The University of Southern Indiana women’s soccer team returns to the friendly surroundings of Strassweg Field in search of victories when it hosts 14th-ranked Quincy University Friday and Truman State University Sunday. Kickoff Friday versus Quincy is set for 5 p.m., while the start time against Truman is slated for noon.
Coverage of the Screaming Eagles road games, including live stats and video, is available on GoUSIEagles.com.
Week 6 Eagle Notes:Â
Eagles = Overtime in 2017:Â USI (4-2-4, 2-1-4 GLVC) has been putting a lot of extra time into matches the last month, going to double-overtime in five of the last six contests. The Eagles lost the first double-overtime match to Maryville University before sandwiching a 2-0 win over the University of Wisconsin-Parkside between a pair of 0-0 and 1-1 ties. The five double-overtime matches is the most in program history.
USI had a pair of draws last week:Â USI finished its latest road trip with a pair of draws, tying at Lewis University, 0-0, and at the University of Illinois Springfield, 1-1.
Hopkins moves up the all-time lists: USI junior goalkeeper Emily Hopkins (Greenfield, Indiana), who is fifth all-time at USI in shutouts, recorded her fourth solo shutout of the season at Lewis. Hopkins also is sixth all-time at USI with 166 career saves.
Logjam for the scoring lead: The Eagles have a logjam at the top of the goal scoring column with three freshmen and a senior leading the way. Freshmen defender Madelyne Juenger (Columbia, Illinois), forward Maggie Winter (St. Louis, Missouri), midfielder Sunny Lehman (Evansville, Indiana) and senior forward Haley Rheinlander (Evansville, Indiana) have recorded three goals each this season. Juenger is the team’s overall leader in points with nine on three goals and three assists, while Rheinlander and Winter are tied for second with eight points on three goals and two assists each.
Eagles down in the all-time lead series with Hawks:Â The Eagles trail the Hawks in all-time series, 14-6-1, after losing a 2-0 decision on the road last year. USI enters Friday’s match hoping to end a 12-match losing streak to Quincy, dating back to 2005.
USI trails all-time series versus Truman:Â USI lost last year’s meetings at Truman, 3-0 in the regular season and 2-0 in the GLVC Tournament, and trails the all-time series, 7-1-1. The Eagles are hoping to break four-match losing streak to the Bulldogs.
USI, Lewis, and Illinois Springfield in the GLVC:Â USI is tied for seventh in the league with a .571 winning percent. Quincy (8-2-0, 6-1-0 GLVC) leads the league by a half-game over McKendree University, while Truman (4-3-3, 4-2-2 GLVC) is percentage points ahead of USI in sixth.
Schoenstein enters his second year: USI Head Coach Eric Schoenstein is in his second season as the head coach of the Eagles, producing a 13-11-5 mark (.534).
