Women's Soccer Travels to DePaul for Sunday Afternoon Match-Up

Sunday, October 7

Chicago, Ill.

2 PM

Xavier University

DePaul

Women's Soccer Travels to DePaul for Sunday Afternoon Match-Up

10.05.18 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers and Blue Demons Face off at 2 PM ET

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI – Xavier women's soccer (7-6-1; 1-2-1 BIG EAST) returns to the road this weekend, heading to Chicago to face the DePaul Blue Demons on Sunday afternoon. First touch with DePaul is set for 2:00 p.m. ET. A live stream will be available from DePaulBlueDemons.com.

After Thursday night's draw with Butler, the Musketeers stand in a four-way tie for fifth place in the conference, fighting for one of the top six spots with a second-straight berth to the BIG EAST Championships on the line.

THE MATCHUP

Xavier Musketeers at
DePaul Blue Demons
Sunday, Oct. 7 | 2 PM ET
Wish Field
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BIG EAST STANDINGS

SCHOOL	CONF	PTS.	OVERALL	STREAK
Georgetown	4-0	12	11-0-2	W10
Butler	3-0-1	10	9-3-1	T1
Villanova	3-1	9	9-4	W3
DePaul	2-1-1	7	6-4-3	T1
Providence	1-2-1	4	7-4-2	T1
Xavier	1-2-1	4	7-6-1	T1
St. John's	1-2-1	4	5-7-1	T1
Marquette	1-2-1	4	3-8-2	T1
Creighton	1-3	3	4-8	L3
Seton Hall	0-4	0	2-7-4	L4

PREVIEWING DEPAUL

The Blue Demons enter the game at 6-4-3 overall and 2-1-1 in BIG EAST play, standing in fourth place in the BIG EAST standings.
In its last outing, DePaul also played to a scoreless double overtime draw, at Marquette.
DePaul has picked up BIG EAST results against Creighton, in overtime, and Seton Hall. The lone setback came against No. 5 Georgetown.
In non-conference play, the Blue Demons picked up wins against UMass Lowell, Illinois, Minnesota and Loyola Chicago. DePaul also earned results against Loyola Marymount and Bowling Green, both draws. DU's setbacks in non-conference play came to SMU, Milwaukee and Alabama.
Franny Cerney leas the Blue Demons with 14 points on six goals and two assists.
Morgan Turner has 12 on five goals and two assists, and Madeline Frick has eight points on three goals and two assists.
Avery Hay leads the Blue Demons in assists with three.
Mollie Eriksson has played the bulk of the time in-frame, collecting 40 saves with 11 goals against for a GAA 0.82. She holds a record of 5-3-3 with five shutouts on the season.
DePaul went 7-7-5 overall and 3-2-4 in BIG EAST play, earning the No. 6 seed in the BIG EAST Championship.
The Blue Demons fell to Providence on PKs in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals after playing to a 1-1 draw through double-overtime.
For the the 2017 season, DePaul returns All-BIG EAST First Team selection and leading scorer Cerny, as well as All-Freshman selection Turner. The Blue Demons lost first team honoree Alexa Ben to graduation.
Xavier is 0-4-1 all time against DePaul, including last season's 1-1 draw through double overtime in Cincinnati last season.
Last season, DU took the lead in the first half, holding the advantage until the 82nd minute when Tori Doss scored the equalizer. Toni Bizzarro collected seven saves to hold the Blue Demons at a single goal through double overtime. The result was the first against the Blue Demons in program history.

UP NEXT

The Musketeers return home on Sunday, October 14 to face Marquette at 1:00 p.m.
NATIONAL DESSERT DAY: Free desserts from Servatii for first 150 students at the match against Marquette.
POST-GAME PENALTY KICKS: All kids in grades 8 & under are invited to the field after the game against the Golden Eagles to participate in penalty kicks on the field.

LAST TIME OUT - BUTLER

Xavier women's soccer earned the first result by a BIG EAST team against Butler this season, playing the Bulldogs to a 0-0 draw through double overtime on Thursday evening.
Xavier led the Bulldogs 17-10 on shots, led by four each for Kenadie Carlson and Samantha Dewey.
Carrie Lewis had three shots and Andie Kennard and Molly McLaughlin each added a pair, including a look on frame for Kennard.
Xavier also earned six corner kicks to just one for the Bulldogs.
Toni Bizzarro played the full time in-frame, collecting three saves to keep the Bulldogs scoreless.
Allison Klimkowski, Hayley Jakovich and Grace Bahr played the full 110 on the backline for the Musketeers, helping limit BU's on-frame attempts to just three.
Rachel Dewey also added 93 minutes for the Musketeers in midfield.
Xavier moves to 7-11-4 all time against the Bulldogs after a second straight scoreless draw.
The draw is the first result for a BIG EAST team against Butler, who entered the game tied with Georgetown for first place at 3-0 in conference play.
With the draw, Xavier is in a four-way time with Marquette, Providence and St. John's for fifth place. Butler moved into second place.
Xavier is 2-1-1 in overtime games this season.
The Musketeers are 4-1-1 on the season at home.

XAVIER STATS

Samantha Dewey's assist on Sabrina Kunimoto's goal against Villanova added to her team high total at four assist. She leads the team with 14 points.
Dewey's four assist are tied for fifth-most in the BIG EAST, her five goals are tied for ninth most in the conference, and her 14 points are sixth most in the BIG EAST.
Dewey's game-winner against Miami was her third of the season. The redshirt junior is tied for second in the BIG EAST for most game-winning goals.
Sydney Schembri's goal against the Friars brings her point total for the season to six, second most on the team.
Grace Bahr's point total of five, a pair of goals and an assist, is third on the squad.
Brooke Sroka and Andie Kennard each have a goal and an assist for three points.
Sabrina Kunimoto's tally against VU was the first tally of her Xavier career. She is the 12th Musketeer to score a goal in 2018, joining Molly McLaughlin, Rachel Butler, Kenadie Carlson, Isabella Langush, Rachel Dewey and Carrie Lewis who each have two points on a goal.
Grace Brauer, Jenna Leslie and Olivia Popovich each have a point on an assist.
Through 14 games, Xavier has 12 goal scorers. The Musketeers needed just seven games to surpass last year's total of six goal scorers. Xavier also has 15 players who have recorded points, surpassing last year's total of 11.
Kunimoto's goal against Villanova was the 20th tally of the season for the Musketeers, surpassing last year's total of 19.
Xavier's offense is second in the BIG EAST in shots and corner kicks earned, fourth in the conference for goals and fifth in points.
Freshmen Allison Klimkowski and Hayley Jakovich have started every game in the backfield this season. Grace Bahr joined Klimkowski and Jakovich in the starting backfield in each of Xavier's past nine matches and the trio has totaled over 1100 minutes each, helping Xavier earn shutouts in six matches this season.
Carrie Lewis and Rachel Dewey have both played over 970 minutes in midfield for the Musketeers.
Goalkeeper Toni Bizzarro has played 12 matches in-frame, making 57 saves with 12 goals against for a GAA of 0.95. Bizzarro has a record of 6-5-1 with five shutouts to her credit.
Bizzarro's five shutouts rank third most in the conference.
Bizzarro ranks third in the conference in save percentage at .826.
Olivia Jenkins has appeared in-frame twice this season, collecting six saves with three goals against for a GAA of 1.50. She picked up the first win and shutout of her college career against Southern Indiana.
Xavier's six shutouts are tied for the third most in the conference this season.

USC TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD

Xavier women's soccer earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the fourth straight year, and eighth year overall.
The Musketeers posted a department-best grade point average of 3.67 for the 2017-18 academic year, with 22 team members earning BIG EAST All-Academic for posting a grade point average of 3.0 or above.
The USC Team Academic Award distinction is awarded to programs with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year. In total, 773 soccer teams, including 484 women's squads and 289 men's, earned the award for the 2017-18 academic year.
Xavier was one of the 192 schools with both their men's and women's programs recognized.
Xavier women's soccer, which has earned Public Recognition from the NCAA for posting a perfect 1000 in the Academic Progress Rate score three years in a row, also earned the USC Team Academic Award in 2001, 2011-13 and 2015-17.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Xavier women's soccer redshirt junior Samantha Dewey added four points to her team-high point total last week, earning a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, the conference office announced on Monday.
In Xavier's come-from-behind road win at Providence, Dewey finished with three points after scoring Xavier's first half goal to draw even with the Friars going into the break. Dewey also collected a point on an assist on Sydney Schembri's golden goal in the second overtime.
Against Villanova, Dewey earned her fourth assist of the season after setting up Sabrina Kunimoto's goal by pressuring the VU goalkeeper into a turnover in the box.
Dewey's four assist are tied for second most in the BIG EAST, her five goals are tied for seventh most in the conference, and her 14 points are fifth most in the BIG EAST.
It is the second time this season, and the seventh time in her career that Dewey was named to the Weekly Honor Roll, also earning the honor for the week of Sept. 17 this season. She was also twice named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (8/24/2015 and 10/26/2015).
Dewey is one of four Musketeers who have been honored by the conference this season. The week of Sept. 17, Grace Bahr was named Defender of the Week. The week prior, Toni Bizzarro, was named Goalkeeper of the Week. Sydney Schembri was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll following the first week of the season.

XU LINEUP

Xavier returns 75 percent of its scoring from last season, including the scorers of 14 of the team's 19 goals.
Leading scorer Sydney Schembri is back after finishing with 12 points on six goals as a rookie, earning BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and All-Freshman Team honors.
Emma Westwater returns as a senior after a nine-point junior season, scored on four goals and an assist.
The Musketeers' attack is bolstered by the return of two of the program's most prolific scorers in recent years, redshirt junior Samantha Dewey and redshirt senior Kenadie Carlson.
Xavier also adds a pair of transfers up front, Sabrina Kunimoto, a sophomore from Delaware, and Raechel Eck, a grad transfer from Akron with two years of eligibility remaining.
Four freshmen also join Xavier's offensive attack, Grace Brauer, Makenna Jordahl, Reagan Norvell and Brooke Sroka
Xavier returns the core of its midfield with Carrie Lewis and Courtney Lankford who, combined, accounted for six of Xavier's 14 assists on the season.
Lewis led the Musketeers with four in a season where she started every match, while Lankford added a pair.
Jessica Miller, who started two of the first three games last season before sitting out due to injury, also returns. Emily Burton and Abby O'Keefe combined to make 16 starts last season after Miller's injury. O'Keefe assisted on a pair of goals and Burton added an assist as well. Makayla Kolberg, who made multiple starts in 2017, and Megan Sullivan, who appeared in 15 matches, also return.
The Musketeers brought in a pair of experienced transfers in the midfield for the 2018 spring season, Claire Fisher, a sophomore transfer from Tennessee, and Grace Bahr, a junior transfer from Wisconsin.
Rachel Dewey, younger sister of Samantha Dewey, makes up part of a quartet of freshmen midfielders, which also includes Jordan Reddington, Molly McLaughlin and Rachel Butler.
Xavier returns defender Andie Kennard for her senior season after a junior campaign where she was second on the team in minutes played. Kennard also recorded her first career goal in 2017, the game-winner against Ohio.
Redshirt-freshman Abi Janszen also returns for the Musketeers after being limited to three appearance due to injury.
Five newcomers join the backfield, freshmen Hayley Jakovich, Isabella Langusch, Jenna Leslie, Allison Klimkowski and Olivia Popovich.
Goalkeeper Toni Bizzarro, who started all 19 games she appeared in last season, returns for her junior season. Bizzarro collected eight wins, including four shutouts last season, making 106 saves for a .828 save percentage with a GAA of 1.09.
Xavier added a pair of freshmen goalkeepers, Olivia Jenkins and Caroline Welsh, to join Bizzarro.

DEWEY NAMED PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST

For a second-straight season, Xavier women's soccer's Samantha Dewey was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team.
The red-shirt junior forward is the first Musketeer to earn preseason conference honor in back-to-back years since joining the conference. Last season, her nomination was the first preseason nod for a Musketeer since Xavier joined the BIG EAST in 2013.
Dewey, a native of Fairland, Ind., appeared in the first five matches in 2017 before sitting out the remainder due to injury. In her shortened season, Dewey still tallied three goals, fourth most on the team. Dewey led the Musketeers in scoring during the first five games of the season, tallying a pair in a win against Cleveland State and scoring the game winner against Ball State. She was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll twice in the first two weeks of the season.
Prior to the 2017 season, Dewey led the Musketeers in points in each of her two previous seasons at Xavier. After posting 20 points on eight goals and four assists in 2016, Dewey was named Second Team All-BIG EAST, making her the first Musketeer to earn first or second team honors since joining the conference. Dewey was also named to the All-Ohio Second Team after the 2016 season.
As a freshman, Dewey was a unanimous selection to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team after a 22-point rookie campaign. She was twice conference rookie of the week and has earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll honors fives times in her career.

2017 IN REVIEW

The Musketeers, picked to finish seventh in the BIG EAST, are coming off a fifth-place finish in the 2017 season, which earned the program's first berth to the BIG EAST Championship since joining the conference and the program's first conference championship appearance since 2003.
In Nate Lie's first season as head coach, Xavier finished the season 8-8-4 overall, marking the first season at .500 or above since 2013, when Xavier finished 9-8-1. The Musketeers' record of 4-3-2 in BIG EAST play, posting a winning conference record for the first time since 2005. Xavier finished the regular season with a program-best 14 points in the BIG EAST standings.
The Musketeers limited 16 of 20 opponents to a single goal or less, including every BIG EAST regular season match-up.
In addition to Sydney Schembri's Freshman of the Year and All-Freshman Team honors, seniors Tori Doss and Carly Alfano both earned Second Team All-BIG EAST and CoSIDA Academic All-American after last season.