Women's Soccer Closes Out Non-Conference with Bowling Green

Friday, September 16

Cincinnati, Ohio

6 PM

Xavier University

Bowling Green

Women's Soccer Closes Out Non-Conference with Bowling Green

09.15.22 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers host Falcons on Friday at 6 PM

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer (5-2-1) remains at Corcoran Field to wrap up the non-conference schedule, hosting Bowling Green on Friday, Sept. 16 at 6:00 p.m.

The match between the Musketeers and the Falcons will be live streamed through FloSports.

GAME DETAILS

vs. Bowling Green
Friday, September 16 - 6:00 PM
Corcoran Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)

OPPONENT INFO

Bowling Green enters the match at 2-2-1, coming off two-straight wins, over Detroit Mercy and Valpo.
Kennedy White leads the Falcons with six points on three goals. Brynn Gardner and Katie Cox have each recorded a goal as well.
Lili Berg has mad all five starts in-goal, collecting 15 saves with six goals against.
The Falcons went 11-7-3 overall and 8-2-1 in MAC play in fall 2021, winning the MAC Tournament and earning a fourth-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
BGSU returns All-MAC First Team selection in defender Audrey Shea, and Second Team selection goalkeeper Lili Berg.
Xavier is 3-2-1 all-time against the Falcons, entering the 2022 contest on a four-match unbeaten streak after playing to a 1-1 draw in double overtime last season.

XAVIER NOTES

After leading the BIG EAST with five points on two goals and an assist through two matches last week, Emma Flick now leads the Musketeers in points (7) and goals (3).
Molly McLaughlin collected three points in the match against Lipscomb on a goal, her first game-winner of the season, and an assist to bring her season total to six points. She's now 2-2 on PKs for the season and 5-5 for her collegiate career.
Chloe Netzel added an insurance goal in the final minutes of Xavier's 4-1 win over Lipscomb, her second goal of the season. She also scored the game-winner in the final minute at Loyola, combining with an assist to bring her to five points for the season.
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. Her four points match for team-high.
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.
Regan Dancer picked up an assist on Emma Flick's first hafl goal against Saint Louis, and she also tallied the game-winner in Xavier's 4-2 win over Ball State to bring her season total to three points.
Ella Rogers picked up an assist on Chloe Netzel's goal against Lipscomb to bring her seasont total lto three points. She also scored in the first 10 minutes of the Saint Louis match, her first goal of the season.
Elise Le, Grace Blumfeldt and Rachel Dewey each have a point on an assist.
Freshman Maria Galley has made all eight starts in-goal, collecting 21 saves, with a .700 save percentage, with nine goals against for a GAA of 1.13. Her record stands at 5-2-1 with three shutouts.
Natalie Bain has played over 700 minutes on the Xavier backline in eight starts so far in her freshman season. Maddie Reed has made seven starts at center back and Grace Haggerty started the BSU game. Olivia Lawson and Elise Le have started all seven matches at outside back, while Molly McLaughlin and Ella Rogers have started each match in the midfield.

LAST TIME OUT

After falling behind 1-0 in the first half, four unanswered goals, including three second-half tallies, helped Xavier women's soccer pick up a 4-1 win over Lipscomb on Sunday afternoon.
After nearly 30 scoreless minutes, the Bison struck first, taking a 1-0 lead after finding the rebound off the crossbar. Xavier responded less than five minutes later, with a goal from in front of the net for Brooke Sroka, from Molly McLaughlin, to send the match in to the half tied 1-1.
Xavier took the lead 10 minutes into the second half on a penalty kick from Molly McLaughlin and never relinquished it. In the final 10 minutes, Xavier added a pair of insurance goals, with Emma Flick scoring from Elise Le, and Chloe Netzel adding a goal, from Ella Rogers, to match the season-high for goals at four in the eventual 4-1 win.
Molly McLaughlin collected three points on a goal, her first game-winner of the season, and an assist to bring her season total to six points. She's now 2-2 on PKs for the season and 5-5 for her collegiate career.
Emma Flick scored a goal for a second-straight match, bringing her a team-high three for her freshman season. She also leads the team with seven points.
Chloe Netzel's goal was her second of the season to give her five points.
Brooke Sroka's equalizer was also her second of the season, bringing her season total to four points.
After going into the half equal with nine shots apiece, Xavier out-shot Lipscomb 17-0 in the second half. Xavier finished with a 14-2 advantage on shots on-goal.
Lipscomb held a 3-1 advantage on corners in the first half but the Musketeers had three corners after the break, while not allowing one for the Bison.
Maria Galley picked up her fifth win in-goal, collecting a save with one goal against in 90 minutes of action.
Natalie Bain also played the full 90 minutes on defense for the Musketeers.
Xavier set a season high for points (11), assists (3), shots (26), and shots on goal (14), while matching the season high for goals (4).

WEEKLY AWARDS

After leading the league with five points last week, forward Emma Flick was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Flick totaled five points on two goals and an assist, scoring in each of Xavier's two matches as the Musketeers moved to 5-2-1 on the season. Against Saint Louis, Flick played a role in both goals that gave the Musketeers the lead at the break, setting up Ella Rogers for the Musketeers' first goal with an assist, and then finishing the goal in the 31st minute to put Xavier up, 2-1.
Against Lipscomb, Flick used a header to finish a cross from Elise Le to add to Xavier's lead, 3-1, in the 80th minute of the eventual 4-1 win. Flick's five points on two goals now gives her team-highs for goals (3) and points (7) for the season.

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 opens up BIG EAST play on Thursday on the road with Butler Bulldogs on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Butler is 3-4 on the season and will face Ball State on Thursday, Sept. 15. BU has wins over No. 9 Michigan as well as a 5-0 win over Western Michigan and a 7-0 win over Wright State. The Bulldogs' setbacks came against No. 22 Wisconsin, Illinois, Dayton and Northwestern.
Butler was picked third in the BIG EAST preseason poll, picking up a first place vote. The Bulldogs also have the BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year in Katie Soderstrom, as well as an all-league preseason selection in defender Aliya Diagne.
Last season, BU went 15-5-1 overall and 7-2-1 in BIG EAST, earning the No. 3 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament. The Bulldogs advanced to the tournament semifinals where they fell to No. 2 seed Georgetown, 2-1.
The Bulldogs earned an at-large bid to the NCAA, falling 2-1 to Wisconsin in the first round.

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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