UE Women’s Soccer Holding Senior Day, Hosting Drake on Saturday

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The Aces will honor six seniors in a pregame ceremony at Arad McCutchan Stadium

 

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The University of Evansville women’s soccer team (2-8-2, 0-1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) will hold their 2015 Senior Day on Saturday, Oct. 10 when the Purple Aces host Drake University (5-8, 2-0 MVC). The match will be held at Arad McCutchan Stadium and start at 6:00 p.m. CDT.

 

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG:

AUDIO – WUEV 91.5 FM

https://www.evansville.edu/wuev/downloads/WUEV_HIGH.m3u

 

LIVE STATS – Stat Broadcast

http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=evan

 

WHAT TO KNOW

  • UE will honor six student athletes and one senior athletic training student as part of 2015 Senior Day festivities
  • The Aces eye their first win in MVC play this season
  • Evansville is looking for their first win since Sept. 13
  • The all-time series with Drake is tied 9-9
  • Saturday will be a soccer doubleheader at McCutchan Stadium with the men’s team playing Bradley at 2:00 p.m. CDT and the women’s soccer match to follow

 

SENIOR DAY

Evansville will be holding a Senior Day ceremony prior to Saturday’s match. The Aces will honor six student athletes and one athletic training student. The six senior student athletes are midfielder Allie Arguello, goalkeeper Simone Busby, midfielder Caitie Dierkes, forward Holyn Marshall, forward Kayla Smith, and defender Abby Springer.

 

ALLIE ARGUELLO – SR, M

MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2013-’14, ‘14-’15)…MVC Honor Roll (2012-’13, ‘13-’14, ‘14-’15)…Tied for team-lead in assists (2)…Scored first career goal vs. UT-Martin (Aug. 23).

 

BRONWYN BOSWELL – JR, M

MVC Offensive Player of the Week with two goal performance vs. IUPUI (Sept. 15)…All-MVC Preseason Team (‘15), NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team (‘14), MVC First Team (‘14), MVC All-Freshman Team  (‘13).

 

SIMONE BUSBY – SR, GK

MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2013-’14, ‘14-’15)…MVC Honor Roll (2012-’13, ‘13-’14, ‘14-’15)…All-MVC Preseason Team (‘15), NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team (‘14), MVC Goalkeeper of the Year (‘12,’14), MVC First Team (‘12,’14)…Holds single season (nine) and career (22) record for solo shutouts at UE.

 

CAITIE DIERKES – SR, M

MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2013-’14, ‘14-’15) …MVC Honor Roll (2012-’13, ‘13-’14, ‘14-’15)…Scored first career goal at Vanderbilt (Sept. 20).

 

HOLYN MARSHALL – SR, F

MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2013-’14) …MVC Honor Roll (2012-’13, ‘13-’14, ‘14-’15)…All three of her career goals were scored in 2014…Played defense each of her first three seasons with UE.

 

KAYLA SMITH – SR, F

MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2013-’14, ‘14-’15)…MVC Honor Roll (2012-’13, ‘13-’14, ‘14-’15) …MVC All-Freshman Team (‘12)…Appeared in 20 matches last season, making 13 starts…Scored four points on two goals and two assists…Boasts 10 goals, seven assists and 27 points in her UE career.

 

ABBY SPRINGER – SR, D/M

MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2013-’14, ‘14-’15) …MVC Honor Roll (2013-’14, ‘14-’15)…MVC Freshman of the Year (‘12) and MVC All-Freshman Team (‘12).

 

 

THE OPPONENT

Drake enters this weekend in first place in the MVC, having already posted victories over Illinois State and Indiana State. Most recently, the Bulldogs were defeated 3-0 at Oklahoma State on Wednesday night. Junior midfielder Rebecca Rodgers has a team-high five goals, three assists and 15 points this season. Freshman midfielder Alyssa Brand also has five goals as junior midfielder Kayla Armstrong has provided an additional three assists. Junior goalkeeper Brooke Dennis has a team-low 1.78 goals against average and has logged 62 saves this season.

 

THE COACHES

Evansville is led by eighth year head coach Krista McKendree, a four year standout with the Purple Aces and the only All-American in UE women’s soccer history.

 

Drake’s head coach is Lindsay Horner in her eighth season.

 

HISTORY

The Bulldogs and Purple Aces have split the all-time series 9-9. The Purple Aces are 5-3 in matches played in Evansville.

 

Last 5 meetings:

Date Location UE Opponent Result
Nov. 7, 2014 ^ Normal, Ill. 2 0 W
Sept. 28, 2014 Des Moines, Iowa 1 0 W
Sept. 29, 2013 Evansville, Ind. 1 0 W
Oct. 7, 2012 Des Moines, Iowa 0 1 L
Oct. 30, 2011 ^ Evansville, Ind. 1 0 W

 

^ = MVC Tournament

 

LAST MEETING

Evansville eliminated Drake from the 2014 MVC Tournament with a 2-0 victory in the Semifinals (Nov. 7, 2014). Evansville’s Bronwyn Boswell and Montana Portenier both scored in the victory. Simone Busby also notched her ninth solo shutout of the season and program record setting 13th shutout of the year in the win.

 

LAST HOME MEETING

UE won the last home meeting 1-0 against Drake (Sept. 29, 2013) on the first career goal from defender Emily Richardson.

 

LAST TIME OUT

The Aces were defeated 1-0 at UNI last Saturday (Oct. 3). The lone score was an 82nd minute goal. UE senior forward Kayla Smith had a team-high five shots. Evansville also received their first yellow card of the season.

 

LEADING OFF

Junior forward Bronwyn Boswell leads the Purple Aces with three goals, two assists, eight points, 35 shots, 14 shots on goal and one game winning goal this season. Senior midfielder Allie Arguello, and freshman midfielder Molly Lear also have a team-best two assists each. Senior goalkeeper Simone Busby has the lowest GAA (0.95), 32 saves and highest saves percentage (.780) on the Aces this season.

 

FOR THREE!

The UE women’s soccer team has two shutouts this season and is looking for their third shutout of the year when the team plays Drake. The Aces have seven shutouts in the 18 meetings with Drake including six in the final seven contests.

 

IN THE CLASSROOM

UE women’s soccer received an NSCAA College Team Academic Award (Sept. 23) for their 3.47 GPA in the 2014-15 academic year. This is their ninth straight year receiving the honor and 11th overall.

 

WHAT AN HONOR

Boswell was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 15) for her two goal game vs. IUPUI. This is the first Player of the Week honor in her collegiate career.

 

TALE OF TWO HALVES

Evansville is outscoring their opponents 7-6 in the first half but being outpaced 11-3 after halftime.

 

GOOD BEHAVIOR

The Purple Aces have only received one yellow card and no red cards this season.

 

WE’RE NUMBER ONE

The UE women’s soccer team was ranked #1 in the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference preseason coach’s poll. The Aces will look to unseat back to back champion Illinois State for the title this year. Boswell, Busby, and sophomore forward Montana Portenier were named to the preseason All-Conference team. Sophomore midfielder/forward Nicki Baham received honorable mention.

 

NATIONAL HONOR

Busby missed the team’s first two games competing for the Guyana National Team in CONCACAF Qualifying. They won 8-0 over St. Kitts and Nevis and then tied Cuba 1-1. Guyana advanced to the next round over Cuba on goal differential.

 

UP FOR THE CHALLENGE

Evansville will play three teams that completed last season in the RPI Top 100. Those opponents are Illinois State (32), Miami (Ohio) (58), and Vanderbilt (96).

 

HOSTING THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Evansville is hosting the 2015 MVC Women’s Soccer Championship this year. The semifinals will take place on Fri., Nov. 6 with the Championship match to take place on Sun., Nov. 8. All matches will be held at Arad McCutchan Stadium in Evansville, Ind.

 

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