Women's Soccer | 11/6/2019 2:35:00 PM
Game 19
Emporia State Hornets (12-4-2, 7-2-2 MIAA)
vs. Northwest Missouri Bearcats (6-9-3, 4-5-2 MIAA)
MIAA Tournament Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 8 • 2:00 p.m. • ESU Pitch • Emporia, Kan.
Series Record: NWMSU leads 16-12-2
Last Meeting: at ESU 4, NWMSU 0 (10/6/2019)
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Up Next: Winner to MIAA Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 15 • TBA
TOURNEY TIME
Emporia State plays host to an MIAA Tournament Quarterfinal match for the second straight season when the third seeded Hornets take on sixth seeded Northwest Missouri on Friday at the ESU Pitch.
THE COACHES
Bryan Sailer is 74-72-23 in his ninth year at Emporia State and is the winningest coach in program history and seventh winningest coach in MIAA history. He has a career record of 133-95-25 that includes four years at the community college level. He has led the Hornets to five straight .500 or better regular seasons, four straight MIAA Tournaments and their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. He is 5-5-0 against Northwest Missouri.
Marc Gordon is 8-24-3 in his second season at Northwest Missouri and 121-62-18 in his tenth year as a head coach. He is 0-2-0 against Emporia State.
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SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Emporia State is 12-4-2, 7-2-2 in the MIAA and ranked seventh in the NCAA Central Regional Poll.
Mackenzie Dimarco is ranked second in the nation in game winning goals and fourth in total goals. Her 18 goals and eight game winners are both ESU single season records.
Kennedy Hoffman has four goals. Gabby Crowell has three goals and three assists while
Hannah Woolery has two goals and five assists.
Aislinn Hughes has three goals while
Tanna Benefiel and
Daniela Cardona each have two goals. Emporia State has 11 matches with at least 15 shots while holding their opponents to under 15 shots in 15 matches. They have seven shutouts on the year with
Jillian Patton recording six of them while combining with
Tori Bailey on the seventh.
SCOUTING NORTHWEST MISSOURI
The Bearcats are 6-9-3, 4-5-2 in the MIAA. They have given up 41 goals while scoring 29 on the season. Kaitlyn Case has scored six goals while coming off the bench in 16 of 18 matches.
SERIES HISTORY
Northwest Missouri leads the series 16-12-2 but Emporia State has won five of the last six meetings.
LAST TIME VS. THE BEARCATS
Emporia State blanked Northwest Missouri 4-0 at the ESU Pitch.
Hannah Woolery broke the scoreless tie in the 27th minute with her second goal of the season. It would remain 1-0 until
Mackenzie Dimarco scored with just 1:32 left in the half to give the Hornets a 2-0 lead at the break. Dimarco scored her tenth goal of the year in the 64th minute when she deflected a shot off a Bearcat player into the upper corner of the net for a 3-0 lead.Â
Daniela Cardona capped the scoring in the 80th minute as the Hornets reached four goals for the second straight game and third time in three home matches. Starting Hornet keeper
Jillian Patton was injured and had to leave the match in the 19th minute with no score.Â
Tori Bailey, who had been nursing an injury of her own over the previous four matches, came in and played the remainder of the match. The offensive explosion was aided by a defense that only allowed three shots by Northwest compared to 24 shots for Emporia State.
UP NEXT
The winner will advance to the MIAA Tournament semifinals at the highest remaining seed in the tournament. The semis will be on November 15 with the final on November 17.
