MATCH PREVIEW: Crusaders Travel to No. 25 Trinity and Schreiner this Weekend
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(At Trinity) Livestats | Video
(At Schreiner) Livestats | Video
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GAME INFORMATION
The University of Dallas women's soccer team finishes the regular season with a pair of road matches on Friday and Sunday at No. 25 Trinity University (6 p.m.) and Schreiner University (8 p.m.), respectively. It is the first time since the first weekend of October the Crusaders are away from home.
MATCH NOTES
- Dallas enters 9-5-1 overall and 5-1 in conference play. It won 2-1 last Sunday over University of St. Thomas.
- The Crusaders sit tied with Centenary College for second place with 15 points. Centenary holds the tiebreaker.
- Dallas is 4-2 in road matches.
- Nine different players have contributed to the 19 goals on the campaign. This total surpasses the previous two overall totals and matches the final 2016 accumulation.
- Olivia Severson (La Crosse, Wis.) remains third in SCAC for fewest goals allowed (12) and goals-against average (0.92).
(Opponent Notes)
- Trinity enters 12-3 overall and 6-0 atop the SCAC Standings. Most recent match was a 3-1 non-conference setback at Cal Lutheran University. Snapped a seven-game winning streak.
- In the latest rankings by United Soccer Coaches (USC), the Tigers sit at 25th.
- Camryn Beall and Kaity Ward have done most of the scoring with six goals each. Ward has a team-high five assists for 17 points to lead the squad in that column, too.
- A quintet of Tigers have eclipsed 10 or more points this season led by Ward and Beall. Nyah Shepherd, Kristen Coniglione, and Madison Horner also are in the group.
- Schreiner University is on a three-game losing streak that were all conference road matches. The latest a week ago was at Johnson & Wales University-Denver, 1-0.
- SU is 5-10-2 overall and 1-5 in the conference.
- Dani Loeblein headlines the offense with 10 goals and 21 points.
- Maddie Saucedo has amassed 149 saves and an .828 save percentage over 1403:11 minutes in 16 matches (14 starts).
BY THE NUMBERS
PREVIOUS MEETING
- Dallas is facing the Tigers for the first time this season. All-time, UD is 0-26.
- The Crusaders prevailed earlier this year in a non-conference match versus Schreiner University at home, 1-0. Alyssa Mencacci (League City, Texas) scored the game-winner. Box Score
- Last season these teams tied in the matchup in Kerrville, 2-2. The Crusaders scored twice in the second half to erase 1-0 deficit, but would settle for the draw.
ROAD AHEAD
Dallas awaits the outcome of this weekend, as Texas Lutheran University and Southwestern University each visit Centenary in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Crusaders already have clinched a spot in the SCAC Tournament being held in Georgetown, Texas, on November 7-10. A top two seed would mean a bye for Dallas, while the third seed gets matched with the sixth seed and fourth seed is paired up with the fifth seed.