Women's Soccer Takes on St. John's in BIG EAST Semifinals

Thursday, November 3

Boyds, Md.

4:00 PM

Xavier University

St. John's (BIG EAST Semifinals)

Women's Soccer Takes on St. John's in BIG EAST Semifinals

11.01.22 | Women's Soccer

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Match between Musketeers and Red Storm set for 4:00 p.m. start in Boyds, Md. on Thursday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 2 seed Xavier women's soccer (12-2-5; 6-0-4 BIG EAST) opens up BIG EAST Championship play on Thursday, November 3, playing No. 3 seed St. John's in a semifinal matchup at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md. The match is set for a 4:00 p.m. start on the BEDN on FloSports.

The winner advances to the championship, taking on the winner of No. 1 Georgetown and No. 5 Creighton. The BIG EAST Championship match is set for Sunday, November 6 at 1:30 p.m. on FS1.

GAME DETAILS

vs. No. 3 St. John's
Thursday, November 3 - 4:00 PM
Maryland SoccerPlex (Boyds, Md.)

BRACKET

FINAL BIG EAST STANDINGS


SCHOOL	CONF	PTS.	CON PCT	OVERALL	STREAK
Georgetown	8-0-2	26	.900	12-1-5	T1
Xavier	6-0-4	22	.800	12-2-5	T1
St. John's	4-2-3	15	.611	7-4-7	T3
Creighton	4-3-3	15	.550	8-3-8	T2
Butler	4-3-3	15	.550	7-7-5	T4
UConn	4-4-2	14	.500	8-6-4	T1
Marquette	3-4-3	12	.450	7-7-4	T2
Villanova	3-5-2	11	.400	4-8-4	T1
Providence	2-4-4	10	.400	4-9-5	T3
DePaul	1-7-1	4	.167	3-12-1	L1
Seton Hall	1-8-1	4	.150	5-10-3	L1

OPPONENT INFO

St. John's enters the match at 7-4-7 overall, and earned the No. 3 seed in the BIG EAST Championship with a 4-2-3 conference record.
In the first round of the tournament, St. John's hosted No. 6 seed UConn, playing to a 1-1 draw in double overtime before the Red Storm advanced on PKs, 4-2.
Jessica Garziano leads the Red Storm with 11 points on three goals and five assists. Nicole Gordon has a team-high four goals on the season. Eight other Johnnies have scored this season.
Gina Muzi has started all 18 matches in-goal this season, collecting 42 saves with 12 goals against with seven shutouts.
Xavier is 2-7-1 all-time against the Red Storm after playing to a scoreless draw earlier this season.

RECORD BREAKING DEFENSE

Maria Galley has made all 19 starts this season, collecting 50 saves with just 12 goals against, earning a save percentage of 0.806 with a GAA of 0.63, a mark that ranks in the top five in Xavier's single season records. In BIG EAST play, Galley has a league best .903 save percentage, only allowing three goals against conference opponents for a GAA of 0.30.
Galley has a record of 12-2-5 on the season so far and has earned 11 clean sheets, a mark that leads the BIG EAST and is tied for second most in the NCAA DI. Her 11 shutouts tie the Xavier single season school record for a goalkeeper. Seven of her 11 shutouts have come in BIG EAST play. set in 2000 by Megan Vieth.
Natalie Bain has played 1,685 minutes on the Xavier backline in 19 starts so far in her freshman season. Maddie Reed has made 18 starts at center back and Grace Haggerty has made a pair of starts
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, and had six shutouts in a row prior to Creighton's PK in the 82nd minute on Sunday, October 23. Going back to the DePaul game, the Musketeer defense had played 697 consecutive minutes of action without allowing a goal.
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

Molly McLaughlin's goal on the penalty kick in Xavier's 2-1 win over Creighton was her team-high fifth tally of the season, matching Regan Dancer for team high with three game-winners. She picked up an assist on Grace Blumfeldt's equalizer against Marquette.
McLaughlin is 4-4 on PKs for the season, matching for the best percentage in the country, while her four made PKs were tied for fourth most in NCAA DI. She's now 7-7 on penalty kicks for her Xavier career.
Chloe Netzel's scored in the first 10 minutes of the 2-1 win over Creighton, her fourth goal of the season to bring her point total to nine. Both marks trail only McLaughlin for team-high in both categories.
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.
Ella Rogers picked up a third assist on the season on Chloe Netzel's goal against Creighton, bringing her season total to five points. She also scored in the first 10 minutes of the Saint Louis match, her first goal of the season.
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.
Grace Blumfeldt scored the equalizer in Xavier's 1-1 draw at Marquette, her first goal of the season. Combined with a pair of assists, she has four poitns on the season.
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.
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.
Elise Le has a point on an assist, picked up during the Lipscomb match.

STAND OUT FRESHMEN

A trio of Musketeer freshmen, Maria Galley, Natalie Bain and Emma Flick, were named to the Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Top 100 Freshmen.
Galley, a goalkeeper, is tied for the most shutouts in the nation with 11, which also matches the individual school record. She was also named BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 10.
Bain, a defender, leads the Musketeers' field players with 1595 minutes of action this season, making all 18 starts. She's collected five points, scoring two goals off of set pieces and dishing out an assist. She was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 26.
Flick, a forward, has eight points on three goals and two assists, with all three totals rank third on the team. Flick was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Sept. 12.
Forward Regan Dancer has also been honored as BIG EAST Freshman of the Week twice so far this season. She's collected seven points on three goals and an assist, with all three goals going down as game-winners.

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 the 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.

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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