Xavier University Athletics
Sunday, September 22
Cincinnati, Ohio
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No. 23 Women's Soccer Opens BIG EAST Play with 3-0 Win Over DePaul
09.22.24 | Women's Soccer
Flick, Wiehe and Lawson score; Galley picks up school-record 27th shutout as a Musketeer
CINCINNATI - No. 23 Xavier women's soccer opened up BIG EAST play with a 3-0 win over DePaul on Sunday afternoon at Corcoran Field, moving the Musketeers to 8-1-1 overall. The win extends Xavier's unbeaten streak in BIG EAST regular season matches to 29, dating back to 2021.
Emma Flick's fifth goal of the season gave the Musketeers a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute, scoring from Olivia Baca and McKinley Berry. Xavier finished the first half with a 9-3 advantage on shots overall and a 6-2 lead on shots on-goal. Maria Galley collected both Blue Demon looks on-frame for a pair of saves to send Xavier into halftime with the 1-0 advantage.
Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Xavier added another tally to the lead on a penalty kick from Samantha Wiehe, awarded after Olivia Baca was fouled in front of the net. The goal was WIehe's fourth of the season and she remains perfect on PKs for her time at Xavier. The Musketeers added another insurance goal in the final 15 minutes when Reese Slater set up Olivia Lawson for her fifth goal of the season to set the final score at 3-0.
The Musketeer defense only allowed one shot in the second half, a look on-frame that Galley collected for her third save of the match. Galley picked up the shutout, her fourth complete shutout of the season and her school-record 27th for her Xavier career.
Xavier now hosts UConn for the the last of four-straight home matches, with the Musketeers facing the Huskies on Thursday, September 26, set for a 7:00 p.m. start at Corcoran Field.
14' | XAVIER | McKinley Berry served the ball into the box, Olivia Baca sent the ball towards the net with a header and Emma Flick finished for the 1-0 lead.
53' | XAVIER | After Olivia Baca was fouled in the penalty box, Samatha Wiehe scored on a PK to give Xavier the 2-0 lead.
78' | XAVIER | Reese Slater served the ball from the middle third of the field to the left side of the box to Olivia Lawson, who shot from the edge of the six-yard box for the 3-0 advantage.
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Emma Flick's fifth goal of the season gave the Musketeers a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute, scoring from Olivia Baca and McKinley Berry. Xavier finished the first half with a 9-3 advantage on shots overall and a 6-2 lead on shots on-goal. Maria Galley collected both Blue Demon looks on-frame for a pair of saves to send Xavier into halftime with the 1-0 advantage.
Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Xavier added another tally to the lead on a penalty kick from Samantha Wiehe, awarded after Olivia Baca was fouled in front of the net. The goal was WIehe's fourth of the season and she remains perfect on PKs for her time at Xavier. The Musketeers added another insurance goal in the final 15 minutes when Reese Slater set up Olivia Lawson for her fifth goal of the season to set the final score at 3-0.
The Musketeer defense only allowed one shot in the second half, a look on-frame that Galley collected for her third save of the match. Galley picked up the shutout, her fourth complete shutout of the season and her school-record 27th for her Xavier career.
Xavier now hosts UConn for the the last of four-straight home matches, with the Musketeers facing the Huskies on Thursday, September 26, set for a 7:00 p.m. start at Corcoran Field.
Scoring recap
14' | XAVIER | McKinley Berry served the ball into the box, Olivia Baca sent the ball towards the net with a header and Emma Flick finished for the 1-0 lead.
53' | XAVIER | After Olivia Baca was fouled in the penalty box, Samatha Wiehe scored on a PK to give Xavier the 2-0 lead.
78' | XAVIER | Reese Slater served the ball from the middle third of the field to the left side of the box to Olivia Lawson, who shot from the edge of the six-yard box for the 3-0 advantage.
notable
- Emma Flick's first half goal was her team-high matching fifth of the season and her second game-winner. Along with six assists, she leads the Musketeers with 16 points.
- Samantha Wiehe's made penalty kick was her fourth goal of the season, combining with four assists for 12 points. Wiehe is 3-of-3 on PKs for the season and 5-of-5 for her Xavier career.
- Olivia Lawson's second-half goal gives her five for the season, matching Flick for team high. She also has an assist for 11 points.
- Olivia Baca picked up her first assist of the season on Flick's game-winner, combining with three goals for seven points.
- McKinley Berry picked up as assist on Flick's goal, her first of the season, giving her three point on a goal and a helper.
- Reese Slater picked up her first point of the season, assisting on Lawson's second-half goal.
- Natalie Bain played the full 90 minutes on the Xavier defense, and Brooklynn Miltenberger, Samantha Wiehe and maddie Reed all played over 75 minutes to help the Musketeers pick up their fifth shutout of the season.
- Maria Galley collected three saves in-goal on the way to the complete shutout, her fourth of the season. After tying the school record for career complete shutouts set by Kelcey Ervick (1990-93) in the match against Cincinnati, Galley now holds the program record at 27.
- Xavier extends its unbeaten streak in BIG EAST regular season matches to 29, dating back to September 2021. The Musketeers' last regular season BIG EAST loss was a 2-1 overtime setback to No. 25 Georgetown on Sept. 26, 2021.
- The Musketeers are unbeaten in the last five BIG EAST openers, a streak that goes back to the 2020 season.
- The result extends Xavier's win streak over the Blue Demons to six matches, and the unbeaten streak against DePaul to nine.
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Team Stats
DPU
XAV
Goals
0
3
Shots
4
17
Shots on Goal
3
8
Saves
5
3
Corners
3
4
Fouls
7
6
Scoring Plays
Flick, Emma (5)
Assisted By: Baca, Olivia , Berry, McKinley
Off service into the box and header
13:42
Wiehe, Samantha (4)
XAV Wiehe, Samantha PENALTY KICK GOAL, goal number 4 for season.
52:14
Lawson, Olivia (5)
Assisted By: Slater, Reese
On pass ahead into the box
77:13
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
5
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
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