EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer is riding a five-match winning streak as it comes home to Strassweg Field to prepare for the final regular season homestand of 2021. The Screaming Eagles (7-4-2, 5-4-1 GLVC) is slated to host Maryville University (5-6-1, 4-5-1 GLVC) Friday at 7:30 p.m. before honoring the team’s six seniors for Senior Day versus Missouri University of Science & Technology Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
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USI Women’s Soccer Week 8 Notes:
USI in the GLVC: With four matches remaining in 2021, USI starts this week seventh in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with 16 points. The Eagles, who started last week 10th in the league, are one point away from a tie for fifth with Lewis University and Missouri S&T and three points away from fourth-place University of Indianapolis. The top eight qualify for the GLVC Tournament slated to begin November 7 with the top four team hosting first round matches. The GLVC Tournament semifinals and finals are slated for November 12 and 14.
USI sweeps road trip: USI swept its road trip and its second-straight weekend with a 2-1 win over Drury University and a 1-0 win at Southwest Baptist University. Sophomore midfielder Madison Crawford (O’Fallon, Missouri) led the way offensively with three points (one goal, one assist) in the win over Drury University.
For the season: Sophomore midfielder Jill DiTusa (St. Charles, Missouri) leads the Eagles in scoring with 11 points on a team-high five goals and one assist. Freshman midfielder Avery Schone (Galena, Ohio) follows with 10 points on four goals and two assists.
Etienne between the posts: Sophomore goalkeeper Maya Etienne (Midland, Michigan) has a team-best five shutouts this season, raising her career total to 26 in two-plus seasons. She is two shutouts away of shattering the USI mark (27.5) that has been held by Angie Gries since 1999.
Schoenstein is second all-time at USI: Head Coach Eric Schoenstein is second all-time at USI with a 60-34-14 mark in five-plus years at the helm of the Eagles. He has led the Eagles to their only GLVC regular season and tournament championships, along with the program’s second trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Maryville in 2021:Â The Saints of Maryville is tied for ninth in the GLVC, one point behind eighth place University of Missouri-St. Louis and three points behind seventh-place USI. Maryville, which tied UMSL, 0-0, in double-overtime and defeated Lindenwood University, 1-0, last weekend, has been on a roll the last three weeks, going 4-1-1.
USI versus Maryville:Â USI has a 7-5-1 series lead over Maryville since the Saints joined the GLVC in 2009. The Eagles have taken three of the last five match-ups, including a 3-1 win in St. Louis last spring.
Missouri S&T in 2021:Â The Miners of Missouri S&T are tied for fifth in the the GLVC after sweeping a homestand last weekend, defeating McKendree and UMSL, 1-0, each. Missouri S&T also has won three of its last four matches.
USI versus Missouri S&T:Â The Miners lead the all-time series with Missouri S&T, 11-6-1, but USI has won the last four meetings. The Eagles took last season’s match-up, 5-1, in Rolla.
