LOUDONVILLE, NY – Siena Women's Soccer continues its season long four-match homestand when the Saints welcome Patriot League foe Lehigh to Hickey Field for their final non-conference home contest Thursday at 4 p.m.
 
Siena (0-4-2) remains in search of its first win of the season, after dropping a narrow 2-1 setback vs. Hartford last time out on Sunday. The Saints out-shot the Hawks 12-8 and held a 4-3 margin in corner kicks, but were only able to muster a late own goal to provide the final margin.
 
Junior striker Annie Bagnall generated the score following a nifty intercept in the attacking third, which saw her ensuing centering pass mis-directed in by a Hartford defender. Bagnall has accounted for two of Siena's three total goals spanning the first six matches, while freshman Iona Snape scored the other. Bagnall and sophomore striker Cora Keohane pace the Saints with 13 shots apiece.
 
Defensively, junior Angela Fini started the first four matches in goal, registering 29 saves and a solid .784 save percentage. Red-shirt junior captain Brooke Boermeester made her season debut over the past two matches, including a shutout in her first appearance of the season.
 
Siena's four-match homestand matches the program's longest (2005, 2009) in 23 years, dating back to a record five-match homestand from Oct. 2-12, 1999 in head coach Steve Karbowski's first year at the helm. The 1993 Siena graduate picked up his milestone 200^th career head coaching victory last fall, and became the first head coach in MAAC Women's Soccer history to eclipse 100 career regular season conference wins in 2019.
 
The Saints have been dominant in Loudonville over the past 15 seasons, achieving an impressive 82-31-18 (.695) overall mark at home dating back to 2007. More recently, Siena is unbeaten in 14 of 16 matches (10-2-4) contested at Hickey Field, since the facility became the program's primary home venue beginning with the Spring 2021 MAAC Championship campaign.
 
Projected to finish sixth out of 10 teams according to the Patriot League Preseason Poll, Lehigh (0-3-1), like the Saints, is also in search of its first victory in 2022. The Mountain Hawks have bequeathed 10 total goals – including multiple goals allowed in all four matches so far – while registering five of their own the last three times out, courtesy of five different scorers. Lehigh is Siena's second Patriot League opponent this season, as the Saints tied Holy Cross 2-2 in their home-opener back on Aug. 21.
 
The Saints and Mountain Hawks met for the first time ever last season, with Lehigh prevailing 2-1 on Aug. 29 of last year in Bethlehem. Lehigh outshot Siena 18-10, with the recently graduate Leslie Adams making eight saves for the Saints. Courtney Supp (19') and Ava Schaller (26') both recorded goals midway through the first half for the Mountain Hawks, while now junior back Melina Ortiz registered her first collegiate strike off a feed from Bagnall with just 64 seconds remaining.
 
The "Voice of the Saints" Emmanuel Berbari has the call of the match alongside Joe Mixie on ESPN+, which is available to watch by clicking the corresponding link. Thursday's contest marks the second of 15 Siena Athletics home games this fall which are scheduled to be broadcast on the ESPN Family of Networks. Five women's soccer regular season home matches will be broadcast on either ESPN+ or ESPN3 this fall, with the squad's four additional contests at Hickey Field slated to be streamed on Siena All-Access.