LOUDONVILLE, NY – Fresh off an exhilarating, late come-from-behind road win at defending conference champion Sacred Heart, Siena Women's Soccer looks to build momentum when the Saints return home for the first time in 18 days to host Canisius Wednesday at 4 p.m. on Hickey Field.
 
Joe Puccio, Joe Lemery, and Ro Yeon Lee have the call of the action on ESPN+. Wednesday marks the fourth of five Siena Women's Soccer regular season home ESPN+ broadcasts this fall. All additional home matches will be broadcast on Siena All-Access.
 
Siena (7-3-1, 3-2) snapped a mini two-match skid with an impactful 3-2 win over the Pioneers Saturday in Connecticut. TopDrawer Soccer National Player of the Week and Metro Conference Player of the Week Anna Swyers netted the Saints first hat trick in 11 years, scoring the tying and go-ahead goals with 5:29 and 2:01 remaining, respectively, to avenge last season's quarterfinal loss on Park Avenue Field.
 
The huge three points away from home catapulted Siena to sole possession of fifth place in the Metro Standings heading into the midway point of the conference slate Wednesday, while also boosting the Saints to 60^th nationally in the RPI, second-best in the conference only to Fairfield (49). Siena finished a program-best 54^th in the RPI during the program's first-ever MAAC Championship season in 2010.  
 
The Saints will look to resume their winning ways on Hickey Field following a 2-1 setback to reigning regular season champion Fairfield last time out way back on Sept. 19. Nonetheless, Siena is unbeaten in 18 of their last 21 contests (13-3-5) in Loudonville, while outscoring the opposition by a 37-9 margin.
 
Canisius (5-5, 2-3), which was projected to finish tied for fourth with the Saints according to the Metro Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, is looking to bounce back from a 1-0 home setback to Quinnipiac Saturday.
 
The programs are set to meet for the 38^th time in a series which the Saints lead 22-10-5. The programs have played to four consecutive ties – three of which have been scoreless draws – following a five-match Siena win streak in the series. The Golden Griffins are thus winless over the past nine matchups (0-5-4) dating back to a 1-0 victory on Oct. 26, 2016 in Buffalo. The Saints are unbeaten spanning the last eight meetings (5-0-3) in Loudonville, with the last Canisius victory coming by a 1-0 score on Oct. 18, 2009.