No. 19 Women's Soccer Wraps Up Road Trip at Northwestern on Sunday

Sunday, September 4

Evanston, Ill.

2 PM ET

Xavier University

Northwestern

No. 19 Women's Soccer Wraps Up Road Trip at Northwestern on Sunday

09.02.22 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers and Wildcats face off at 2 PM ET on BTN+

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CHICAGO - No. 19 Xavier women's soccer (4-0-1) wraps up a four-match road stretch, facing the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday, set for a 2:00 p.m. ET start on BigTenPlus.com.

GAME DETAILS

vs. Northwestern (3-1-1)
Sunday, September 4 - 2:00 PM ET
Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium (Evanston, Ill.)

OPPONENT INFO

The Wildcats are 3-1-1 on the season, coming off a 3-1 win over DePaul on Thursday evening. NU also has a 5-0 win over SIUE and a 2-1 win over Kansas State, as well as a 0-0 draw with Oakland to its credit. The Wildcats lone setback came against Kansas, a 1-0 loss.
Josie Aulicino leads the Wildcats on offense so far this season, collecting eight points on a team-high three goals and two assists.
Emma Phillips has a pair of goals for four points. Five other Wildcats have scored.
Reiley Fitzpatrick adn Mia Raben have split time in-goal this season, with both appearing in all five matches. Fitzpatrick has made all five starts, with a GAA of 0.80 in 225 minutes of action, with a record of 1-0-1 and partial credit of two shutouts. Raben has a GAAA of 0.40 with a record of 2-1-0 and partial credit for two shutouts.
Northwestern went 7-9-1 in 2021, posting a 3-6-1 record in Big Ten play.
Xavier is 1-0 against the Wildcats after taking a 2-1 win last season in Cincinnati.

XAVIER NOTES

The Musketeers re-enter the United Soccer Coaches Poll this week at No. 19 after receiving votes last week. Xavier entered the season ranked at No. 24 in the preseason poll. Xavier is also ranked No. 20 by TopDrawerSoccer.
Simone Rivard-Roberts leads the Musketeers with two goals, 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.
Chloe Netzel scored the game-winner in the final minute at Loyola, combining with an assist to bring her to three points for the season.
Molly McLaughlin also has three points on the season after picking up an assist on Netzel's game-winner at Loyola. McLaughlin also has a goal on a PK in the first half at Ball State.
Freshmen Emma Flick and Regan Dancer have each tallied once so far this season, the equalizer and the game-winner, respectively, in Xavier's 4-2 win over Ball State.
Grad students Brooke Sroka also scored in Xavier's 4-2 win over Ball State, knocking in an insurance goal in the final minute of the game.
Grace Blumfeldt and Rachel Dewey each have a point on an assist.
Freshman Maria Galley has made all four starts in goal, collecting 12 saves, with a .800 save percentage, with three goals against for a GAA of 0.60. Her record stands at 4-0-1 with three shutouts.
Natalie Bain has played all 450 minutes on the Xavier backline in four starts so far in her freshman season. Maddie Reed has made four starts at center back and Grace Haggerty started the BSU game. Olivia Lawson and Elise Le have started all five matches at outside back, while Molly McLaughlin and Ella Rogers have started each match in the midfield.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier picked up a third-straight win on Thursday evening, scoring the game-winning goal in the final minute to take the 1-0 win at Loyola-Chicago on Thursday evening.
The Musketeers held the advantage on offense in the first half, holding a 5-1 lead on shots in the first 45 minutes, with a 2-0 lead on looks on frame, but neither team found the back of the net to go in to the half scoreless.
After the half, Xavier continue to hold the advantage on shots, outshooting the Ramblers 11-2 in the second 45, but the game ticked down to the final minute, still knotted up 0-0.
In the closing seconds of the match, Molly McLaughlin got the ball on the left sideline in Xavier's attacking third, playing it to herself then crossing to Avery Lockwood in front of the goal. Lockwood tapped the ball to Chloe Netzel on the right side of the box and Netzel shot low from the edge of the six-yard box for the game-winner.
Chloe Netzel's goal was her first of the season and made her the seventh goal-scorer for the Musketeers this season. Netzel now has three points on a goal and an assist.
Molly McLaughlin and Avery Lockwood each picked up an assist on Netzel's goal. Both have three points on the season on a goal and an assist.
The Musketeers finished with a 16-3 advantage on shots overall and a 7-0 advantage on shots on-goal. Netzel and McLaughlin each had three shots to lead Xavier. Two of Netzel's shots were on-frame, matching Avery Lockwood for game-high.
Xavier finished with a 10-6 advantage on corner kicks, taking eight in the second half.
On defense, Natalie Bain and Maddie Reed played the full 90 minutes, not allowing a shot on-goal. McLaughlin also played the full 90 for the Musketeers.
Maria Galley picked up her third shutout of the season in-goal, moving to 4-0-1 on the season.

WEEKLY AWARDS

After scoring her second game-winning goal of the season last week, Xavier women's soccer's Simone Rivard-Roberts was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week. Regan Dancer was named to the conference's weekly honor roll as well.
Rivard-Roberts, a junior forward from Dublin, Ohio, scored in the 76th minute at Louisville, helping Xavier remain undefeated with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals. After UofL took a 1-0 lead into halftime, Xavier scored shortly out of the break, and remained tied until the 76th minute when Maddie Reed found Rivard-Roberts, who drove to the edge of the box and shot to the upper left corner to give the Musketeers the lead.
Rivard-Roberts leads the Musketeers with four points on two goals, both game-winners, and made her first start on Sunday against Ball State, helping Xavier remain the only unbeaten team in the BIG EAST.
Freshman Regan Dancer also earned a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor roll after scoring the game-winning goal against Ball State, her first tally and first game-winner as a Musketeer. After the Musketeers tied up the match at 2-2 in the 70th minute, in the 75th minute the ball was served ahead to Regan Dancer from about midfield. She shot from about 12 yards out to the lower right corner to put the Musketeers in front 3-2, helping Xavier to a 4-2 win to stay undefeated.

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 returns home for three straight home matches to wrap up the non-conference schedule, starting with Saint Louis on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7 PM at Corcoran Field.
Saint Louis is 4-1 on the season and will face Nebraska on Sunday before facing Xavier. SLU has a 1-0 win over top-10 ranked Arkansas squad, as well as multiple goal wins over Drake (3-0), Kansas City (5-0) and Missouri State (7-0). The lone loss of the season came against a ranked Notre Dame squad.
The Billikens went 13-9-1 overall last season and 7-3 in Atlantic 10 play, winning the A10 Conference title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament Second Round.
Saint Louis was picked to win the A10 by the league coaches, putting five on the preseason All-Conference team.
Among those players were 2021 All-A10 First Team selections Brionna Halverson, Abbie Miller and Emily Puricelli, A10 Rookie of the Year and second-team All-Conference selection Emily Gaebe, as well as Hannah Friedrich.
Xavier is 4-3 against SLU all-time, after taking a 1-0 win in St. Louis last season.

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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