Women's Soccer Tops Marquette on Goals From Fisher, McLaughlin and Dewey

Sunday, October 14

Cincinnati, Ohio

1 PM

Xavier University

9-6-1, 3-2-1BE

Marquette

3-10-2, 1-4-1BE

Marquette

Xavier

Women's Soccer Tops Marquette on Goals From Fisher, McLaughlin and Dewey

10.14.18 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers pick up win over the Golden Eagles for the first time since 1990

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer picked up its first win over Marquette since joining the BIG EAST on Sunday, topping the Golden Eagles, 3-0, at the XU Soccer Complex. Claire Fisher's game-winner came just before halftime, and Molly McLaughlin and Samantha Dewey added a pair after the break as Xavier moved to 9-6-1 overall, surpassing last season's win total with three regular season matches remaining, and moved into a tie for third place in the conference standings.

HOW THEY SCORED

40' | XAVIER | Courtney Lankford slipped the ball past the defender, playing the ball ahead to Claire Fisher. Fisher shot from the right side of the box to the left corner of the net past the MU goalkeeper off her line, putting Xavier up, 1-0.

57' | XAVIER | Samantha Dewey served the ball into the box on a free kick deep in the right corner. Molly McLaughlin used a header to finish low, putting Xavier up 2-0.

84' | XAVIER | Samantha Dewey received the ball on the right side of the box, worked past multiple MU defenders and shot from the right side of the six yard box to the left corner, putting Xavier up, 3-0.

NOTABLE

Samantha Dewey added three points to her team-high point total, now standing at 19, on seven goals and five assists. Both marks are also team-highs.
Molly McLaughlin's goal was her second of the season matching Sydney Schembri for third most on the team, bringing her point total to four, the fourth-highest point total.
Claire Fisher became the 14th Musketeer to record a goal, scoring a game-winner on her first goal at Xavier.
Courtney Lankford recorded her first assist of the season on Fisher's goal. She and Fisher bring the season total to 18 Musketeers who have recorded a point on the season.
Marquette owned a 16-13 advantage on shots and 4-3 advantage on corner kicks.
Samantha Dewey recorded four shots, all on-frame. McLaughlin and Fisher each had a pair of looks.
Toni Bizzarro played the full time in frame, collecting eight saves with no goals against for her eighth win and sixth shutout of the season.
Grace Bahr and Allison Klimkowski played the full-time on the back line as Xavier's defense posted its seventh shutout of the season. Hayley Jakovich played 85 minutes, and made a save on the goal line to help preserve the shutout.
Rachel Dewey also played over 70 minutes in the midfield.
Xavier picked up its first win against Marquette since joining the BIG EAST. XU is now 2-8 all-time against the Golden Eagles, with the last win coming in 1990. Its the first match since the 2-0 win in 1990 where the Musketeers have scored more than a single goal against MU.
The win gave Xavier its 10th point in conference play, putting the Musketeers in a tie with St. John's for third in the conference with three regular season matches remaining. The top six teams earn a bid to the BIG EAST Championships, with home-field advantage on the line for the top four seeds.
Xavier's win was its ninth of the season, surpassing last season's total of eight wins with three regular season matches remaining. Nine wins is the most for the program since 2013.
Xavier moved to 5-1-1 at home on the season.

BIG EAST STANDINGS

SCHOOL	W-L	PTS.	W-L	PCT.
GEORGETOWN	6-0	18	13-0-2	0.933
BUTLER	4-1-1	13	10-4-1	0.700
XAVIER	3-2-1	10	9-6-1	0.594
ST. JOHN'S	3-2-1	10	7-7-1	0.500
VILLANOVA	3-3	9	9-6	0.600
CREIGHTON	3-3	9	6-8	0.429
PROVIDENCE	2-3-1	7	8-5-2	0.600
DEPAUL	2-3-1	7	6-6-3	0.500
MARQUETTE	1-4-1	4	3-10-2	0.267
SETON HALL	0-6	0	2-9-4	0.267

UP NEXT

Xavier's final regular season road match is Thursday, Sept. 18 at Seton Hall. The Musketeers and Pirates get underway at 6:30 p.m.
Xavier then returns home on Sunday, October 21 to host St. John's.
SENIOR DAY: Join us as we honor our seniors at the game against the Red Storm!
FAMILY WEEKEND: Family weekend registrants receive free admission with wristband.
POST-GAME PENALTY KICKS: All kids in grades 8 & under are invited to the field after the game to participate in penalty kicks on the field.
STUDENT PROMO: T-Shirts to first 150 students.

VIDEO

WATCH | All the goals from today's win over Marquette! #LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/Nzpwol9cFE
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) October 14, 2018

WATCH | Nate Lie speaks with Mike Schmaltz following Xavier's first win over Marquette since 1990! #LetsGoX pic.twitter.com/bziOkb5zuh
— XU Women's Soccer (@XavierWSOC) October 14, 2018