Women's Soccer | 11/9/2022 11:18:00 AM
Game 22
NCAA Tournament First Round
Emporia State Hornets (11-6-4, 7-1-3 MIAA)
vs. Fort Hays State (11-2-7, 5-1-5 MIAA)
Friday, Nov. 11 • 10:00 a.m. • South Rec Complex • Warrensburg, Mo.
Series Record: FHSU leads 8-5-7
Last Meeting: ESU 2, FHSU 2 (9/18/22)
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Up Next: Winner advances to second round
Sunday, Nov. 13 • 1:00 p.m. • South Rec Complex • Warrensburg, Mo.
THREE IN FOUR
Emporia State will play in their third NCAA Tournament in the past four seasons as they play Fort Hays State in Warrensburg in the first round.
LAST TIME OUT
The Hornets took on Central Missouri in the MIAA Championship match. The Hornets fell behind in the first half as the Jennies took a 2-0 lead into the hafltime break before scoring early in the second half to take a 3-0 lead. A goal from
Mackenzie Dimarco plus a pair of goals from
Asta Kristindottir tied the match 3-3 before the Jennies scored in the final minutes to take the 4-3 victory.
THE COACHES
Bryan Sailer is 105-81-29 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 164-104-31 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 1-2 in the NCAA Tournament and 5-8-7 against FHSU.
Tyson John is 11-2-7 in his first season at Fort Hays State. He is 0-0-2 against Emporia State.
SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Emporia State is 11-6-4 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 18 goals on the season plus an assist for a team-high 37 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 MIAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year
Joanie Westcoat who leads the Hornets with eight assists to rank third in the MIAA. Westcoat has also led the Hornet defense to six shutouts over the last nine matches.
ABOUT FORT HAYS STATE
The Tigers are 11-2-7 and finished 5-1-5 in the MIAA as they finished fourth during the regular season and fell in the MIAA Semifinals to Central Missouri 2-0. Fort Hays State will be making their third appearance in the NCAA Tournament in program history and first since 2016. The Tigers are led by Hannah Mares who has eight goals on the season which is tied for fifth in the MIAA. Montserrat Diaz has added five goals of her own as she ranks second on the Tigers. As a team, Fort Hays State has allowed just ten opponent goals through 20 matches, which is tied for the best rate in the MIAA.
SERIES HISTORY
Fort Hays State leads the series 8-5-7 with the two teams playing to a tie in both of the meetings this season. This is the first meeting in postseason play. In the two matches this season Emporia State has outshot FHSU 32-16 with an 18-8 advantage on goal.
LAST TIME VS. THE TIGERS
Earlier this season, the Hornets took on the Tigers twice in a span of one week, with the second meeting coming at Fort Hays State. The match started fast in the early stages with
Hannah Woolery scoring in the ninth minute off a
Joanie Westcoat assist. Fort Hays State responded with a goal from Hannah Mares in the 14th minute before taking the lead on a goal from Montserrat Diaz in the 23rd minute. Emporia State would tie the score just minutes later as
Hannah Woolery scored her second goal of the match on assists from
Rhea Bailey and
Asta Kristindottir in the 32nd minute. Neither team was able to score in the second half as the match resulted in a tie for the second time on the season between the two teams.
UP NEXT
The winner advances to the second round of the NCAA Central Regional on Sunday, November 13 against either UCM or SWOSU.
MAKE YOUR MARC
Forward
Mackenzie Dimarco (Sr./Pleasant Hill, Mo.) was a unanimous First-Team All-MIAA selection. She is currently leading the MIAA in shots, shots on goal, goals and points and is tied for second in game-winning goals. She has 18 goals and one assist with 81 shots and 47 attempts on goal for the Hornets. She leads the Hornets with 37 points on the season. This season, Dimarco passed Brandie Booth in career goals as she now has 56 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 118 which is tied for fourth 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. In addition to career marks for Hornet soccer, Dimarco ranks inside the top five in four categories for Division II active career leaders. She is tied for first in career goals with 56 while ranking fourth in points, points per game and goal 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 addition to the career goals and points record at ESU 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. She is ranked third int he MIAA in total goals and points. 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 last assist in the MIAA Quarterfinals, she 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 leads the Hornets with eight assists on the season, in large part due to her distribution from corners and free kicks, and is third in the MIAA in that category. 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 20 of 21 matches this season and has started in every match that she has played in her career. This season, Hughes has recorded a pair of game-winning goals as her career total now sits at 10 which ranks third in Hornet history. 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 21 games this season for the Hornet soccer team and throughout her career has appeared in 63 of 64 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 21 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.
SPARKS FLY
Forward
Haley Sparks (So./Park City, Kan.) is in her sophomore season with the Hornets. Sparks has played in all 21 matches this season while making 18 starts. In her two seasons with the Hornets, she has played in 42 of 44 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 21 matches this season for the Hornets while making 15 starts. In her career at Emporia State, Palmer has played in 43 of 44 matches. She has a pair of assists and four goals on the season which are her first four of her career. Her latest goal came in the MIAA Quarterfinals against Northeastern State as she headed in a Woolery corner kick to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead in the first half agains the Riverhawks.
ICELANDIC INTERNATIONAL
Defender
Asta Kristindottir (Fr./Seltjarnarnes, Iceland) has started 20 of 21 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 has scored three goals this season which are the first three of her career and all three have come against Central Missouri. Kristindottir scored twice in the second half of the MIAA Championship against the Jennies.
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 21 matches this season and in 76 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 21 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 20 of 21 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 six of the last seven matches for the Hornets and has played in all 21 matches this season and in 34 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 21 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 21 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 seven shutouts on the season with Bailey grabbing her first three solo shutouts in the three matches leading up to the MIAA Championship.
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 1169:06 of action with a 1.15 goals against average.
Goen has played in 12 matches after replacing Bailey in goal during the MIAA Championship and has made five starts. She has 26 saves in 720:34 worth of action with a 1.50 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 56 career goals and 118 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, Emporia State played West Texas A&M in the first game of the season who earned the fourth seed in the South Central Region. The Hornets also handed Minot State, who advanced to play Bemidji State in the NSIC Championship, one of their three losses on the season with a 5-1 victory.
GOING DANCING
Emporia State is one of five MIAA teams to claim the eight spots in the Central Region Tournament with the Hornets being the second-highest team with the fourth seed. The Hornets are advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history and the third time in the last four seasons. The Hornets claimed their first NCAA Tournament victory last season with a 2-0 win over Northwest Missouri State. Emporia State will meet Fort Hays State in postseason play for the first time.
