NEW YORK - Eight-time defending champion Farmingdale State is the top seed for the six-team 2015 Skyline Conference Women's Soccer Championship, which gets underway on Saturday, Oct. 31.
For the second-consecutive season, there was a tie for the regular-season title -- this time, with three teams all at 8-1 in conference play: Farmingdale State (12-5-2), Sage (14-4) and Mount Saint Mary (13-6-1); the teams earned the Nos. 1-through-3 seeds in the championship, respectively, by virtue of the conference's tie-breaking procedures.
Farmingdale State, led by Ashley Guerrero's 29 points (12 g, 5 a), and Sage (Nicole Maher, 0.80 goals-against average) both earn first-round byes and will commence play in semifinal action on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Saturday's first-round action features No. 3 Mount Saint Mary playing host to sixth-seeded Mount Saint Vincent, while No. 5 Old Westbury travels east to Patchogue, N.Y., to fourth-seeded St. Joseph's-Long Island.
MSMC received 24 points (11 g, 2a) on the season from Melissa Guillemette, while Mount Saint Vincent's (5-11 / 4-5 Skyline) Julia McGowan fired home 10 goals of her own in regular-season action.
Old Westbury's Melissa Outsen has 11 goals and seven assists to her credit this season, while St. Joseph's-Long Island's Chelsea Bellini scored 11 goals in 2015, as well.
The highest remaining seed after the two semifinal matches will play host to the championship on Saturday, Nov. 7 (
time TBA), with the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship at stake.
2015 Skyline Conference Women's Soccer Championship
First Round - Saturday, Oct. 31
at (3) Mount Saint Mary 4, (6) Mount Saint Vincent 0 -
(Box Score) (MSMC Recap)
at (4) St. Joseph's-Long Island 5, (5) Old Westbury 0 -
(Box Score) (SJC-LI Recap)
Semifinals - Wednesday, Nov. 4
Mount Saint Mary 1, at (2) Sage 1 (
MSMC advances on PK's, 2-0) -
(Box Score) (MSMC Recap)
St. Joseph's-Long Island 0, at (1) Farmingdale State 0 (
SJC-LI advances on PK's, 7-6) -
(Box Score) (SJC-LI Recap)
Finals - Saturday, Nov. 7
St. Joseph's-Long Island 2, Mount Saint Mary 1
- (Box Score) (SJC-LI Recap)
Most Outstanding Player: Chelsea Bellini, St. Joseph's-Long Island