The Central Connecticut women's soccer team was picked second in
the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll released on
Wednesday. The Blue Devils won the 2009 regular season NEC title
and finished the season 12-7-2 overall and 9-0-1 in conference
play. Monmouth, the tournament champ a year ago, was picked to win
the title. They received seven first place votes while the Blue
Devils garnered four.
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Head Coach Mick D'Arcy, who was tabbed NEC Coach of the Year for
the fourth time in his career in 2009, will look to rally his
troops for another run at the title and a ninth straight trip to
the NEC Tournament.
First team All-NEC midfielder Beth
Lloyd will return to direct the offense. In 2009, the senior
ranked in the top-five in the conference in each of the three major
offensive categories. She tacked on 11 goals (second in the NEC)
and added five assists (fifth) for 27 points (fourth). Lloyd will
be flanked in the midfield by classmate Clio
Tregear, who was named to the NEC All-Tournament team a year
ago. Brittany
Jackson, a junior forward, earned second team All-NEC accolades
in 2009. Treger (six goals, five assists) and Jackson (five goals,
seven assists) each finished the year with 17 points on a
high-scoring Blue Devil unit that led the NEC in goals with 2.24
per game.
Central opens the 2010 season at home next Thursday night, Aug. 26,
at 5 p.m. in New Britain hosting Army. Due to the ongoing
construction of the outdoor facilities at CCSU, all home women's
soccer games will played on the turf at Arute Field. Admission
this season is free to all soccer home games.
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November 29, 2010
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October 29, 2010
Women's Soccer Defeats FDU in NEC Action on Friday Afternoon

October 24, 2010
Women's Soccer Tops Bryant 1-0

October 17, 2010
Women's Soccer Win Streak Stopped with 3-1 Loss at St. Francis (PA)

October 15, 2010
Women's Soccer Wins Third Straight, 2-0, Over Robert Morris

October 10, 2010
Women's Soccer Defeats Monmouth 2-0 at Home on Sunday Afternoon


October 6, 2010
2010 CCSU Women's Soccer Media Guide

September 26, 2010
Quinnipiac Tops Women's Soccer, 4-2, on Sunday Afternoon

September 19, 2010
Freshman Allison Kelley Scores Twice as Blue Devils Top Albany 3-0

September 17, 2010
Blue Devils Defeat Hawks Behind Beth Lloyd's Hat Trick on Friday Night

September 12, 2010
Women's Soccer Drops Decision at UConn on Sunday Afternoon

September 10, 2010
Women's Soccer Drops 3-2 Decision on the Road at Providence

September 7, 2010
Nathalie Nilsson Named adidas/Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week

September 5, 2010
Blue Devils Drop Double Overtime Decision to LaSalle on Sunday

September 3, 2010
Women's Soccer Wins Second Straight, Tops Columbia 2-1 on Friday Night

August 29, 2010
Women's Soccer Drops 3-0 Decision on Sunday at #7 Boston College

July 12, 2010
Leah Blayney Leads the WPSL in Scoring This Summer