's 10 points (5g), and Avery Carinci's eight points (2g, 4a). Avery Richardson's 2.70 goals against average tops the ECC. 

Molloy (2-4, 2-1 ECC) rolled off back-to-back shutout victories over St. Thomas Aquinas on Oct. 3 (W, 4-0) and D'Youville on Oct. 6 (W, 1-0) before suffering its first ECC setback to Mercy on Oct. 10 (L, 3-1). Katie Ogurick ranks fourth in the ECC in points on four goals and two assists while Catherine Sasso is dominating with an ECC-leading seven defensive saves. 

ECC Field Hockey Standings Entering Week of Oct. 12
1. Roberts Wesleyan (3-0 ECC)
T-2. D'Youville (2-1 ECC)
T-2. Molloy (2-1 ECC)
T-4. Mercy (1-2 ECC)
T-4. Dominican (1-2 ECC) 
6. St. Thomas Aquinas (0-3 ECC)

Men's Soccer
D'Youville at Mercy – Saturday, Oct. 17
2:00 PM • Mercy Field • Dobbs Ferry, NY
Three meaningful conference points are up for grabs this Saturday as D'Youville, currently tied for first in the ECC with St. Thomas Aquinas (11 points) and Mercy, currently in sole possession of third (10 points), battle downstate in our ECC Men's Soccer Game of the Week. 

D'Youville enters the week 5-4-4 overall (3-1-2 ECC play) and is riding the momentum of three consecutive unbeaten results in conference action after a 3-1 home win over Roberts Wesleyan on Sept. 30, a 2-2 road draw with STAC on Oct. 3, and a 5-0 home rout over Daemen on Oct. 7. ECC Offensive Player of the Week Shawn Richardson (5) and Ethan Robinson (4) lead the Saints in scoring while goalkeeper Matthew Solorio boasts an ECC-leading six clean sheets with a 1.04 goals against average, which ranks third in the ECC. 

Entering the week, Mercy (9-2-3, 3-1-1 ECC) hasn't dropped a match since Sept. 19 and has stayed unbeaten in its last four conference games vs. Daemen on Sept. 26 (W, 2-1), Roberts Wesleyan on Oct. 3 (W, 4-0), District iof Columbia on Oct. 7 (T, 1-1), and Staten Island on Oct. 10 (W, 3-1). The offensively-powered Mavericks sit second in the conference in points/points per game (85/6.1), goals/goals per game (29/2,0), and assists/ assists per game (27/1.9). Mercy's 1-2 punch of Jacob Lund-Iversen (28 points, 11 goals) and John Hollis (17 points, 9 assists) top the conference while Sean Green's 0.82 goals against average ranks second among ECC goalkeepers. 

ECC Men's Soccer Standings Entering Week of Oct. 12
T-1. St. Thomas Aquinas (3-0-2 ECC, 11 points)
T-1. D'Youville (3-1-2 ECC, 11 points)
3. Mercy (3-1-1 ECC, 10 points)
T-4. Molloy (2-0-3 ECC, 9 points) 
T-4. Queens (3-2 ECC, 9 points) 
6. Staten Island (2-2-2 ECC, 8 points) 
T-7. Roberts Wesleyan (1-4 ECC, 3 points) 
T-7. Daemen (1-5 ECC, 3 points) 
9. District of Columbia (0-3-2 ECC, 2 points) 

Women's Soccer
Staten Island at Queens – Saturday, October 17
5:00 PM • Varsity Soccer Field • Flushing, NY
With two weeks left of regular-season play, each conference point is crucial toward determining the ECC poseason field of six as Queens, currently tied for fifth in the ECC with Daemen (8 points) and Staten Island, currently in sole possession of seventh (6 points), face off in our ECC Women's Soccer Game of the Week. 

Staten Island (3-6, 2-3 ECC) has won two of its last three conference matches entering the week, and the opportunity to make the postseason under first-year head coach Maddie Wright is very much alive as CSI has T-5 Queens and T-3 Mercy remaining. Oksana Zahirna ranks among the ECC's top goalkeepers in saves (69), save percentage (.841) and saves per game (8.63) while Caitlyn Thompson, Riley Hammond, and Addison Lucy lead the Dolphins in scoring. 

Entering the week, Queens (7-3-2, 2-0-2 ECC) hasn't dropped a match since Sept. 16 and has stayed unbeaten in its last four conference games vs. Roberts Wesleyan on Sept. 19 (W, 3-0), St. Thomas Aquinas on Sept. 29 (W, 3-1), Molloy on Oct. 3 (T, 1-1), and Daemen on Oct. 10 (T, 2-2). The offensively-powered Knights sit third in the conference in points (65), goals/goals per game (22/1.8), and assists (21). Ashley Kieblesz owns an ECC-leading 20 points and an ECC-leading nine goals and two helpers. Anna Tavantzis sits sixth in the league with 13 points (5g, 3a) while Mia Hanson's five assists top the ECC. Samantha Hines-Hirsch sports a 7-2-2 record and tops the conference with six clean sheets.

ECC Women's Soccer Standings Entering Week of Oct. 12
1. Molloy (4-1-1 ECC, 13 points)
2. Roberts Wesleyan (3-2-1 ECC, 10 points)
T-3. Mercy (3-1 ECC, 9 points)
T-3. D'Youville (3-2 ECC, 9 points)
T-5. Queens (2-0-2 ECC, 8 points)
T-5. Daemen (2-3-2 ECC, 8 points)
7. Staten Island (2-3 ECC, 6 points)
8. St. Thomas Aquinas (0-7, 0 points)

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Founded as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1989 and rechristened the East Coast Conference in July 2006, the ECC was formed to enhance intercollegiate athletic competition among member institutions and to assist them in integrating athletics into their academic program in a fiscally sound way. The ECC is committed to the highest standards of scholarship, sportsmanship, teamwork, and citizenship. Its mission is to promote the total person concept in its student-athletes, which stresses the abilities to excel in academic achievement, athletic competition, and positive character traits. East Coast Conference members include: Daemen University (Amherst, N.Y.); University of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.); D'Youville University (Buffalo, N.Y.); Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); Molloy University (Rockville Centre, N.Y.); Queens College (Flushing, N.Y.); Roberts Wesleyan University (Rochester, N.Y.); College of Staten Island (Staten Island, N.Y.); and St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, N.Y.). The ECC also is home to 13 associate members in the sports of women's bowling (3), men's and women's indoor track & field (3), men's volleyball (2), field hockey (1), and men's lacrosse (1).

The ECC sponsors the following championship sports: baseball; men's and women's basketball; women's bowling; men's and women's cross country; field hockey; men's and women's lacrosse; men's and women's indoor track and field; men's and women's outdoor track and field; men's and women's soccer; softball; and men's and women's volleyball.
 
The East Coast Conference is a proud member of the NCAA and Division II. Division II is a dynamic and engaging group of colleges, institutions and conferences of varying sizes and educational missions. Division II members encourage and support diversity; value sportsmanship, fairness and equity; and place the highest priority on the overall educational excellence of the student-athlete.