Women's Soccer Celebrates Senior Day on Sunday Against Creighton

Sunday, October 23

Cincinnati, Ohio

1 PM

Xavier University

Creighton

Women's Soccer Celebrates Senior Day on Sunday Against Creighton

10.22.22 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers celebrate six grad students and seniors prior to 1:00 p.m first touch

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer (11-2-4; 5-0-3 BIG EAST) wraps up the regular season home schedule on Sunday afternoon at Corcoran Field, hosting Creighton on Senior Day. The match is set for a 1:00 p.m. start on the BEDN on FloSports.

Prior to the match, Xavier will celebration its six graduate students and seniors, Rachel Dewey, Grace Haggerty, Erika Hall, Emma Marcus, Molly McLaughlin and Rachel Dewey. The senior celebration will begin about 12:40 p.m.

GAME DETAILS

vs. Creighton
Sunday, October 23 - 1:00 PM
Corcoran Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)

BIG EAST STANDINGS


SCHOOL	CONF	PTS.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK
Georgetown	8-0-1	25	12-1-4	.824	W4
Xavier	5-0-3	18	11-2-4	.765	T2
Creighton	4-2-2	14	8-2-6	.688	T1
St. John's	4-2-2	14	7-4-5	.594	T1
Butler	4-3-1	13	7-7-2	.500	T1
UConn	3-4-1	10	7-6-2	.533	T1
Marquette	3-4-1	10	7-7-2	.500	L1
Providence	2-4-2	8	4-9-3	.344	T1
Villanova	2-5-1	7	3-8-3	.321	T1
DePaul	1-6-1	4	3-11-1	.233	T1
Seton Hall	1-7-1	4	5-9-3	.382	T1

OPPONENT INFO

The Bluejays are 8-2-6 overall and 4-2-2 in BIG EAST play, sitting a tie for third place in the BIG EAST standings after playing DePaul to a 1-1 tie on Thursday.
Lara Kazandjian has nine points on a team-high four goal and an assist, Hanna Luke has nine points on three goals and three assists. Four other Bluejays have multiple goals on the season.
Keelan Terrell has played the bulk of the time in-goal, collecting 36 saves with 12 goals against to earn a 6-2-5 record with five shutouts.
Creighton was picked seventh in the league in the preseason poll, with midfielder Aida Kardovic earning Preseason All-BIG EAST honors.
The Bluejays went 7-10-2 last season, with a 1-8-1 record in BIG EAST play.
Xavier is 8-5 all-time against Creighton, coming off a 2-0 win in Omaha last season.
In the Fall 2021 match, Hayley Jakovich scored the game-winner in the fifth minute, and Shelby Sallee added an insurance goal in the 68th minute.

RECORD BREAKING DEFENSE

Freshman Maria Galley has made all 17 starts in-goal, collecting 46 saves, with a .821 save percentage, with 10 goals against for a GAA of 0.59. Her record stands at 11-2-4 with 11 shutouts, the most in the BIG EAST and tied for the most in NCAA DI. Galley's 11 shutouts are tied for single-season school record, set in 2000 by Megan Vieth.
Natalie Bain has played over 1,500 minutes on the Xavier backline in 17 starts so far in her freshman season. Maddie Reed has made 16 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 11 shutouts on the season, including six clean sheets in a row entering the Creighton match, not allowing a goal in over 615 minutes of action dating back to the first half of the DePaul match.
Xavier's 11 shutouts tie the 2000 season for the second-most team shutouts in a season in Xavier record books. The school record is 13, set in 2019.

XAVIER NOTES

Xavier sits in second place in the BIG EAST and has secured a bid to the BIG EAST Championship.
Nationally, Xavier is receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. The Musketeers are also in the top 30 of the RPI (30) and Top Drawer Soccer poll (24).
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.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier picked up a sixth-straight shutout and remained unbeaten in BIG EAST action, playing Providence to a 0-0 draw on Thursday evening at Corcoran Field. Xavier moved to 11-2-4 overall and 5-0-3 in league matches.
Xavier held an 8-4 advantage on shots in the first 45 minutes, with two shots each for Ella Rogers and Emma Marcus to lead the Musketeers, but neither team scored to go into the half in a scoreless draw.
In the second half, Xavier had the 5-3 advantage on shots, including a look from Molly McLaughlin that went off the crossbar, but neither team had a look on frame to finish the game in a scoreless draw. Xavier's defense extended its shutout streak to over 600 minutes, and the Musketeers are now unbeaten in the last 10 matches.
Maria Galley added to her league-leading shutout total, now with 11 clean sheets for the season, tying the school record for the season. She collected three saves in-frame in 90 minutes.
Natalie Bain, Maddie Reed and Rachel Dewey played the full 90 minutes for the Xavier defense, helping Xavier to a sixth-straight shutout. The Musketeers now have 11 for the season, tying the 2000 season for the second-most team shutouts in a season in Xavier record books. The school record is 13, set in 2019.
The Musketeer defense hasn't allowed a goal in the last 615 minutes of action, dating back to the first half of the DePaul match. The Musketeers have only allowed one goal in conference action.
Xavier's unbeaten streak extended to 10 matches.
Xavier finished with a 13-7 advantage on shots, led by three for Molly McLaughlin.
Ella Rogers, Emma Marcus and Chloe Netzel each had two looks, with one on-frame each.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After helping Xavier remain unbeaten in BIG EAST play with a fifth-straight shutout, junior defender Maddie Reed earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll, the league office announced on Monday.
Reed, originally from Louisville, Ky., played the full 90 minutes for the Xavier defense in the Musketeers' 0-0 draw at St. John's on Sunday, helping limit the Red Storm to just five shots overall and three on-goal.
The shutout was the Musketeers' 10th of the season, tying the 2021 season for the third-most team shutouts in a season in Xavier records. The Musketeer defense hasn't allowed a goal in the last 525 minutes of action, going back to the first half of the DePaul match.

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

Xavier heads out on the road for its final regular season match, taking on Marquette on Thursday, October 27, set for and 8:00 p.m. ET start.
Marquette is 7-7-2 overall and 3-4-1 in BIG EAST play, sitting in a tie for sixth place in the conference standings with 10 points, and will face St. John's on Sunday.
Kate Gibson leads the Golden Eagles with 10 points on four goals and two assists. Elsi Twombly and Isabella Cook each have three goals and eight other players have scored this season.
Chloe Olson and Mikki Easter have split time in goal this season, combined for a GAA of 1.31 and three shutouts.
Xavier is 4-10 all-time against the Golden Eagles, and took a 3-1 win in Cincinnati last season.
In the Fall 2021 match, Xavier took ta 2-0 lead on goals from Sarah Owusu and Molly McLaughlin. MU pulled within a goal in the 53rd minute but Mathilde Rasmussen added another insurance goal less than three minutes later to set the final score at 3-1.

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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