No. 22 Women's Soccer Heads to Queens to Face St. John's on Sunday

Sunday, October 16

Queens, N.Y.

1 PM

Xavier University

St. John's

No. 22 Women's Soccer Heads to Queens to Face St. John's on Sunday

10.14.22 | Women's Soccer

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By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 22 Xavier women's soccer (11-2-2; 5-0-1 BIG EAST) heads to Queens, N.Y., looking to extend its unbeaten start to BIG EAST play on Sunday, October 16, facing St. John's at Belson Stadium. The match is set to begin at 1:00 p.m., on the BEDN on FloSports.

GAME DETAILS

at St. John's
Sunday, October 12 - 1:00 PM
Belson Stadium (Queens, N.Y.)

BIG EAST STANDINGS


SCHOOL	CONF	PTS.	OVERALL	STREAK
Georgetown	6-0-1	19	10-1-4	W2
Xavier	5-0-1	16	11-2-2	W1
Creighton	4-2-1	13	8-2-5	W2
St. John's	4-2-1	13	7-4-4	W2
UConn	3-3	9	7-5-1	W1
Butler	3-3	9	6-7-1	L1
Marquette	2-3-1	7	6-6-2	T1
Providence	2-3-1	7	4-8-2	T1
Villanova	2-4	6	3-7-2	L3
Seton Hall	1-6	3	5-8-2	L2
DePaul	0-6	0	2-11	L6

OPPONENT INFO

The Red Storm are 7-4-4 overall and 4-2-1 in BIG EAST play. The Red Storm are coming back-to-back road wins over Providence and Butler The Red Storm also has 1-0 wins over UConn and Seton Hall, a 1-1 draw with Creighton and 1-0 losses to Georgetown and Villanova.
The Red Storm were picked fifth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll following last season's 13-7-3 finish where SJU advanced to the BIG EAST Championship match and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Sweet 16.
SJU returned midfielder Jessica Garziano from last season's NCAA Tournament squad, a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection that leads the Red Storm in points (11) and assist (5) and matches for team-high in goals (3). Four other Johnnies have multiple goals on the season.
Gina Muzi has made 15 starts in-goal for St. John's, collecting 35 saves with 11 goals against, with six shutouts.
Xavier is 2-7 against the Red Storm all-time, having one back-to-back match-ups before falling 1-0 in last season's BIG EAST Semifinals.
During last season's regular season match-up, the Musketeers took the 1-0 win in Cincinnati on a goal from Ella Rogers.
The Red Storm won the rematch in the post-season, also played at Corcoran Field, taking a 1-0 win on a goal from BIG EAST Offense Player of the Year Zsani Kajan.

XAVIER NOTES

Molly McLaughlin scored her fourth goal of the season in Xavier's 2-0 win over Seton Hall, on a penalty kick, making her 3-3 on PKs for the season and 6-6 for her career. Her three made PKs for the season ties for second most in NCAA DI.
McLaughlin's four goals combined with a pair of assists brings her season total to a team-high 10 points with two game-winning goals.
Emma Flick has eight point on three goals and two assist after picking up a point on the assist to Regan Dancer for the game-winner against Seton Hall.
Regan Dancer scored the game-winning goal in Xavier's 1-0 win over UConn, scoring from Ella Rogers and Grace Blumfeldt in the 25th minute. The goal was Dancer's third match-winning goal of the season, which leads the Musketeers and is tied for a league-best on the year. The freshman now has seven points on three goals and an assist.
Chloe Netzel's goal against Bowling Green was her third of the season and her second game-winner matching for second-most goals on the team (3) and third-most points (7).
Natalie Bain picked up five points in the opening weekend of BIG EAST play, scoring the eventual game-winner in the 23rd minute at Butler, scoring the first goal in the 2-1 win over DePaul and then assisting on Emma Marcus' game-winner.
Rachel Dewey picked up a point on an assist for the third straight match against Villanova, dishing out the helper to Molly McLaughlin. She now has four points on a team-high four assists.
Brooke Sroka scored Xavier's first goal, an equalizer, in the first half of the Musketeers' 4-1 win over Lipscomb, her second of the season to bring her total to four points. She also scored in Xavier's 4-2 win over Ball State, knocking in an insurance goal in the final minute of the game.
Simone Rivard-Roberts also has two goals on the season, both game-winners. Rivard-Roberts scored her first goal as a Musketeer in the season opener against Western Kentucky, in her first appearance after dealing with injuries in her first two seasons at Xavier.
Avery Lockwood picked up her second assist of the season on Chloe Netzel's game-winner against Loyola, bringing her season total to four points. Lockwood, a transfer from Indiana, scored the equalizer in the eventual 2-1 win over Louisville, and picked up an assist on Regan Dancer's game-winner at Ball State.
Ella Rogers picked up a second assist on the season on Regan Dancer's game-winner against UConn, bringing her season total to four points. She also scored in the first 10 minutes of the Saint Louis match, her first goal of the season.
Emma Marcus became the 10th Musketeer to score in 2022, notching the game-winner in Xavier's 2-1 win over DePaul shortly after halftime.
Grace Blumfeldt picked up an assist on Regan Dancer's goal against UConn, her second assist of the season. Elise Le also has a point on an assist.
Freshman Maria Galley has made all 15 starts in-goal, collecting 40 saves, with a .800 save percentage, with 10 goals against for a GAA of 0.67. Her record stands at 11-2-2 with nine shutouts, tied for third most in a single season in Xavier records.
Natalie Bain has played over 1,300 minutes on the Xavier backline in 14 starts so far in her freshman season. Maddie Reed has made 14 starts at center back while Grace Haggerty started the BSU game. Molly McLaughlin and Ella Rogers have started each match in the midfield, while Olivia Lawson, Elise Le and Rachel Dewey rotate in the starting outside back positions.
The Xavier defense has nine shutouts on the season, including four clean sheets in a row entering the St. John's match, not allowing a goal in over 435 minutes of action dating back to the first half of the DePaul match.
Nationally, Xavier returned to the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 this week, checking in at No. 22 after receiving votes for the past two weeks. The Musketeers are also in the top 25 of the RPI (21) and Top Drawer Soccer poll (23).

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier remained unbeaten in BIG EAST play, topping UConn, 1-0, at Corcoran Field last Sunday, moving to 11-2-2 overall and 5-0-1 in BIG EAST play.
The Musketeers took the lead midway through the first half on a goal from Regan Dancer, from Ella Rogers and Grace Blumfeldt, and took the lead into the break. The Musketeers controlled much of the first half allowing just a pair of UConn shots before the break, and just one on-frame.
In the second half, UConn's offense created more pressure, outshooting Xavier 10-8 after the break with a 4-3 advantage on shots on-goal in the second half, but the Huskies were unable to find the back of the net for the 1-0 win and Xavier's fourth-straight shutout.
Regan Dancer's goal was her third of the season, and her team-high third game-winner. Combined with an assist, she has seven points on the season.
Ella Rogers picked up an assist on the game-winning goal, bringing her season total to four points on a goal and two assists.
Grace Blumfeldt also picked up an assist on Dancer's goal, her second of the season.
Xavier finished with a 15-12 advantage on shots overall and a 6-5 advantage on shots on-frame. Molly McLaughlin's four shots led the Musketeers.
Xavier also finished with a 5-1 advantage on corner kicks.
Maria Galley picked up her 11th win and ninth clean sheet in-goal after collecting five saves.
Natalie Bain, Maddie Reed, Rachel Dewey, Elise Le and Molly McLaughlin all played the full 90 minutes, helping Xavier to a fourth-straight shutout, nine overall.
Xavier's unbeaten streak extends to eight matches.
The Musketeer defense hasn't allowed a goal in the last 435 minutes of action, dating back to the first half of the DePaul match.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After continuing it's unbeaten streak to open BIG EAST play, Xavier women's soccer picked up a pair of Weekly Awards from the league office on Monday, with Maria Galley picking up Goalkeeper of the Week honors and Regan Dancer earning Freshman of the Week.
Galley, a freshman from South Windsor, Conn., had two shutouts last week as Xavier went 1-0-1. The freshman goalkeeper had three saves in a 0-0 draw against No. 18 Georgetown and five saves in a 1-0 victory against Connecticut for her third and fourth straight shutouts. Galley leads the league in clean sheets so far this season with nine and nationally, she is tied for the second-most shutouts.
Dancer, a forward from South Lyon, Mich., picked up Freshman of the Week honors for the second consecutive week. Dancer scored the game-winning goal in Xavier's 1-0 win over UConn, scoring from Ella Rogers and Grace Blumfeldt in the 25th minute. This was Dancer's third match-winning goal of the season, which leads the Musketeers and is tied for a league-best on the year. The freshman now has seven points on three goals and an assist.

MCLAUGHLIN ON HERMANN LIST

Women's soccer graduate student Molly McLaughlin was among the 61 NCAA Women's Division I college soccer players named to the 2022 Hermann Trophy Watch List by United Soccer Coaches.
McLaughlin, a midfielder from Granger, Ind., is coming off her third all-conference season as a Musketeer, earning a spot on the 2021 All-BIG EAST First Team and the USC All-East Region First Team, as well BIG EAST All-Tournament Team honors. She was voted to the 2022 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team by the league's coaches.
Last season, McLaughlin totaled 1,664 minutes in the midfield for the Musketeers, helping Xavier to a school-record 16 regular season wins and 10 shutouts. McLaughlin finished with three goals on the season, a pair coming in BIG EAST play, with one game-winner, against Marquette.
The Hermann Trophy, presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club, is the nation's highest individual honor recognizing the National Player of the Year as determined by the voting of Division I coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches.

2021 SEASON

The Musketeers finished the 2021 season at 16-3-1 overall, setting a new school record for regular season wins (16). The Musketeers went undefeated in the non-conference portion of the home schedule, winning seven straight matches to open the season and playing Bowling Green to a draw to move into conference play at 7-0-1.
Xavier went 9-1 in conference play, winning program's second BIG EAST Regular Season Championship and earning the opportunity to host the league Semifinals and Finals at Corcoran Field.
The Musketeers earned a program-best ranking in both the United Soccer Coaches Poll (No. 11) and the RPI (No. 7) last season.
Last season, Xavier earned the program's first at-large bid and home match in the NCAA Tournament.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers return 23 letter-winners from last fall, including All-BIG EAST First Team honoree Molly McLaughlin, BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Ella Rogers, and All-Freshmen Team members Chloe Netzel and Shelby Sallee.
Xavier's returners account for over 80 percent of Xavier's goals last season, including Xavier's top six goal scorers in Netzel (6), Emma Marcus (4), Sallee (4), Rogers (4), McLaughlin (3) and Mathilde Rasmussen (3).
Netzel led the Musketeers last season with 14 points total, Marcus and Salle each added 11 for the Musketeers.
The Musketeers adds 13 newcomers, including four transfers and a nine-person freshman class.
Xavier enters the season ranked No. 24 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason poll after finishing last season at No. 19, and also open up the 2022 season ranked No. 21 by Top Drawer Soccer.
Xavier was selected to finish second in the BIG EAST Coaches poll, collecting a pair of first place votes.
All-conference honorees Molly McLaughlin and Ella Rogers were named Preseason All-BIG EAST by the league coaches.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Musketeers have a pair of home matches coming up before closing out the regular season at Marquette, starting with Providence on Thursday, October 20, set for a 7:00 p.m. start on the BEDN.
Providence is 4-8-2 overall and 2-3-1 in BIG EAST play, coming off a 2-2 draw at Marquette on Thursday.
Preseason All-BIG EAST selection Meg Hughes has a team-high matching six points on a team-high matching two goals and two assists. Gillian Kenny also has six points on two goals and two assists and Kyla Gallagher's team-high four assist, combined with a goal, brings her season total to six points as well.
Emma Bodmer has played the bulk of the time in-goal, collecting 39 saves with 24 goals against with two shutouts.
The Friars were picked fourth in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll after going 10-7-3 last season, earning the No. 5 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament and an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship.
Xavier is 5-4-0 all-time against the Friars, and enters the match on a four-match win streak entering the 2022 contest.
Last season, Xavier took the 1-0 win in overtime, getting the golden goal from Shelby Sallee in the 96th minute in Providence.

BIG EAST COACHES POLL

BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll
(First-place votes)
1.       Georgetown          98 (8)
2.       Xavier 91 (2)
3.       Butler                     83 (1)
4.       Providence            69
5.       St. John's               59
6.       Connecticut           57
7.       Creighton               43
8.       Marquette             42
9.       DePaul                    31
10.     Villanova                22
11.     Seton Hall              10

BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
Katie Soderstrom, Butler, R-Sr., F

BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
Julia Leas, Georgetown, Sr., M

BIG EAST Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year
Allie Augur, Georgetown, Sr., GK

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
Aliyah Diagne, Butler, R-Jr., D
Katie Soderstrom, Butler, R-Sr., F*
Jaydah Bedoya, Connecticut, Jr., F
Aida Kardovic, Creighton, Sr., M*
Allie Augur, Georgetown, Sr., GK
Julia Leas, Georgetown, Sr., M*
Gia Vicari, Georgetown, Jr., F
Meg Hughes, Providence, Jr., F
Jessica Garziano, St. John's, Sr., M
Molly McLaughlin, Xavier, Grad., M
Ella Rogers, Xavier, So., M
*unanimous selection

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