* The Lafayette Women's Soccer team opens up the 2019 season Thursday afternoon with a road contest in Brooklyn, N.Y. against the St. Francis Terriers. It is the first-ever meeting between the teams.

* The Leopards are 7-2-1 in season openers over last 10 seasons - including a 1-0 home victory over Villanova to start the 2018 campaign.

* Lafayette has a roster of 24 players with seven freshman looking to see their first collegiate action at some point this season.

* This will be the inaugural Division I Women's Soccer game for St. Francis. The school announced the addition of the program in June 2018. The Terriers become the 10th member of of the Northeast Conference.

* St. Francis head coach Justine Lombardi, a former Quinnipiac assistant, has assembled a 24-player roster that includes 16 freshman and eight upperclassmen. Caroline Debonis, who started 22 games on defense during her career at Quinnipiac, and junior midfielder Catherine Hayes, who played in 17 contests for NJCAA tournament champion Monroe College, are among the SFC players with collegiate experience.

Co-Captain Caitlin Balmer on facing a team playing their first Div. 1 game: "We were talking about that this morning - we got our scout today but there isn't a lot of information. The main point was we can't focus on them, we have to focus on us and play our game and what we have been doing really well we should be in a good position to win the game."