The sixth-ranked Emory University women’s soccer team will
look to extend its winning streak during its final two home games
of the regular season, as the Eagles will host the
24th-ranked University of Rochester at 5:00 PM on
Friday, and Case Western Reserve University at 11:00 AM on
Sunday.
Coverage
Both games will be webcasted at http://go.emory.edu/Webcasts/WSoccWebcast.html.
RealPlayer version 10 or newer is needed to watch the webcast, and
can be downloaded for free at www.real.com. Live-updating
statistics for the games are available at http://go.emory.edu/LiveStats/WSocc/XLIVE.HTM.
Senior Day
Sunday’s contest against Case Western Reserve will not
only be the last home game of the regular season for Emory, but
will also be the last home game for the Eagles’ soon-to-be
graduating players. Prior to the start of the game on Sunday,
Emory will hold its annual ‘Senior Day’ Ceremonies,
where they team will honor seniors Sara Belsole,
Melanie Levy, Meghan McMahon,
Alyssa Perez, Emily Rubin and
Lauren Smith.
Emory University Eagles
Emory will enter the weekend as winners of three-consecutive
2-0 decisions (and four-straight games overall), which has raised
the squad’s overall record to 12-1-2 during the
campaign. The Eagles are 6-1-0 at home, and 3-0-1 against
ranked opponents this season. Besides their ranking of sixth
overall in the NSCAA Division III Poll, the Eagles are ranked
10th in the D3Soccer.com poll and first in the NSCAA
South Atlantic Region poll. Emory’s leading scorer this
season is Lauren Smith, who has scored six goals
in 15 games off the bench for 12 total points. Sophomore
goalkeepers Erica Stein and Kaele
Leonard continue to split playing time for Emory,
combining with the Eagles’ backline to record a 0.45 goals
against average with eight shutouts this season. Emory is led
by head coach Sue Patberg, who is 74-20-14 during
her six seasons with the team.
- Emory by the Numbers (Division III Rank in Parenthesis
– as of 10/24)
Goals per game – 2.2 (127th)
Goals-Against Average – 0.445 (13th)
Shutout Percentage – 0.533 (53rd)
Won-Lost-Tied Percentage – 0.867 (15th)
Save Percentage – 0.873 (36th)
University of Rochester Yellowjackets
Rochester, ranked 24th in both the latest NSCAA and
D3Soccer.com polls, currently stands at 10-3-2 this season,
including a road record of 1-1-0 and a 3-1-0 mark in road and
neutral matches combined. The Yellowjackets are coming off a
3-2 overtime win over St. John Fisher College last Saturday, and
the squad has gone 4-0-1 over its last five games.
Rochester’s leading scorer this season is junior Ellen
Coleman, who has 13 goals (including six game winners) and four
assists for 30 points, and currently ranks 55th among
all Division III players in goals per game, 66th in
points per game, and 79th in total points.
Sophomore goalkeeper Bridget Lang has seen almost all the minutes
in goal for the Yellowjackets, recording a 1.05 goals against
average with five shutouts. The game will be the last at the
Woodruff P.E. Center for longtime Rochester head coach Terry
Gurnett, the winningest head coach in NCAA Division III history
with an overall record of 433-146-67 during his 34 seasons with the
team.
- Rochester by the Numbers (Division III Rank in
Parenthesis – as of 10/24)
Goals per game – 2.13 (137th)
Goals-Against Average – 1.029 (130th)
Shutout Percentage – 0.333 (182nd)
Won-Lost-Tied Percentage – 0.733 (68th)
Save Percentage – 0.787 (196th)
Case Western Reserve University Spartans
Case will begin play this weekend with an overall record of
9-5-1, and will play at Carnegie Mellon University on Friday night
before traveling to Atlanta for Sunday’s game. The
Spartans have a 1-3-1 record in true road matches this season, and
a 3-3-1 mark in road and neutral matches combined. Case is
currently ranked eighth in the NSCAA Great Lakes Region poll.
The team’s leading scorer this season is sophomore Kendra
Simmons, who has seven goals and one assist for 15 points.
Defensively, junior goalkeeper Anna Kennedy ranks 34th
among Division III athletes with a 0.583 goals against average and
61st with a 0.857 save percentage, including five
shutouts. Case is led by head coach Tiffany Crooks, who is
32-33-5 through four seasons with the squad.
- Case by the Numbers (Division III Rank in Parenthesis
– as of 10/24)
Goals per game – 1.93 (187th)
Goals-Against Average – 0.915 (106th)
Shutout Percentage – 0.533 (53rd)
Won-Lost-Tied Percentage – 0.633 (132nd)
Save Percentage – 0.811 (139th)
Matchup Histories
Last season in Rochester, the despite allowing just three
shots on goal and six shots total, the Eagles dropped a 1-0
overtime decision to the Yellowjackets. It was the
second-straight year that the two teams played an overtime game,
with Emory winning 1-0 on a second-overtime ‘golden
goal’ in Atlanta in 2008. Despite having a 6-13-4
overall record against Rochester, the only UAA team with a winning
record against the Eagles, Emory has fared well at the Woodruff
P.E. Center with a 6-3-1 record at home against the
Yellowjackets.
In 2009, the Eagles escaped from Cleveland with a come-from-behind
2-1 win over Case Western Reserve. In that game,
Lauren Smith scored the game-winning goal and
assisted on a Hailey Morris goal as well, while
Erica Stein earned the victory in goal.
Smith has a goal and two assists in three career games against the
Spartans, while Meghan McMahon also has a goal
against Case during her career. The Eagles are 11-0-1 all
time at home against Case.
Around the UAA
Emory and Rochester, the only two nationally-ranked teams in
the UAA, are each 2-1-1 in conference play, tying them for third
overall. Leading the conference is the 3-1-0 University of
Chicago, followed in second by 2-0-2 Washington University
(Mo.). Rounding out the bottom half of the standings are
Brandeis University (2-2-0), New York University (2-2-0), Case
(1-3-0), and Carnegie Mellon University (0-4-0).
The rest of this weekend’s UAA schedule is as follows:
- Friday, October 29th
Case at Carnegie Mellon (5:00 PM)
Brandeis at Washington (6:00 PM)
NYU at Chicago (6:00 PM) - Sunday, October 31st
Rochester at Carnegie Mellon (11:00 AM)
NYU at Washington (12:00 PM)
Brandeis at Chicago (12:00 PM)
Emory Notes
This season marks just the fifth time since 1986 that the
Emory women’s soccer team has lost just one game through its
first 15 contests… Two of the five times have occurred
during Sue Patberg’s six years with Emory… In the
previous four times the Eagles have had just one loss through their
first 15 games, Emory has never finished worse than second in the
UAA, and has advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament
three times… Emory goalkeeper Kaele Leonard
is ranked 11th among Division III players with a 0.374
goals against average and 12th with a 0.912 save
percentage… Goalkeeper Erica Stein has
recorded six-straight scoreless appearances in goal, and has
allowed just one goal in her last nine appearances… Freshman
Lauren Gorodetsky was named the UAA’s
Defensive Player of the Week for her performance during the
Eagles’ 2-0 win over Berry College on Saturday.