Women's Soccer | 9/12/2014 1:02:00 PM
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The Emporia State soccer team will be looking to improve to 3-0 for the first time in school history on their first trip to St. Cloud, Minn. since 2006 to take on St. Cloud State.
LAST TIME OUT
After posting the largest season opening margin of victory in their first match, the Emporia State soccer team continued their hot start with a 4-2 win over host Harding in the final match of the MIAA-GAC Challenge in Searcy, Ark. It is just the second time in school history the Hornets have opened a season 2-0 and the eight combined goals are the most ever in the first two games of a season.
Perri Mulder got the Hornets on the board early with a goal in the 20th minute off a free kick from Shannon Thomas. The lead would stay at 1-0 until Grace Linton toed one in from the right side off a pass from Jessica Schellhase in the 69th minute. That goal set off a flurry of activity with four more goals being scored in the next 13 minutes. Mallory Walden gave Emporia State a 3-0 lead in the 72nd minute off a short corner kick from Katie Straight before Haring finally got on the board with a goal from Ashley Sampson in the 76th minute. The Hornets responded less than three minutes later with a header from McKenzie Koch from an Elizabeth High assist for a 4-1 lead. The Bison then scored the final goal in the 82 minute by Audrey Adkison.
Yadira Rivera recorded the win, but saw her scoreless streak broken at 229:52 dating back to last year's MIAA Tournament semifinal.
THE COACHES
Bryan Sailer is 18-29-10 in his fourth year at Emporia State
after a break through year in 2013 in which he led the Hornets to just the second winning record in the 13 year history of the program. He is 6-3-1 over his last ten matches dating back to last year. This is his first meeting with St. Cloud State.
Gretta Arvesen is 1-1 in her first year at St. Cloud State. This is her first year as a head coach and her first meeting with Emporia State.
SCOUTING THE HORNETSEmporia State is 2-0 on the season after winning both games at the MIAA-GAC Challenge last weekend in Searcy, Ark. The Hornets defeated East Central 4-0 and Harding 4-2. In just two games the Hornets have had six people score a goal while the sixth person didn't score a goal until the eighth game last season. Jordan Foutch is the leading scorer for the Hornets with two goals and an assist on the season.
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
St. Cloud State is 1-1 on the season. The Huskies defeated Northern Michigan 1-0 on an own goal in the season opener and fell 2-0 to Michigan Tech in their last match.
SERIES HISTORY
Emporia State fell 3-1 in their only other meeting with St.Coud State on September 3, 2006 in St. Cloud.
UP NEXT
The Hornets travel to Winona, Minn. on Sunday for match against Winona State. Kick-off is set for 11 a.m. The Hornets will open MIAA play on Friday, September 19 when they play host to Washburn. Kick-off for the Turnpike Tussle is set for 7 p.m. at the EHS Pitch.
