Women's Soccer | 11/5/2022 1:18:00 PM
Game 21
Emporia State Hornets (11-5-4, 7-1-3 MIAA)
vs. Central Missouri (17-1-2, 9-1-1 MIAA)
MIAA Championship
Sunday, Nov. 6 • 1:00 p.m. • South Rec Complex • Warrensburg, Mo.
Series Record: UCM leads 25-7-2 •
Last Meeting: ESU 3, UCM 1 (10/7/22)
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Up Next: Winner earns automatic bid in NCAA Tournament
Friday, Nov. 11 • TBA
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Emporia State will take on Central Missouri in Warrensburg in a rematch of last season's MIAA Championship match.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hornets took on Northwest Missouri in the MIAA Semifinals. The Hornets fought a strong wind in the first half and
Mackenzie Dimarco was able to break through in the 57th minute with a breakaway goal that proved to be the game=winner as the Hornets defeated the Bearcats 1-0 for their eighth straight win against the Bearcats.
THE COACHES
Bryan Sailer is 105-80-29 in his tenth year at Emporia State and is the winningest coach in program history and fifth winningest coach in MIAA history. He has a career record of 164-103-31 that includes coaching four years at the community college level. He has led the Hornets to eight straight .500 or better regular seasons, four straight MIAA Tournaments and their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. He is 7-6-1 in the MIAA Tournament and 10-5 against Northwest Missouri.
Lewis Theobald is 272-40-23 in his 15th season at Central Missouri. He is 19-4-1 against ESU with the Hornets winning the previous three matchups.
SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Emporia State is 11-5-4 on the season and finished 7-1-3 in the MIAA for second place in the regular season. The Hornet attack is led
Mackenzie Dimarco who has 17 goals on the season plus an assist for a team-high 35 points. Dimarco also leads the Hornets in six career offensive categories.
Hannah Woolery is just behind Dimarco with 29 points as she has added 11 goals and 7 assists.
Aislinn Hughes leads five other Hornets that have scored multiple goals on the season as she has five of her own including a pair of game-winning goals. In defense, the Hornets are led by
Joanie Westcoat who is tied for the team-high seven assists which ranks third in the MIAA. Westcoat has also led the Hornet defense to six shutouts over the last eight total matches.
ABOUT CENTRAL MISSOURI
The Jennies are 17-1-2 on the season after completing the regular season 9-1-1 in the MIAA. Central Missouri enters the MIAA Championship match ranked fourth in the nation with their lone loss coming against the Hornets. The Jennies are led by three First Team All-MIAA players, including the Offensive Player of the Year Julia Kristensen. Kristensen has 14 goals on the season and 10 throughout MIAA action which is tied with Dimarco for the most in the conference. In addition to Kristensen, Madilyn Hamline and Caroline Cole have scored ten and eight goals respectively as they both rank inside the top five in the MIAA in goals scored. As a team, the Jennies rank second in goals scored behind the Hornets and are also second in the MIAA in fewest goals allowed.
SERIES HISTORY
Central Missouri leads the series 25-7-2 with a 2-1 record in the MIAA Tournament. The Hornet victory in the MIAA Tournament came last season in the MIAA Championship match.
LAST TIME VS. THE JENNIES
Earlier this season, the Hornets traveled to Warrensburg for a matchup against then #3 ranked Central Missouri. The scoring started with
Asta Kristindottir scoring her first career Hornet goal in the 16th minute before the Jennies evened the score late in the first half as the two teams went into the halftime break tied 1-1.
Aislinn Hughes scored for the Hornets in the 62nd minute with what proved to be the game winner. In the 81st minute,
Mackenzie Dimarco iced the game as she took on the Jennie defense and scored a solo breakaway goal to give the Hornets the 3-1 victory over the Jennies.
UP NEXT
The winner will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Central Regional and both teams should advance to the regional next week.
MAKE YOUR MARC
Forward
Mackenzie Dimarco (Sr./Pleasant Hill, Mo.) was a unanimous First-Team All-MIAA selection. She has 17 goals and one assist with 76 shots and 43 attempts on goal for the Hornets. She leads the Hornets with 35 points on the season. This season, Dimarco passed Brandie Booth in career goals as she now has 55 for her career which is third in MIAA history. She also passed Booth in career points as she has eclipsed 100 for her career with 116 which ranks fifth in MIAA history. She surpassed the 100 point mark in a 6-0 win over Missouri Western in which she became the first MIAA player to record back-to-back hat tricks. She is currently leading the MIAA in shots, shots on goal, goals and points and is tied for third in game-winning goals. In addition to career marks for Hornet soccer, Dimarco ranks inside the top five in four categories for Division II active career leaders. She ranks fourth in career goals, points, goals per game and points per game.
Last season, she was named Second Team All-American while also earning First-Team All-MIAA and All-Central region honors while also tying the MIAA record of 20 goals in a season which had originally been set by Jada Scott of Central Missouri in 2018. She also ranked third in the nation in total goals, fifth in game winning goals and in shots on goal per game, and seventh in goals per game and total points last season. She earned MIAA Offensive Player of the Week honors three times last season. In her career, Dimarco has set multiple Hornet Soccer records in addition to the career goals and points record. She has the most game-winning goals, shots attempted and shots on goal in program history.
WOOLY BULLY
Midfielder
Hannah Woolery (Sr./Overbrook, Kan.) was a First-Team All-MIAA pick. She has recorded 11 goals and seven assists this season with 29 points to rank second on the Hornets. Woolery recorded a goal and a trio of assists against Minot State earlier this season to put her in first place in Hornet soccer history in career assists. With her latest assist against Northeastern State in the MIAA Quarterfinals, Woolery extended her career record to 21 assists.
In addition to holding the Hornet Soccer record for career assists, Woolery also has posted a top three season in assists, assists per game, shots and shots per game. She also ranks top three in career points and shots on goal. Last season, Woolery earned First-Team All-MIAA as well as First-Team All-Central Region honors after recording nine goals and eight assists. She was named MIAA Offensive Player of the Week after a two-goal performance in 2-1 Hornets win over Washburn. As a freshman in 2019, Woolery was named MIAA honorable mention in a season where she tallied five goals and six assists.
WARM COAT
Defender
Joanie Westcoat (Sr./Lee's Summit, Mo.) was named the MIAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year. She is leading the Hornets in minutes as she has been on the pitch for all but 47 minutes this season. She is tied with Woolery for the team-high in assists with seven, in large part due to her distribution from corners and free kicks. She was named MIAA Defender of the Week after the Hornet victories over #3 Central Missouri and Missouri Southern after recording two assists against the Jennies before leading the Hornets to their second shutout of the season.
She was named Third-Team All-MIAA last season as she ranked fifth in both the MIAA and the Emporia State single season assist list with six in 2021. She was twice named Defender of the Week in the MIAA last year.
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
Midfielder
Aislinn Hughes (Gr./McPherson, Kan.) earned Second-Team All-MIAA honors. She has started 19 of 20 matches this season and has started in every match that she has played in her career. In the last match against #3 Central Missouri, Hughes recorded her third straight game-winning goal against the Jennies as she ranks third in Hornet history with 10 career game-winning goals. On the season she has five goals and two assists with 22 goals for her career which ranks fourth in program history.
She was named third-team All-MIAA in 2021 after earning honorable mention in 2019. She was second in the MIAA with six game winning goals and was fourth with 11 total goals last season. Last season, she had the game tying and game winning goals in Emporia State's 4-3 double overtime win against Central Missouri in the regular season and then scored the game winner in the MIAA Championship match against the Jennies.
HEY ALEXIS
Forward
Alexis Cole (Sr./Leavenworth, Kan.) has started in all 20 games this season for the Hornet soccer team and throughout her career has appeared in 62 of 63 matches for Emporia State. In the two previous seasons, Cole was an important substitution on the wings for the Hornets and has transtitioned to a starting role this season. She scored her first goal of the season and second her career against Minot State with a second half goal on a
Hannah Woolery assist. Her first assist of the season came to open the Hornet scoring against Nebraska-Kearney as she returned the favor to set up Woolery with a goal.
Last season, Cole scored her first career goal in the second half against Northwest Missouri as she scored the Hornets' second goal to cap a 2-0 win over the Bearcats.
BACHMAN BACKLINE
Defender
Abby Bachman (Fr./Wichita, Kan.) was named Honorable Mention All-MIAA as a freshman. She has transitioned quickly into the lineup for the Hornets as she has started all 20 matches for Emporia State this season. Bachman has been consistent for the backline as she has played all but 93 minutes this season and is second on the Hornets in minutes played.
Bachman earned All-MIAA Honorable Mention honors from the conference this season.
SPARKS FLY
Forward
Haley Sparks (So./Park City, Kan.) is in her sophomore season with the Hornets. Sparks has played in all 20 matches this season while making 17 starts. In her two seasons with the Hornets, she has played in 41 of 43 matches. She has three goals and four assists on the season. Sparks recorded one assist in each of the final two matches to close out the regular season. Her latest goal also came in the regular season finale against Washburn as she capped the 2-0 win with just over five minutes remaining.
SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
Midfielder
Angela Palmer (Jr./Wichita, Kan.) has played in all 19 matches this season for the Hornets while making 13 starts. In her career at Emporia State, Palmer has played in 42 of 43 matches. She has a pair of assists and four goals on the season which are her first four of her career. Her latest came in the last time out against Northeastern State as she headed in a Woolery corner kick to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead in the first half.
ICELANDIC INTERNATIONAL
Defender
Asta Kristindottir (Fr./Seltjarnarnes, Iceland) has started 19 of 20 matches in her first season and has played over 85% of the total minutes this season. In addition to her importance in the backline, she has also tallied three assists which ranks fourth on the Hornets. Kristindottir scored her first career goal against the #3 Jennies after a corner kick from
Joanie Westcoat bounced through the box and she hit a half-volley into the top left corner to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead.
SELF MADE
Forward
Erica Self (Gr./Topeka, Kan) is in her sixth season as a graduate student for the Hornets. Self has played in all 20 matches this season and in 75 matches for her career. She has two goals and two assists on the season. Both of her assists came earlier this season in a 3-2 win over Northwest Missouri at the ESU Pitch.
ROE THE BOAT
Midfielder
Kyleigh Roe (Jr./Pleasant Hill, Mo.) is in her junior season with the Hornets and she has played in all 20 matches for the Hornets while making nine starts. She has recorded two assists on the season and is one of six Hornets with two assists on the season. Last season, Roe recorded four goals and one assist with one of her four goals being a game-winning overtime goal on the road against Missouri Western.
LAMPE LIGHT
Midfielder
Mikayla Lampe (Fr./Lee's Summit, Mo.) has played in 18 of 19 matches in her freshman season for the Hornets and has scored her first three goals of her career within a span of the final seven matches of the regular season. Her latest goal came against Nebraska-Kearney as she capped the 4-0 shutout win for the Hornets.
5000 TO 1
Forward
Rhea Bailey (Jr./Leicester, England) has started five of the last six matches for the Hornets and has played in all 20 matches this season and in 33 for her career. This season she has recorded two assists with one against Fort Hays State and the other coming against Missouri Southern on a cross into the box that was headed in by
Mikayla Lampe.
BURNIN' UP
Forward
Anna Burnett (Jr./Baldwin, KS) has played in all 20 matches and has made a pair of starts this season. She has tallied six shots with four attempts on goal. She recorded her first assist earlier this season against Washburn. Her first career goal came last season against Colorado Christian as her headed goal capped off a 4-0 win for the Hornets.
MANIFEST DESTINY
Forward
Destiny Hoy (Fr./Wichita, Kan.) has started 11 matches and played in all 20 matches this season in her freshman campaign with the Hornets. Hoy has recorded ten shots this season with at least one in nine different matches for the Hornets.
IN GOAL
Keepers
Tori Bailey (Sr./Papillion, Neb.) and
Mackenzi Goen (Fr./Hurst, Texas) have both played significant minutes in goal this season. They have combined for four shutouts on the season with Bailey grabbing her first three solo shutouts in the last three matches played.
Bailey started the first three matches before leaving the UMary game with an injury. She returned to action against Neb.-Kearney just before MIAA action. She has recorded 43 saves in 1157:07 of action with a 1.09 goals against average.
Goen has played in 11 matches and has made five starts. She has 25 saves in 642:53 worth of action with a 1.26 goals against average.
MIAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Emporia State has earned a pair of MIAA Player of the Week Honors with one coming from
Mackenzie Dimarco and the other from
Joanie Westcoat.
Dimarco became the first player in MIAA history to score hat tricks in back-to-back matches as the Hornets defeated both Northwest Missouri and Missouri Western.
Westcoat received MIAA Defender of the Week honors after recording two assists in the Hornet victory over then #3 Central Missouri and leading a shoutout of Missouri Southern on the road.
RECORD BOOK
Since 2018 Emporia State has set seven individual single season school records and moved into the top three in a trio of other categories. Hornets have also set ten individual career records. This season, three Hornet records have been broken as
Mackenzie Dimarco surpassed Brandie Booth and career goals and career points as she now has 55 career goals and 116 career points.
Hannah Woolery broke the career assists record with a hat trick of assists against Minot State earlier this season and she currently has 21 assists for her career.
TOUGH TEST
The 2022 schedule has proved to be the most difficult in the history of the ESU Hornet Soccer program. The Hornets have taken on just three teams through the regular season who had a record below .500 during the 2021 season and in addition to a difficult conference slate, have played West Texas A&M who has the fourth-highest RPI in the South Central Region. The Hornets also handed Minot State, who is currently ranked ninth in the Central Region and scheduled to play in the NSIC Championship, one of their two losses on the season with a 5-1 victory.
IN THE RANKINGS
Emporia State is one of six MIAA schools listed in the first set of NCAA Division II Regional
Rankings. The Hornets have the #3 In-Region RPI and #5 D-II Performance Indicator in the region. The automatic qualifiers from the MIAA, NSIC and GAC along with the next five highest regionally ranked teams advance to the NCAA Central Region Tournament.
REGIONAL RANKING CRITERIA
The following criteria go into the regional rankings:
• In-region winning percentage.
• Division II winning percentage.
• Division II strength of schedule (opponents' average winning percentage and opponents'
opponents' average winning percentage).
• Division II head-to-head competition.
• Results versus Division II common opponents.
• In-region non-conference won-lost record.
• In-region strength of schedule (opponents' average winning percentage and opponents'
opponents' average winning percentage).
• Performance indicator.
