MIAA Soccer Notes: Week Eight

Central Missouri
Carly Stanley leads the MIAA in assists with eight as well as assists per game with an average of 0.62. Kayla Shain is right behind Stanley in the conference assists category with six and a per-game average of 0.43.

Jennies goalkeeper Brooke Cooley is ranked eighth in Division-II in goals against average with a mark of 0.318.

Central Missouri is fifth in Division-II goals-against-average with a mark of 0.286 and sixth in shutout percentage at 0.714 shutouts per game.

Central Missouri has outshot its opponents 306-56 this season. The Jennies are averaging 21.9 shots per match while its opponents average only 4.9 per game. The Jennies have a shots-on-goal percentage of .516 and average 2.79 goals per match while holding their opponents to 0.29 per match.

Jennies senior midfielder Alyssa Rhodes had two goals this past week and one assist. She now has a team-high ten goals and ranks third in assists for Central Missouri with four.

Four Jennies have four or more assists this season. Carly Stanley leads the team with eight while Kayla Shain has six. Alyssa Rhodes and Kristin Bright both have four assists for Central Missouri.

Emporia State
Nikki Schmitz ranks second in the MIAA and 29th in the nation in goals against average. She has four shutouts on the season and her streak of 286:23 without allowing a goal was the most by a Hornet keeper in ESU history. She tied the ESU record for saves in a single game against Central Missouri as she racked up 16 on the afternoon. She is one of only three keepers on the season to hold #12 Central Missouri to one goal or less in a match. Her 16 saves along with two Hornet team saves tied the ESU record single game saves by the team, of 18 which was set during the 2001 season.

The Hornets have scored atleast one goal in five of their last six matches and are averaging 12.2 shots per game this season. The Hornets have not averaged more than 12.0 shots per match in a season since 2005 when they averaged 13.6 shots per game on the season. ESU has only allowed 16 goals by their opponents this season.

The Hornets have earned two wins against MIAA opponents for the first time since 2008 and look to earn their third MIAA win for the first time since 2005. ESU's last three win season overall came during the 2006 campaign.

Fort Hays State
The Tigers went 0-2 last week against two of the top teams in the MIAA, Central Missouri and Northwest Missouri State. FHSU fell to No. 12 Central Missouri, 2-1, at home on Thursday and traveled to Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, falling 2-1. In the last three games for the Tigers, the final score has been 2-1, however, in each contest the Tigers have lost.

Fort Hays State was just one of four teams to score on Central Missouri this season in the Jennies' 14 games. Junior Cindy Benitez scored the goal, heading in a rebounded shot by Jamie Babyak. The goal tied the game for the Tigers, however, the Jennies scored with less than two minutes in the game, giving them the win.

Joanne Glynn, the Tigers' leading scorer this season, added to her season-high total, scoring the lone goal in the 2-1 loss to Northwest Missouri State. The sophomore from Lakewood, Colo. now has seven goals and 15 points on the season, both team highs. Benitez is second on the team in goals with four. She leads the team in assists with four this season.

FHSU plays out of conference on Thursday (Oct. 20) on the road at Dallas Baptist in Dallas, Texas. After Thursday's game, the Tigers play their last MIAA conference game at home on Saturday (Oct. 22), hosting Missouri Western at 5 p.m.

Missouri Southern
After starting the season 0-7-1 the Lions are enjoying a 5 game win streak, all in MIAA play, and are among the top in the MIAA with a 5-1 Conference mark.

Junior Forward Megan Stueve leads the team with 4 goals and 1 assist during the streak and has scored 5 goals on the year.

Senior midfielder Shannon Kuhn has recorded three assists during the streak and is tied for the team points lead with Stueve at 11 points on the season.

Senior goalkeeper Randi Russell has started all 5 games during the streak allowing just 3 goals, while the Lions have connected for 10. Sophomore goalie Abby Risner is proving to be the shutdown artist coming into the game in the second half and shutting down each opponent. Both Russell and Risner have combined for two straight shutouts winning 2-0 at Washburn and 2-0 against Missouri Western in Joplin.

The Lions travel to Truman State on Thursday and then to Central Missouri on Saturday before returning home for their two final matches against Northwest Missouri and future MIAA member Lindenwood.

Missouri Western
Will try to snap a five game losing streak and pick up their first victory in MIAA play on the season and under head coach Chad Edwards.

Western led Fort Hays State 1-0 at halftime back on September 24 before falling 2-1.

Kelly Voigts has 91 saves on the season with one shutout. She has giving up 1.81 goals against average with a .820 save percentage.

Western has 11 goals on the season with freshman K.C. Ramsell picking up five of those goals. 

Northwest Missouri
Northwest went 2-0 for the week of Oct. 10. The Bearcats beat conference rival Missouri Western 5-1. In the win, four different Bearcats scored goals. Northwest ended their week by beating Fort Hays State 2-1 in the first ever meeting between the two teams.

Victoria Von Mende continued her scoring scoring in the Bearcats's 5-0 victory over Missouri Western. It was Von Mende's tenth goal of the season. Senior Tammie Eiberger kept pace with Von Mende scoring her ninth and tenth goals of the season in the 5-1 routing.

In Northwest's 5-1 routing of Missouri Western the Bearcats outshot the Griffons 26-10, a season high in shot attempts for Northwest. It was the most since the Bearcats' win over Southwest Baptist on Sept. 17, when the Bearcats outshot the SBU Bearcats 24-17.

The Bearcats have outscored their opponents 29-19 this season and have outshot them 177-170.

Northwest will play two games this week. First the Bearcats will travel to conference powerhouse Central Missouri on Thursday night, before having their last home game of 2011 on Saturday when they host Lindenwood.

Truman
The Truman women's soccer team (8-4-2, 6-0 MIAA) went a perfect 2-0 and ran its winning streak to five matches with a pair of league wins last week. The Bulldogs shutout both Washburn (3-0) and Emporia State (1-0).

Trisha Shoemaker (two), Kelsey Twellman and Olivia Hayes were responsible for the offense, while Jayne Grisham added 135 scoreless minutes (Emily Bozdeck the other 45) in net. Truman now has posted five straight shutouts in MIAA play.

The Bulldogs, with 18 conference points, are leading the MIAA entering this week's action with two league matches remaining. Truman has four matches total left on the regular season docket – all at home.

Truman welcomes Missouri Southern for a non-counting MIAA match on Thursday (Oct. 20) at 2:00 pm before playing an MIAA match in Kirksville against Southwest Baptist on Saturday (Oct. 22) at 12:00 pm.