The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team travels to the northern part of the Great Lakes Valley Conference this weekend when the Screaming Eagles visit the Flyers of Lewis University Friday and the Rangers of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Sunday. Game time Friday versus Lewis in Romeoville, Illinois, is 5 p.m., while kick off at UW-Parkside in Somers, Wisconsin, is noon.
Coverage of USI’s road trip, including live stats for both matches and live video of Sunday’s match at UW-Parkside, can be found at GoUSIEagles.com.
Week 6 Eagle Notes:
Eagles go unbeaten in homestand. The Eagles were unbeaten in their two-game homestand last weekend, going 1-0-1. USI, despite being outshot 20-6, defeated the University of Indianapolis, 1-0, on a goal by senior forward Madi Vellky (Dublin, Ohio) before battling Saint Joseph’s College to a 1-1 double-overtime tie to conclude the homestand. Freshman midfielder/defender Olivia Wilde (Racine, Wisconsin) provided USI’s only offense against Saint Joseph’s, recording her second goal of the season.
Scoring Leaders: Senior forward Madi Vellky pulled into a tie with freshman forward Ryley Hancock(Evansville, Indiana) for the team lead in points with eight each. Vellky also is tied for the team-lead with three goals and has two assists, while Hancock has two goals and a team-high four assists. Following Vellky and Hancock in the scoring column with six points each are junior defender Kelsey Smith(Evansville, Indiana), who is tied with Vellky with three goals.
Between the posts. Freshman goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana) had her best weekend of the year, posting back-to-back season-high of 10 saves in the win over UIndy and the tie with Saint Joseph’s. Hopkins dropped her goals against average to 1.32 after allowing only one goal in 200 minutes of action over the weekend. She has 60 saves and allowed 14 goals in 954 minutes of play.
NCAA Top 50. Freshman forward Ryley Hancock and freshman goalkeeper Emily Hopkins were ranked the NCAA Division II top 50 for assists and saves, respectively. Hancock enters the week ranked 39th in assists with a team-high four this season, while Hopkins starts action ranked 32nd with 60 saves during her first year.
Engelbrecht in her 13th year. USI Head Coach Krisssy Engelbrecht has a 93-113-19 overall record at USI, but is 56-50-7 in her last six-plus seasons.
USI and Lewis. The Eagles lead the all-time series with Lewis, 13-4-2, after tying the Flyers last fall at Strassweg Field. USI is 8-1-1 against Lewis since 2005.
Lewis in 2015. The Flyers are 6-3-2 overall, 4-2-2 in the GLVC, and have gone 2-1-1 in its last four matches. The GLVC coaches picked Lewis to finish seventh in this year’s preseason poll.
USI and UW-Parkside. USI trails 11-9-2 in the all-time series against UW-Parkside after losing 2-1 to the Rangers last year at Strassweg Field. The Rangers have won the last two meetings with the Eagles.
UW-Parkside in 2015. The Rangers, who visit 14th-ranked Bellarmine University Friday night before welcoming the Eagles, are 3-6-1 overall, 2-5-1 in the GLVC, and have lost four of their last five matches. The GLVC coaches predicted UW-Parkside finish fourth in this year’s preseason poll.
