Women's Soccer Closes Out Three-Game Home Stand with Murray State on Sunday

Sunday, August 29

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:00 PM

Xavier University

Murray State

Women's Soccer Closes Out Three-Game Home Stand with Murray State on Sunday

08.28.21 | Women's Soccer

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Xavier moved to 3-0 to start the season with 1-0 win over UC on Thursday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer (3-0) remain at home for final game of a three-game home stand on Sunday, August 29, hosting Murray State at 1:00 p.m. The match is part of a doubleheader with Xavier's men, who will face IUPUI at 6:00 p.m. The game will be available for live stream through FloSports.

Following the match with the Racers, Xavier heads back out on the road to face Illinois on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

GAME DETAILS

vs. Murray State
Sunday, August 29 - 1:00 PM
Corcoran Field - Cincinnati, Ohio

OPPONENT INFO

Murray State enters the game at 2-0 with wins over Missouri State (6-1) and Louisiana Tech (3-2).
The Racers finished last season at 9-2 overall, playing an all-OVC schedule. MSU was 9-1 when it entered the OVC Championship, falling to SEMO in the semifinals, 1-0, to conclude the season.
Freshman Chloe Barnthouse led the Racers with 15 points on a team-high seven goals and an assist to earn All-OVC First Team honors. Rebeca Kubin and Lilly Strader each had four goals on the season.
Izzy Heckman was named OVC Defender of the Year and head coach Matt Lodge was named Coach of the Year by the conference.
All told, six Racers earned all-conference honors last season.
Jenna Villacers started all 11 games at goalkeeper, allowing 10 goals and collecting 37 saves with a GAA of 0.90.
Xavier is 1-0 against Murray after taking a 4-3 win in double overtime in 2019, the first match up between the two programs.

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LAST TIME OUT

Xavier women's soccer moved to 3-0 for the first time since 1997 after picking up a 1-0 win over crosstown rival Cincinnati on Thursday evening.
The two teams played a scoreless draw into the final 10 minutes of the match before Chloe Netzel notched her first collegiate goal in the 81st minute from Carrie Lewis to put the Musketeers in front. Netzel's goal was eventually the game-winner in the 1-0 outing.
Netzel's goal was her first tally and first game-winner as a Musketeer.
Carrie Lewis picked up the assist on Netzel's goal, her first of the season and 13th of her Xavier career.
Xavier held a 12-6 advantage on shots, led by three for Netzel and two each for Emma Marcus, Mathilde Rasmussen and Shelby Sallee.
Xavier had nine corner kicks to just one for Cincinnati.
Olivia Jenkins played the full 90 minutes in frame, collecting three saves to pick up the clean sheet, her second of the season and 10th of her Xavier career. She moves to 3-0 on the season.
Grace Brauer and Hayley Jakovich both played the full 90 on the Xavier backline to help keep the Bearcats off the board.
The Musketeers have picked up results in three-straight matches against UC, including playing to scoreless draws in 2019 and 2015. This is Xavier's first win over UC since 2013 and the first of head coach Nate Lie's Xavier career.
Xavier moves to 3-0 for the first time since starting the 1997 season at 5-0.

WEEKLY AWARDS

Following a two-goal performance in her first start as a Musketeer, Xavier women's soccer's Mathilde Rasmussen was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week.
Sophomore Sonia Vargas also earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll after collecting three point during the opening weekend, helping the Musketeers start at 2-0.
Rasmussen tallied both goals for the Musketeers in her first collegiate start, against Northwestern on Sunday. Rasmussen, originally from Skive, Denmark, scored from Sonia Vargas shortly after halftime to tie the match at 1-1, marking her first collegiate goal.
Rasmussen found the back of the net again off a set piece, from Shelby Sallee and Hayley Jakovich, in the 65th minute with what was the eventual the game-winner. She now leads Xavier with four points.
Vargas collected three points on a goal and an assist in Xavier's first two matches. Vargas, originally from Hilliard, Ohio, scored from Emma Marcus in the 85th minute of the season opener at Saint Louis, breaking the scoreless draw and helping the Musketeers to a 1-0 win. The goal marked her first as a Musketeer.
Vargas also picked up an assist in the win over Northwestern, also her first at Xavier, after stealing the ball in Xavier's attacking third and finding Mathilde Rasmussen for the goal that tied the game, 1-1, in an eventual 2-1 win for the Musketeers.

XAVIER STATS

Mathilde Rasmussen has four points on two goals, with both marks being team-highs.
Sonia Vargas has three point on a goal and an assist while Chloe Netzel has two points on a goal.
Rasmussen, Vargas and Netzel each have a game winner.
Hayley Jakovich, Emma Marcus and Shelby Sallee each have a point on an assist.
Marcus and Rasmussen each have a team-high seven shots on the season.
Jakovich and Grace Brauer have both played the full time in each of Xavier's matches on the Musketeer backline.
Olivia Jenkins has played the full 90 in all three matches so far, going 3-0-0 with two shutoust. Jenkins has collected eight saves with one goal against.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Xavier heads back out on the road to face Illinois (2-1) in Urbana-Champaign, Ill., on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 8:00 PM on Big Ten Network +.
Illinois went 2-0 during opening weekend with wins over Mizzou (4-0) and Illinois State (5-1) before falling to North Carolina, 5-1, on Thursday evening.
The Illini finished last season at 6-5-1, entering the Big Ten Regional weekend at 6-4-1 before falling to No. 7 Iowa, 2-1, to end the season.
Redshirt junior Kendra Pasquale earned All-Big Ten honors after leading Illinois with 12 points on five goals and two assists. Junior Makena Sibler also earned third team honors after tallying three goals last season.
Freshman defender Joanna Verzosa-Dolezal was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team.
Senior Sami Sample played all 12 games for the Illini in-goal, collecting 56 saves with 12 goals against for a GAA of 0.98.
Xavier is 0-2 all-time against the Illini, with the last match-up occurring in 2007.

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