EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team is soaring as it enters the 2016 Great Lakes Valley Conference campaign this weekend. The Screaming Eagles are scheduled to begin league play Friday at 5 p.m. when they host the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Sunday at noon when they welcome Maryville University to Strassweg Field.
Live coverage of USI’s conference games can be found at GoUSIEagles.com.
Sunday’s USI-Maryville match is the Eagles’ annual “Kick for the Cure” game. The Eagles will wear pink jerseys to promote awareness and the fight against breast cancer. Admission to Sunday’s men’s and women’s soccer doubleheader is free of charge.
Week 2 Eagle Notes:Â
Three-straight wins to start the year:Â The Eagles opened the 2016 campaign with three-straight non-conference victories for the first time since 2013. USI has not won four-straight to open a season since 2002.
Winning at home:Â The three victories to start the year are more wins at Strassweg Field than all of 2015. USI was 2-4-1 last year at home.
Scoring goals in 2016: The Eagles have scored 15 goals through three matches this fall, just four short of the 19 scored during the 17 games of 2015 campaign. Senior forward Gabriella Korte (St. Louis, Missouri) tops the USI scoring leaders with nine points on three goals (tied for the team lead) and three assists (team high).
Wilde honored by GLVC, NSCAA: Sophomore defender Olivia Wilde (Racine, Wisconsin) was named the GLVC and the NSCAA Division II Player of the Week for her efforts against the University of Findlay and Kentucky Wesleyan College in the Dunn Hospitality Invitational. Wilde posted eight points on three goals and two assists during the opening weekend.
USI looks to even series with UMSL:Â USI trails the all-time series with UMSL, 11-10-0, after the Eagles posted a 2-1 victory last season in St. Louis. The Eagles have won three of the last four meetings with the Tritons, who were picked to place fourth in the GLVC preseason poll.
USI-Maryville series all tied up: The series between the Eagles and the Saints is tied up, 3-3-1, after Maryville won the meeting last fall, 2-1, in St. Louis. Maryville, which was picked 10th in the GLVC preseason ranking, has the momentum in the series, winning two of the last three match-ups.
