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MAC Tournament hopes in limbo for women's soccer. The next three games will decide the fate of the Central Michigan women's soccer team. Related Stories. Labadie’s goal total has her tied for 10th in the MAC. In net for Western Michigan will be Stephanie Herber, who has seven shutouts this season.
Central Michigan (4-6-0, 2-0-0 MAC) Sunday, Sept. 30 FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. 1 p.m. Live Stats: Watch: What's Ahead Akron returns to the friendly confines of FirstEnergy Stadium-Cub Cadet Field for the first time in over three weeks and for the first time at home for against conference foes. The Zips begin MAC play at home on Friday, Sept. 28 when Eastern Michigan visits Akron and closes out the weekend with a match against Central Michigan on Sunday, Sept. All the action between the Zips and Chippewas can be seen on ESPN3 with Dave Bacon (Play-by-play) and Otto Orf (Analyst) on the call.
Scouting the Eagles Following the first two contests of the Mid-American Conference season, Eastern Michigan is an even 1-1 in league play with a 2-0 victory over Kent State and 2-1 loss against Ohio, while standing 6-5 overall through 11 games. In non-conference action, the Eagles saw bigs wins over Creighton and UCONN. Offensively, the Eagles have scored 13 goals on the season that have come from seven different EMU players. Eastern Michigan leads the MAC in shots (172) while averaging 15.64 shots per contest.
Kristin Nason leads the pack of Eagles in the scoring column accumulating 10 points on five goals. Sabrina McNeill has tallied an even three goals and three assists to earn nine points on the year. Five other Eagles have notched one goal thus far. Kaylin Williams has made 11 starts in net for EMU en route to a 6-5-0 record. In 913 minutes of play, Williams owns a 1.48 goals-against average, a.779 save percentage, has made 53 saves, and allowed 15 goals. Scouting the Chippewas After opening the 2018 season 2-6 through the non-conference season, Central Michigan opened MAC play with a bang going 2-0 with wins over Ohio (1-0 2OT) and Kent State (2-1). The Chippewas face off against Buffalo on Friday, Sept.
28 prior to the contest with the Zips. A trio of CMU players including Lexi Pelafas, Shannon Magnan, and Madison Costner have scored 12 of the Chippewas 16 goals on the year. Pelafas paces the Central Michigan offense with six goals, second-most in the MAC, while Magnan and Costner have each tallied three goals. Brianna Wallbridge and Morgan Britain have split the duties inside the net got CMU. Wallbridge (3-2-0) has posted a 0.94 GAA,.615 save percentage, allowed five goals, and made eight saves. Morgan (1-4-0) owns a 2.60 GAA,.629 save percentage, made 22 saves, and allowed 13 goals.
Wallbridge has started the last four straight matches for the Chippewas. Series History In 15 meetings on the pitch between Akron and Eastern Michigan, the Eagles hold the advantage in the all-time series history, 11-2-2, against the Zips. The Zips and Chippewas are squaring off for the 18th time in each programs respective history. Akron takes a 1-13-3 record into the match against Central Michigan, however, the Zips are 1-0-1 in its last two contests against CMU with a 3-2 double overtime win in 2016 and a 1-1 draw a season ago. Coaches Eastern Michigan: Scott Hall the longest tenured coach in the MAC, is in year 20 as just the second head coach in program history. Hall has been with the Eagles women's soccer team since its inception in 1995 as an assistant coach, before taking over the program in 1999. Central Michigan: Peter McGahey the fifth head coach in program history, is in his sixth season at the helm of the CMU program.
McGahey owns a 47-49-12 overall record at Central Michigan while going 28-23-7 against league opponents. Akron: is in her fourth season on the sidelines as the head coach of The University of Akron's women's soccer program. She owns a 16-42-11 record leading the Zips since taking over the program.
In her first year in charge, Herlihy and her staff led the 2015 Akron Zips to the Mid-American Conference tournament for the first time since 2009 and advanced to the semi-final round for the first time in program history. Herlihy has coached four All-MAC honorees, 21 student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-MAC team, and her team has been recognized as a Collegiate Team Academic Award winner by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for three straight seasons. Zips Tidbits. played her freshman season as a defender before making the switch to forward as a sophomore. In the contest against Morehead State, the junior saw time at both positions. is the first student-athlete from Australia to compete on the Akron women's soccer team in program history.
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Murray is currently one-of-three student-athletes competing for UA that hail from 'Down Under'. The Zips roster consists of two student-athletes who are dual-citizens; (England) and (Germany).
competed for The University of Cincinnati in her freshman season before transferring to Akron for a fresh start. Kolano scored one goal in 14 games for UC. Senior's, and have played in a combined 212 games over the span of the last three seasons entering 2018. The Zips roster consists of 12 players from Ohio, eight from Pennsylvania, two from Michigan, one from Illinois, one from Missouri, and one national player from Australia. Sophomore along with freshmen, and all made their Akron debuts against Morehead State, while Pcholinsky, McKinney, Penton, Worthy, Clere, and Ward all earned their first collegiate starts. notched the first goal of the 2018 season for the Zips against Morehead State (8/17).
It was the fifth of her career and first goal in a season opener. notched her first career assist in the contest against the Eagles (8/17). The Zips 11 shots against Morehead State are the third-most shots taken by an Akron team in a season opener in the last seven seasons. competed in her first collegiate match against Charlotte. A trio of Zips scored their first goal of the 2018 season against Wofford;,. earned her first collegiate victory and combined shutout against the Terriers.
is just the fifth player in program history to score three goals in a single contest. The Zips five goals in the second half against YSU is tied for the most goals scored in a single half in program history.
The six goals scored by Akron are the most tallied in a single-game by the Zips squad since it was last done in 2008 against Pittsburgh. and registered their first goals of the 2018 season against YSU. Kolano's tally was the first of her Akron career and second of her college career, while Schrader netted her third. two assists against Youngstown State is just the fifth time in program history that a player has notched a pair of assists in a contest. Akron's set a program record in assists in a single-half against YSU registering five helpers in the second half of play. The six total assists in the contests are second-most in a single match. The Zips tallied the second-most points in a contest against the Penguins totaling 18 (6 goals/6 assists) on the afternoon.
The 15 points recorded in the second half of the match are the most points recorded in one half in program history. Akron's 12 goals through their first five games were the most scored by the team to start a season since 2008 when the Zips scored 15. With its two goals against Robert Morris, the Zips surpassed their goal total (14) from 2017 just eight games into the 2018 campaign. The Zips offense is two assists away from matching their season totals from the 2017 season (13 assists). 11 different players on the Akron roster have scored a goal in 2018. The Zips had just eight goal scorers all of 2017., and have all scored multiple goals this season compared to two total players in 2017.
The Zips 11 goal scorers are tied for the fourth-most individual goal scorers across the NCAA. Akron is tied with Fairfield, Illinois, North Dakota, and North Florida.
Mercer leads the nation with 14. At one point, Akron started six freshmen a contest this season. That is tied for the third-most newcomers to start a match in the NCAA. The Zips are tied with Georgia, while Purdue leads the nation with eight freshman in the starting XI. is now ranked sixth in program history for most goals scored (12) and ninth overall in points earned in a career. She is three goals away from moving up to fifth overall (15) and one point away from being tied for eighth (25).
has bumped up one spot in the all-time assist leader list and has registered the sixth most assists in a career (8). She is two assists away from moving to number five overall. Against Robert Morris, scored her first and second career goal, notched her first multi-goal contest, and tallied her first game-winning score. scored the third goal of the contest against Robert Morris which was the first score of her career.
In the NCAA, Akron ranks 43rd in shot accuracy (.534), 47th in saves per game (5.90), 57th in scoring offense (2.00 G/game), T-60th in goals (20), and 95th in points per game (5.10). Team Game Highs: Points (18), Goals (6), Assists (6), Shots (20), Shot% (.300), Shots On Goal (11), SOG% (.800), Saves (10), Corner Kicks (10).
Individual Game Highs: Points (6, ), Goals (3, ), Assists (2, ), Shots (5, ), Shots on Goal (4, ), Saves (10, ). Akron scored a minimum of three goals in a contest for the fourth time this season. All four earned the Zips a victory.
Despite the Zips five losses, four of the results have been determined by just one goal. Heading into the contests against Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan, Akron is 1-1-1 at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. Through the first ten games of the season, Akron has tallied 20 goals which is just eight goals away from tying most scores in a single season in Akron history.
Since 2006, only five Akron teams have scored over 20 goals; 2006 (21g), 2008 (23g), 2010 (22g), 2012 (23g), 2013 (22g), and 2015 (21g). is a perfect 2-for-2 in penalty kicks in 2018, improving the Zips team attempts to 4-for-4. Up Next The Zips continue Mid-American Conference action with a midweek home contest and an afternoon tilt at home on Cub Cadet Field.
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Akron travels to Athens, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 4 to take on Ohio at 4 p.m., before returning to FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 7 to square off against cross-town rival, Kent State, in the Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Wagon Wheel Challenge.
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2013 MAC Women's Soccer Statistics - Central Michigan 2013 MAC Women's Soccer Statistics Central Michigan. Game Results Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Attend Aug 25, 2013 DETROIT 2-2 T O2 0-0-1 0-0-0 867 Aug 30, 2013 at West Virginia 0-4 L 0-1-1 0-0-0 1310 Sept.