Women's Soccer Remains on the Road to Face DePaul

Thursday, October 14

Chicago, Ill.

4:00 PM ET

Xavier University

DePaul

Women's Soccer Remains on the Road to Face DePaul

10.12.21 | Women's Soccer

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Match set for Thursday at 4:00 PM ET

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer (12-1-1; 5-1-0 BIG EAST) closes out a two-match road trip at DePaul, facing the Blue Demons on Thursday, Oct. 14 at 4:00 p.m. ET. The Musketeers currently sit on top of the BIG EAST standings midway through the 10-game conference schedule.

Xavier returns home on Sunday, Oct. 17 to host Marquette at 1:00 p.m. in the first of two-straight home matches. The Musketeers will celebrate Senior Day prior to the match with the Golden Eagles.

All BIG EAST matches this season will be available through FloSports.

GAME DETAILS

at DePaul
Thursday, October 14 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Wish Field - Chicago, Ill.

OPPONENT INFO

The Blue Demons are 6-7 overall and 3-2 in BIG EAST play after picking up a 1-0 win over UConn on Sunday.
Morgan Turner leads the Blue Demons with 18 points on nine goals. Kristin Boos has two goals and four other Blue Demons have scored so far this season.
Mollie Eriksson has made every start in goal for DePaul, collecting 37 saves with 11 goals against.
DePaul was picked to finish ninth in the league after going 3-5 overall and 2-5 in BIG EAST play in spring 2021, finishing fifth in the Midwest Division.
Last season, Morgan Turner led the Blue Demons with seven points on three goals and an assist, earning All-BIG EAST Second Team honors.
Defender Grace Phillpotts earned a spot on the conference All-Freshman Team.
Junior Mollie Eriksson made seven starts in-goal, allowing 12 goals and making 21 saves on the season.
Xavier is 3-4-2 all-time against the Blue Demons, taking a 3-2 win in double overtime in Chicago in spring 2021, extending the Musketeers' unbeaten streak against DePaul to five matches.

BIG EAST STANDINGS


SCHOOL	CONF	CPTS	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Xavier	5-1	15	12-1-1	0.893	W4
Georgetown	4-0-2	14	8-0-6	0.786	W2
Butler	3-1-1	10	10-2-1	0.808	L1
Providence	3-1-1	10	8-3-2	0.692	W2
Marquette	3-3	9	7-6	0.538	L2
DePaul	3-2	9	6-7	0.462	W3
St. John's	2-2-1	7	6-4-2	0.583	L2
UConn	2-3	6	6-6	0.500	L1
Seton Hall	1-5	3	6-8	0.429	L5
Villanova	1-5	3	7-7	0.500	W1
Creighton	0-4-1	1	6-6-2	0.500	L4

WEEKLY AWARDS

Following another 2-0 weekend for Xavier women's soccer, a pair of Musketeers earned weekly honors from the BIG EAST office. Chloe Netzel was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week while Grace Brauer earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, the league announced on Monday.
Netzel, a freshman forward from St. Louis, played a part in both game-winning goals for the Musketeers last week, assisting on Ella Rogers' game winner against St. John's on Thursday, before scoring the game-winning goal in the 12th minute of a 4-0 victory at Seton Hall on Sunday. Netzel leads Xavier with 12 points off five goals and two assists on the year, with three of her five scores being game winners. This marks the second time she's been named Freshman of the Week.
Brauer, a senior defender from Belleville, Ill., played the full time in both matches for the Musketeers, helping the Xavier defense earn back-to-back shutout wins last week, and push the streak to 360 minutes-straight without allowing a goal. The Musketeers outshot St. John's and Seton Hall by a combined 41-12, including 19-5 on goal.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's soccer's freshmen fueled a three-goal first half for the Musketeers on the way to a 4-0 win at Seton Hall on Thursday.
Chloe Netzel, Shelby Sallee and Grace Menser each scored in the first 45 minutes to give Xavier a 3-0 lead at the break. The Musketeers had a 12-0 advantage on shots and 3-0 advantage on corners in the first half.
Emma Marcus added another insurance goal about 15 minutes into the second half, and the Xavier defense held the Pirates scoreless, a fourth-straight shutout, to set the final score at 4-0.
Chloe Netzel's first half goal, her team-high fifth of the season, was her third game-winner of the season. She now has 12 points.
Shelby Sallee's goal was her fourth of the season. She also picked up an assist on Grace Menser's goal, her second of the season, to give her 10 points for the season.
Grace Menser's goal was her first of her collegiate career to give her two points on the season.
Emma Marcus scored her fourth goal of the season in the second half, combined with two assists to give her 10 point on the season.
Sarah Owusu also picked up a point on an assist on Shelby Sallee's goal, her second helper of the season, combining with a goal to give her four points.
Xavier finished with a 23-5 advantage on shots, led by seven shots by Sallee. Molly McLaughlin finished with four shots.
Olivia Jenkins made two saves to keep the Pirates off the board, picking up the win to move to 12-1-1 with an eighth shutout.
Hayley Jakovich and Grace Brauer played the full time for Xavier's defense to help preserve the clean sheet. The Musketeers have clocked 360 straight minutes without allowing a goal.

XAVIER STATS

Chloe Netzel added to her team-high point (12) and goal (5) total on Sunday, scoring the game-winner in the opening minutes of the 4-0 win at Seton Hall. She matches Emma Marcus for team-high on game-winning goals with three.
Emma Marcus added a goal in the second half against Seton Hall to bring her season total to four, with three of those being game-winners. She has 10 points on the four goals with two assists.
Shelby Sallee added an insurance goal for the Musketeers in the win over Seton Hall, her fourth of the season and third of BIG EAST play. She also picked up an assist on Grace Menser's goal in that match to bring her season totals to 10 points on four goals and two assists.
Ella Rogers scored her third goal of the season, and first game-winner, in the win over St. John's to give her six points so far in her freshman season. She matches Shelby Sallee for a team-high two goals in conference action.
Hayley Jakovich scored the game-winner against Creighton, her first goal of the season, third of her Xavier career, and her first game-winner as a Musketeer. She now has five points on three assists for the season.
Molly McLaughlin scored her second goal of the season and 10th as a Musketeer on a PK against Villanova. Mathilde Rasmussen also has four points on a pair of goals for the season.
Sarah Owusu assisted on Shelby Sallee's goal against Seton Hall to give her four points on a goal and two assists. Sonia Vargas also has four points on a goal and two assists.
Carrie Lewis picked up an assist on Chloe Netzel's goal against Villanova, her team-high fourth of the season.
Grace Menser scored her first collegiate goal in the first half at Seton Hall to bring her season total to two points.
Elise Le picked up an assist on Chloe Netzel's goal against Loyola and she now has two points on a pair of assists.
Olivia Lawson recorded an assist on Emma Marcus' game winner against Villanova for her first point of the season. Grace Brauer has also recorded a helper this season.
Jakovich and Brauer have anchored Xavier's backline, playing the full time in all 14 matches so far, helping limit opponents to just seven goals through over 1290 minutes of action.
Olivia Jenkins has made all 14 starts in frame, playing the full time in each match. She's collected 34 saves, including making a career-high seven against Providence, and has seven goals against for a GAA of 0.49 and a record of 12-1-1 with eight complete shutouts which lead the league. Jenkins' 12 wins are a new program record for wins in a single season for a Xavier goalkeeper.
Xavier's seven goals allowed and 0.50 GAA for the season matches Georgetown for the league-best mark.
The Musketeer defense has clocked 360-straight minutes without allowing a score.

XAVIER IN THE RANKINGS

The Musketeers came in at No. 10 in the most recent DI Women's Soccer RPI, leading four BIG EAST teams in the top 50 for the week, Georgetown (11), Providence (19) and Butler (47).
Xavier is currently receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches National Poll. The Musketeers moved up to a program-best ranking of 17 in week four (9/14/21) after going 2-0 against Ball State and Loyola Chicago the weekend before to move to 7-0 on the season.
The Musketeers made their first appearance of the season in the USC National Poll in week three (9/7/21), entering the rankings at No. 23, marking the first time the Musketeers have been ranked in the USC National Poll since finishing the 2019 season at No. 24.
Xavier also moved up to the No. 1 spot in the East region in week three, after being at No. 3 in the region for week two. The Musketeers remained at No. 1 in the region until week five, when Hofstra moved up to No. 1. Xavier is currently ranked No. 3 in the East Region.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Musketeers returns home to host Marquette on Sunday, October 17 at 1:00 p.m. Xavier will celebrate Senior Day prior to the match.
The Golden Eagles are 7-6 overall and 3-3 in BIG EAST play going into Thursday's match with St. John's. They sit in a tie for fifth place.
Maggie Starker's nine points on a team-high four goals and an assist leads MU. Rachel Johnson and Katrina Wetherell each have three goals.
Elsi Twombly has eight points on two goals and a team-high four assists. Kylie Sprecher matches Twombly with four assists.
Mikki Easter has started 12 matches in frame, collecting 37 saves with 11 goals against for a record fo 7-5-0. Lauren Schill has made three appearances, with one start, allowing six goals while collecting nine saves.
Marquette was picked eighth in the conference after finishing the spring at 6-4-0 overall and 4-4-0 in BIG EAST play, finishing second in the Midwest Division and earning a bid to the BIG EAST Championship.
Junior Katrina Wetherell earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team after finishing with five points on two goals and an assist.
Elsi Twombly earned a spot on the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team after leading the team with eight points on three goals and two assists.
Senior Kylie Sprecher added three goals and an assist for seven points.
Redshirt freshman Mikki Easter and freshman Lauren Schill split time in-frame, each starting in five matches. Easter finished with a GAA of 0.91 after allowing four goals, collecting 14 saves, finishing with a 3-1-0 record, while Schill finished with a GAA of 1.04, allowing six goals and finishing with a 3-3-0 record.
Xavier is 3-10 all-time against the Golden Eagles, falling in both match-ups, home and away, in Spring 2021.

SPRING 2021 SEASON

Xavier finished spring 2021 at 3-6 overall and 2-4 in BIG EAST play, picking up wins over Bellarmine in the non-conference portion of the schedule, and BIG EAST wins over Creighton and DePaul, all three coming on the road.
Following the spring season, two Musketeers earned all conference honors, All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree, senior midfielder Molly McLaughlin, and All-Freshman Team member, forward Sonia Vargas.
McLaughlin led the Musketeers with four points on two goals, while sophomore Grace Blumfeldt finished her rookie season with three point on a goal and an assist.
After finishing fourth in the Midwest Division, the Musketeers missed the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time in Nate Lie's tenure as head coach.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers return 26 letter-winners from the spring, including All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree, senior midfielder Molly McLaughlin, and All-Freshman Team member, forward Sonia Vargas.
Xavier's returners account for over 70 percent of the goals scored last season, led by McLaughlin's pair of tallies.
The Musketeers added and 11-person freshman class for the fall after losing 11 letterwinners from spring 2021.
Xavier was picked seventh in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll, collecting 45 points. Georgetown was picked to win the conference.
Ahead of the start of the 2021 season, head coach Nate Lie announced additions to his staff. Katy Etelman joins Xavier as an assistant coach, while Tyler Smaha, who served as Xavier's Director of Player Development last season, also moves into the role of assistant coach. Jacob Morrison joins Xavier as the Director of Goalkeeping and Kaitlyn Jones joins Lie's staff as Director of Player Analysis/Operations.

BIG EAST COACHES POLL

1. Georgetown	100 (10)
2. Butler	88
3. UConn	74
4. Providence	65 (1)
5. Creighton	64
6. St. John's	47
7. Xavier	45
8. Marquette	43
9. DePaul	41
10. Villanova	27
11. Seton Hall	11

(first-place votes)

BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
Zsani Kajan, St. John's, Grad., F

BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Kelly Ann Livingstone, Georgetown, Grad., D

BIG EAST Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year
Stephanie Rodriguez, Butler, Grad., GK

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
Stephanie Rodriguez, Butler, Grad., GK
Anastasia Savich, Butler, Sr., F*
Katie Soderstrom, Butler, Sr., F*
Jessica Mazo, UConn, Jr., M
Aida Kardovic, Creighton, So., M
Kelly Ann Livingstone, Georgetown, Grad., D
Daisy Cleverley, Georgetown, Grad., M
Julia Leas, Georgetown, Jr., M
Meg Hughes, Providence, So., F
Jessica Garziano, St. John's, Jr., M
Zsani Kajan, St. John's, Grad., F
*unanimous selection