Women's Soccer Falls to Butler on Senior Day

Friday, October 28

Cincinnati, Ohio

6:30 p.m.

Xavier University

Butler University

2016 WSOC Senior Day - Rachel Piccus, Tori Doss, Courtney Kobashigawa, Ellie Eckerle, Maddy John

10.28.16 | Women's Soccer

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Xavier finishes the season 7-11-1

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier closed out the season on Friday evening, hosting Butler for the final game of the 2016 season. The Bulldogs tallied three goals in the first half to secure a 3-0 win. The Musketeers finished the season 7-11-1 overall and 1-8 in BIG EAST play.

XAVIER SENIORS HONORED

Prior to the match, Xavier's five senior student-athletes were honored in a Senior Day Ceremony. Tori Doss, Ellie Eckerle, Maddy John, Courtney Kobashigawa and Rachel Piccus were honored for their commitment and contributions to the program over the past four year. This year's class is the first class to play all four seasons at Xavier as members of the BIG EAST Conference. All five started the match against the Bulldogs in the final game of their collegiate careers.

A few ??s from today's Senior Day Ceremony. Congrats Maddy, Ellie and Courtney! #LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/8k200ZPPeN
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) October 29, 2016

Congrats to Tori and Rachel as well. Thank you Seniors for everything! #LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/cCoDoj2uKr
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) October 29, 2016

?? of the night: pic.twitter.com/xYzLBAknSQ
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) October 29, 2016

BUTLER SCORES THREE IN FIRST 30

The Bulldogs scored what would be the game winner in the 11th minute, when BU's Brenna Pawelkowski played the ball up the right side to Jamison Midgley in the corner. Midgley crossed to Paige Monaghan who buried the ball in the goal from the left side of the box. Less than five minutes later, Midgley and Monaghan connected again in a similar manner for the insurance goal.

The final tally of the evening came in the 31st minute when Shannon McDevitt finished a ball of a deflection, setting the score at 3-0.

Senior Rachel Piccus made the start in goal, playing the first 10 minutes before injuring her hand collecting a ball in a scrum, collecting a save in the first half with no goals allowed. Toni Bizzarro came in to relieve her for the rest of the first half, collecting a pair of saves with three goals against.

Piccus returned for the second half, collecting another save before exiting for the final time as a Musketeer. Sophomore Libby Grace made her first appearance of the season, playing the final six minutes without facing any shots.

MUSKETEERS TRY TO CHIP AWAY

Xavier attempted nine shots on the day, with five different Musketeers making attempts. Courtney Kobashigawa led the Musketeers with a pair on-goal shots, including a header off a restart that forced the Butler keeper to find the ball in a crowd to keep the Musketeers off the board.

Kenadie Carlson had a pair of looks as well, including a shot behind the defense from the edge of the box where she had Butler's goalkeeper beat, but the look went just wide of the net to prevent the tally for the Musketeers.

Samantha Dewey, Addie Englehart and Jessica Miller each recorded shots for the Musketeers, including a look on-frame for each. Butler's goalkeeper, Hannah Luedtke, finished the day with five saves for the shutout.

FINAL STATS

Sophomore Samantha Dewey led the Musketeers in points for a second-straight season. She finished with 20 points off a team-highs in goals (8) and assists (4).

Junior Kenadie Carlson finished with the second highest total on the team, scoring three goals to go with three assists.

Senior Tori Doss finished with four goals, the second highest total on the team, for eight points the third highest total on the squad. Doss lead the team with a pair of game-winner, against Eastern Kentucky and Ohio.

Xavier's 21 goals came from nine different Musketeers. Eight Musketeers have also dished out assists bringing the total to 12 Musketeers with points for 2016.

Senior Rachel Piccus clocked a team high 1200 minutes in goal, starting 16 of Xavier's 19 matches. Piccus has collecting 0.741 percent of shots against her for a total of 63 saves and finished with four wins on the season, including a pair of shutouts.

In the backfield, Courtney Kobashigawa played a team-high 1617 minutes for the Musketeers averaging over 85 minutes per game. The senior defender was joined on the back line by Carly Alfano who played an even 1400 minutes in 17 appearances, an average of 82.35 minutes per game.