Defending champs host first-round playoff action

Summary: Salve Regina University men's soccer enters the 2013 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championships as the fourth seed and will host its in-state rival Roger Williams University, the fifth seed, in a quarterfinal match on Saturday, November 2 at 12 p.m. Gordon College earned the first seed while tiebreak procedures separated Western New England University and Nichols College for the second and third seeds, respectively.

Match-up: #4 Salve Regina (9-7-2; 5-3-1 CCC) at #5 Roger Williams (14-4-1; 4-4-1 CCC)

Match date, time and site: Sat., Nov. 2, 2013; 12 p.m. @ Newport, R.I. (Reynolds Field)

Video: http://bit.ly/HjuvLZ (Salve Regina men's soccer on Ustream.tv)

Series edge: Roger Williams leads, 21-9-2

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• Salve Regina continues its longest in-state rivalry when it plays at Roger Williams for the 33rd time in Saturday's Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) quarterfinal round match-up.
• Roger Williams holds a 21-9-2 lead in the all-time series, dating back to the 1983 season.
• The Seahawks won a 2-1 decision against the Hawks during their Fall Festival Weekend (September 28, 2013).
• Sophomore Andrew Chenard struck first to get the Seahawks on the board in the 12th minute.
• Roger Williams found its equalizer just over 20 minutes later after Andrew Carlson took a pass from Trevor Hoxsie to beat Salve Regina's keeper and even the score at 1-1.
• Salve Regina took the lead for good with a goal from junior Nicholas Carbone off a pass from junior Issa Demirgioglu in the 53rd minute.
• Salve Regina's sophomore goalie Daniel Stern made six saves in the win while Jon Pelloso made five saves in the loss for Roger Williams.
• For its first conference championship in 1998, Salve Regina defeated Roger Williams, 2-1, in the title match.

• Since 1998, Salve Regina has won three Commonwealth Coast Conference championships.
• Roger Williams has captured the title six times with two three-championship streaks (1999-2001 and 2004-2006).
• The Seahawks and Hawks have met eight times in the CCC postseason including three times in the finals; Salve Regina won the 1998 final (2-1) while Roger Williams took the 2004 title (1-0) on the Fort Adams pitch, and then a 3-2 overtime victory in Bristol in 2006.
• Last meeting in the postseason: Salve Regina defeated Roger Williams, 1-0, in a quarterfinal match in 2010.
• In the 2012 championships, Salve Regina defeated Eastern Nazarene (3-0) in quarterfinal action then Gordon (2-1) in its semifinal before capturing its third championship with a title victory over Nichols (2-0). Jake Weinshank scored both goals in the championship win.

• No conference school has won more than three titles in a row.
• Roger Williams has two separate three-championship streaks and Western New England won four in five seasons with a three-title streak ranging from 2007-2009.
• 2012 champion Salve Regina is looking for its first repeat performance.

• Salve Regina is 21-8-1 all-time when hosting a Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament game.
• The Seahawks have won their last five home playoff contests, including three last year en route to clinching their third conference championship.
• Largest margin of victory when hosting CCC playoff contest - October 27, 1992 - Salve Regina defeated Anna Maria, 10-2.
• Last three defeats when hosting a CCC playoff have been 1-0 final scores; last home playoff loss came in 2009 against Gordon.

• Salve Regina posts its third straight shutout and fifth in last six games.
• Andrew Chenard delivered a cross into the penalty box and Evan Dudney fired a half-volley into the left corner of the cage for his third goal of the season.

• Roger Williams has lost its last two games while not scoring a goal against the top two teams in the league.
• Salve Regina has posted three straight shutouts which includes a scoreless double-overtime draw at Western New England.
• Last 10 games ... Salve Regina is 7-2-1 and Roger Williams is 6-3-1. The teams met 10 games ago with Salve Regina taking a 2-1 decision.

• Trevor Hoxsie (13) and James Sheldon (9) rank second and third in the league, respectively, in goals scored. Hoxsie shares the league lead in points (30) with Andrew Vandervoort of Gordon College.
• Alex Wasilewski leads the Seahawks in scoring with seven goals, including three game-winners.

• Salve Regina owns a 2-1-1 mark in four contests on November 2.
• Every time the Seahawks have played on November 2 the game has been contested in Newport.
• Last game on this date: November 2, 2006 - Salve Regina ties New England College, 1-1, and advances with a shootout to the finals against Roger Williams. In the first round of the shootout, both teams made three out of five attempts. The shootout then moved to a sudden-victory format. Each team converted three straight kicks before Salve Regina freshman Gregory Stackow beat the Pilgrim keeper to the right. With his team up, freshman Kurt Ginthwain stopped the next NEC shot.

1. Roger Williams - 91 (5)
2. Salve Regina - 89 (3)
3. Western New England - 77 (2)
4. Endicott - 68
5. Nichols - 66
6. Gordon - 59
7. Curry - 34
8. Eastern Nazarene - 25
9. University of New England - 23
10. Wentworth - 18

1. Gordon (8-1-0)
2. Western New England (6-1-2)
3. Nichols (6-1-2)
4. Salve Regina (5-3-1)
5. Roger Williams (4-4-1)
6. Endicott (4-5-0)
7. Curry (2-4-3)
8. Wentworth (2-6-1)
9. University of New England (1-6-2)
10. Eastern Nazarene (1-8-0)

• Four of the conference members remain in the latest NCAA Division III Regional Ranking.
• Salve Regina beat Roger Williams head-to-head and finished ahead of the Hawks in the conference standings, but the fifth seed in the conference tournament is also the fifth-ranked team in the region - ahead of Western New England and Nichols.

2013 CCC MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals • Saturday, November 2
#8 Wentworth at #1 Gordon, 11 a.m.
#7 Curry at #2 Western New England, 12 p.m. 
#6 Endicott at #3 Nichols, 1p.m.
#5 Roger Williams at #4 Salve Regina, 1 p.m. 

Semifinals • Tuesday, November 5
#1/8 winner vs. #4/5 winner, 1 p.m. (at higher seed)
#2/7 winner vs. #3/6 winner, 1 p.m. (at higher seed)

Championship Match • Saturday, November 9
Semifinal Winners, 1 p.m. (at higher seed)