Women's Soccer Returns Home to Host Chattanooga

Thursday, September 11

Cincinnati, Ohio

5:00 PM

Xavier University

Chattanooga

Women's Soccer Returns Home to Host Chattanooga

09.10.25 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers and Mocs get underway at 5:00 p.m. on Xavier+

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's soccer returns home on Thursday, Sept. 11 to host Chattanooga at Corcoran Field. The Musketeers and the Mocs get underway at 5:00 p.m. on Xavier+.

GAME DETAILS

vs. Chattanooga
Thursday, Sept. 11 - 5:00 p.m.
Corcoran Field • Cincinnati, Ohio

BROADCAST INFO

Xavier will broadcast all nine home women's soccer matches on either Xavier+ or ESPN+.
The subscription cost of Xavier+ will be $10 per match or $49 for a fall season pass to watch all 19 home Xavier+ broadcasts (includes men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball). All purchases are subject to the customer's state sales tax.
A subscription to ESPN+ is required to view the four home women's soccer matches aired on ESPN+. An ESPN+ subscription will also include a number of road women's soccer contests (determined by the host institution).

OPPONENT INFO

The Mocs enter the match at 5-1-1, with wins over Winthrop, Indiana State, Morehead State, Austin Peay and North Alabama, as well as a draw at Tennessee Tech. The lone set back on the season was a 1-0 loss at Alabama.
Defender Brenna Swiger earned a spot on the SoCon Preseason All-Conference Team. The Mocs were picked to finish fifth in the league's preseason poll.
Chattanooga went 7-9-3 overall last season with a 5-4-0 mark in Southern Conference play. The Mocs took a 3-2 overtime win over Mercer to advance to the SoCon Semifinals, before falling, 2-0, to Western Carolina.
Xavier is 1-0 all-time against the Mocs after taking a 2-1 win in Chattanooga last season in the first meeting between the two programs.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Xavier remains at home to wrap up non-conference play against SEMO on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
The Musketeers then head to Chicago to open up BIG EAST play, taking on DePaul on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 2:00 p.m. ET.

XAVIER NOTABLES

The Musketeers are receiving votes in the most recent United Soccer Coaches poll, currently standing at 3-2-1 after extending their unbeaten streak to four matches with a 2-2 draw at Indiana last Thursday.
Xavier's offense leads the BIG EAST and ranks in the Top 25 in NCAA DI in scoring offense (3.00 - 15th in DI), points per game (8.50 - 16th in DI), total goals (18 - 21st in DI), and total points (51 - 23rd in DI). The Musketeers also lead the league and are in the Top 50 for total assists (15 - 41st in DI) and goal differential (9 - 46th in DI).
After collecting six goals through the last three games, Elin Hansson leads the Musketeers with 12 points. Her total goals lead the BIG EAST and rank No. 11 in NCAA DI, and her goals per game (1.00) lead the league and rank No. 9 in NCAA DI. She also has league high and is No. 38 in the country for total points.
Samantha Erbach has 10 points on three goals and four assists for the season. Her point total trails only Hansson in the BIG EAST, while her assist total and assists per game (0.67) lead the conference and ranked No. 22 in NCAA DI. Erbach is also 2-2 on PKs for the season, one of 20 players with two or more made PKs on the season.
Xavier has seven different goal scorers so far this season, with four, Hansson, Erbach, Emma Flick and Chelsea Loeser, knocking in multiple goals.
Seven Musketeers have also dished out assists.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier extended its unbeaten streak to four matches with a 2-2 draw at Indiana on Thursday evening. The Musketeers moved to 3-2-1 on the year, while Indiana moved to 2-2-1.
The offense started off slowly on both sides, with each team recording only a single shot in the first 15 minutes of the match. Indiana recorded the first two looks on frame, with the second one finding the back of the net to give IU the 1-0 lead in the 20th minute.
Xavier responded less than five minutes later after Emma Flick brought the ball up the right side, crossing to Elin Hansson in the box. Hansson shot low, with the ball bouncing past the IU goalkeeper to the left corner to tie the match. The Musketeers finished the first half with a 7-2 advantage on shots, and a 4-2 advantage on shots on frame, but the match went into halftime tied at 1-1.
The tie held into the 62nd minute, when the Musketeers moved in front, 2-1, after the ball bounced in off an IU player following a Xavier corner kick. The Hoosiers responded less than two minutes later, tying the match at 2-2 on a penalty kick.
After IU equalized, the Musketeers outshot the Hoosiers, 6-0, in the final 27 minutes, but were unable to find the go-ahead goal, setting the final score at 2-2.
Elin Hansson scored her team-high sixth goal of the season, all coming in the last three matches. She leads the Musketeers with 12 points on the season.
Emma Flick picked up an assist on Hansson's goal, her first of the season. Combined with her three goals on the season, she has seven points.
Xavier finished with a 20-3 advantage on shots overall and a 7-3 advantage on shots on-goal.
Regan Dancer led the Musketeers with seven shots, including a team-high three looks on goal. Samantha Erbach finished with five shots and Peyton Kohls and Hansson each had three.
The Musketeers had a 6-1 advantage on corner kicks.
Nastassja Garrett made her first collegiate start, playing the full 90 minutes. Erbach, Natalie Bain and Brooklynn Miltenberger also played the full time.
Maria Galley played the full 90 minutes in-goal, collecting a save.
The 2-2 result marks the first draw in the series with the Hoosiers, the first result for Xavier against Indiana since 1999, and the first road result for the Musketeers in the series.

BAIN NAMED PRESEASON BIG EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Reigning BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, Natalie Bain, was selected as the 2025 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year by the league's coaches, the conference announced on Tuesday, August 12. Bain also has been named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch list, the United Soccer Coaches Defenders to Watch list, and came in at No. 8 on Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason Players to Watch list.
Bain earned 2024 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year after starting in all 21 matches last season, helping the Musketeer defense limit opposing teams to just 18 goals overall and just seven in BIG EAST play. Bain led the Musketeers' field players in minutes played at 1,845 and played the full time in 16 matches, including nine of 10 BIG EAST games. The native of Alexandria, Ky., helped Xavier's defense to 10 shutouts on the season.
On offense, Bain had a career-high three goals, and combined with an assist, finished the season with a career-best seven points in 2024. Among her goals were the game-winner in Xavier's 8-0 win at Valpo, one of two goals for the game, marking her first multi-goal game as a Musketeer.
In addition to earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, Bain was a First Team All-BIG EAST selection for a second straight year, also earning Preseason Defensive Player of the Year ahead of the season.
Bain, a 2024 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist, also earned a spot on the USC All-America Second Team, becoming the first Musketeer in program history to earn USC All-American honors twice in her career.

RETURNING MUSKETEERS

Xavier returns 14 letterwinners, including seven starters, from 2024's 15-win team. The Musketeer returnees accounted for over 60 percent of Xavier's 51 goals scored last season, the most goals scored by the program since 1984.
Among the returnees are 2025 All-BIG EAST Preseason selections Natalie Bain, Samantha Erbach and Regan Dancer.
Erbach, the 2024 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and All-BIG EAST First Team selection, was named to the USC Forwards to Watch list and came in at No. 51 on the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Players to Watch list. Erbach started in all 21 matches for the Musketeers during her rookie season. She wrapped up last season with a team-high 11 goals and dished out five assists to finish with 27 points, second most on the team. Among her goals were a team-best four game-winning goals, including the game-winners in the Musketeers' win at Butler and in the win over DePaul in the BIG EAST Semifinals.
Dancer, a 2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team selection, started in all 21 matches for the Musketeers in 2024, finishing the season with a career-high 14 points on a career-high six goals and two assists, matching for third most goals on the team and fourth most points. Among her goals were three game-winners, including at BIG EAST opponents Villanova and Marquette, tying for third in the BIG EAST for game-winning goals.
2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team selection Emma Flick, who was named to USC's Midfielders to Watch list, started all 21 matches for the Musketeers. She collected a career-high 20 points on six goals and a team high-matching eight assists, setting new career-highs for goals and assists. Among her six goals were three game-winners, tying her for third in the BIG EAST for game-winning goals last season. Flick's eight assists were tied for first in the BIG EAST and tied for 64th in NCAA DI following the 2024 season.
Senior goalkeeper Maria Galley was also a 2024 All-BIG EAST Second Team Selection after starting in all 21 matches in-goal for the Musketeers, finishing the campaign with 15 wins, the second most in a single season in school history. Galley's 15 wins in 2024 give her a school-record 43 wins for her Xavier career. Galley collected 51 saves and finished with nine complete shutouts, giving her a school-record 32 shutouts as a Musketeer. She ranked No.1 in the BIG EAST and 26^th in NCAA DI for shutouts following the 2024 season.

2024 SEASON

The 2024 Musketeers posted a 15-4-2 overall record, the third most wins in program history, in Dean Ward's first season as head coach.
In conference action, Xavier posted a 7-2-1 record in BIG EAST play, earning the No. 2 seed in the BIG EAST Championship.
The 2024 Musketeers also earned the highest-ranked road result in program history, at 2-2 draw at No. 4 Michigan State.
On offense, the Musketeers finished the season with 51 goals, the second most in program history and the most by a Xavier team since the 1984 season, and collected 139 points, the most by the Musketeers in over three decades.
The Musketeer defense collected 10 shutouts, only allowing 18 goals on the season.
Following the season, three Musketeers earned BIG EAST awards, with Natalie Bain being named Defender of the Year, Samantha Wiehe earning Midfielder of the Year, and Samantha Erbach picking up Freshman of the Year honors.
Bain and Wiehe were both named USC Second Team All-American, marking the first time in program history that two Musketeers earned All-America honors.

BIG EAST COACHES POLL

BIG EAST Preseason Women's Soccer Coaches' Poll
(first-place votes)
1. Georgetown - 100 (10)
2. Xavier - 87 (1)
3. UConn - 86
4. Butler - 72
5. Creighton - 64
6. Providence - 53
7. DePaul - 39
8. Villanova - 33
9. Marquette - 28
10. St. John's - 25
11. Seton Hall - 18

Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year
Chioma Okafor, UConn, Sr., F

Preseason BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year
Natalie Bain, Xavier, Sr., D

Preseason BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year
Cara Martin, Georgetown, Sr., GK

Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
Amelie Darey, Butler, Sr., D
Talia Sommer, Butler, Sr., F/M
Maja Lardner, Georgetown, Gr., F
Cara Martin, Georgetown, Sr., GK
Natalie Means, Georgetown, Sr., F
Ella McBride, Providence, Sr., D
Anaya Johnson, UConn, Jr., M
Chioma Okafor, UConn, Sr., F
Natalie Bain, Xavier, Sr., D
Regan Dancer, Xavier, Sr., M
Samantha Erbach, Xavier, Sr., F