MANSFIELD, Conn. – Earlier this season, the Warriors snapped their seven-game losing streak against the Wolves and earned their first victory in a decade, and first home victory against Western Connecticut since 2012. Now, here we are again, exactly 14 days since the Warriors historic victory. Not only would the Warriors advance to their first championship game since 2017, they would also complete their third all- time season sweep of the Wolves, and first since 2011 with a win.
Team Records:
Eastern: 10-4-3
Western Connecticut: 12-7-2
Series History:
- 44th meeting all time, dating back to 1994
- WestConn owns all time series lead 25-11-7
- 7-12-3 all time at home against WestConn
- ECSU is 14-19-5 all time in the LEC playoffs
- 1-4 all time at home in the playoffs against WestConn U (2011)
- LEC Women's soccer champions:
- WestConn – 12x (most recent 2021)
- ECSU – 4x (most recent 2011)
- WestConn: 24 (most recent 2024)
- ECSU: 20 (most recent 2019)
- Championship appearances:
- WestConn U: 18 (most recent 2024)
- ECSU: 10 (most recent 2017)
Game Notes:
- This is the first playoff game in which Eastern is the No.1 seed and WestConn is the 4 seed. The first time the two teams faced off in the LEC tournament, WestConn was the No. 1 seed, and Eastern was the four seed.
- As a 1 seed, the Warriors are 4-4 all time
- As a 4 seed, the Wolves are 2-3 all time
- The last time the Wolves were a No. 4 was 2013
- The last time the Warriors were a No. 1 seed was 2017
- ECSU has played WestConn more than any other LEC team since the conference's inception
- Five of the ten playoff games have needed overtime to decide a winner, including three that came down to penalty kicks
- ECSU and WestConn have met 10 times before in the LEC playoffs
- The only team ECSU has played more in the playoffs is Keene State (12 times)
- Two of the Warriors' five home playoff games have gone to penalty kicks to decide a winner
- Teams have met five times in the conference semifinals
