University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer hits the road for its final three contests of 2015. The Screaming Eagles are slated to travel to St. Louis, Missouri, to visit Maryville University Friday at 3 p.m. and the University of Missouri-St. Louis Sunday at noon before concluding the season in Louisville, Kentucky, at nationally-ranked Bellarmine University October 28 at 4 p.m.
Coverage of USI’s season-ending road trip, including live stats and video, can be found at GoUSIEagles.com.
Week 8 Eagle Notes:
Eagles shutout during homestand. The Eagles concluded the 2015 home schedule with a pair of shutout losses at Strassweg Field. USI was defeated by Truman State University, 3-0, last Friday and lost a hard-fought match with Quincy University, 1-0, on Senior Day Sunday.
Scoring Leaders. Senior forward Madi Vellky and freshman forward Ryley Hancock remain tied for the team-lead in scoring with eight points each. Vellky has eight points on three goals and two assists, while Hancock has two goals and a team-high four assists. The Eagles, currently, have a three-way tie for the team-high in goals scored between Vellky, junior defender Kelsey Smith and freshman defender Olivia Wilde with three goals each.
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Between the posts this season. Freshman goalkeeper Emily Hopkins saw her goals against average (GAA) go to 1.60 after this weekend. She has made 69 saves and allowed 20 goals in 1124 minutes of play.
Lohmann shined versus Quincy. Senior goalkeeper Jackie Lohmann took the loss in the match with Quincy, despite making a career-high 13 saves. Lohmann has a 1.43 GAA this season with 19 saves and three goals allowed in 189 minutes of action.
Engelbrecht in her 13th year. USI Head Coach Krissy Engelbrecht has a 93-117-19 overall record at USI, but is 56-54-7 in her last six-plus seasons.
USI and Maryville. The Eagles lead the all-time series with Maryville, 3-2-1, after tying the Saints, 2-2 in double overtime last fall at Strassweg Field. USI lost to Saints, 4-1, in its last visit to Maryville.
Maryville in 2015. The Saints are 5-6-3 overall, 4-5-3 in the GLVC, and are ninth in the league standings. The GLVC coaches picked Maryville to finish 11th in this year’s preseason poll.
USI and UMSL. USI trails 11-9-0 in the all-time series against UMSL after losing a 3-0 decision to the Tritons last fall at Strassweg Field. Despite last season’s loss, the Eagles have won four of the last six matches with the Tritons, including three victories in St. Louis.
UMSL in 2015. The Tritons, who host 13th-ranked Bellarmine University Friday night before welcoming the Eagles to the UMSL campus, are tied for second in the GLVC with a 10-1-3 overall mark and an 8-1-3 record in the GLVC. The GLVC coaches predicted UMSL would finish ninth in this year’s preseason poll.
USI and Bellarmine. USI trails 12-6-3 in the all-time series against Bellarmine despite tying the Knights, 2-2, in double overtime at Strassweg Field last fall. USI will be looking to break a 12-match winless streak against Bellarmine in the season finale and post its first win over the Knights since 2004.
Bellarmine in 2015. The 13th-ranked Knights lead the GLVC standings with a 13-1-1 overall record and a 10-1-1 GLVC mark. Bellarmine suffered its first loss of the season last Friday when it was defeated by Quincy University, 3-0. The GLVC coaches predicted Bellarmine would win the conference in this year’s preseason poll.
