BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's soccer team begins its 2023 campaign at home this Friday against Lasell at 4 PM. Here's a preview of the upcoming season.

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Gulls enter the season projected to finish second in the league, via the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) preseason coaches' poll
• Seniors Angelina Venditti (East Lyme, Conn.) and Linda St. Laurent (Brooklyn, Conn.), and junior Carly Matthews (Suffield, Conn.) were chosen as the captains for the 2023 campaign
• Endicott returns the bulk of its defensive unit from last season that only allowed 0.82 goals per game, tops in the conference
• The Blue and Green will face four teams that earned a spot in last year's NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament.
• Endicott's first half schedule features six home matches including three straight to end the month of September.

FIVE MATCHES TO WATCH

• Bowdoin (9/10, 2:30 PM, road)
• Roger Williams (9/30, 3 PM)
• No. 24 Tufts (10/5, 4 PM, road)*
• Gordon (10/10, 4 PM, road)
• Hartford (10/14, 4:30 PM), Homecoming/Senior Night

* = preseason national rankings

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)