• The Cleveland State women's soccer team returns home for three matches this week, starting with a 7:00 pm match against Canisius on Wednesday (Sept. 6).

• The Vikings will also host Toledo on Friday (Sept. 8) at 7:00 pm and Niagara on Sunday (Sept. 10) at 1:00 pm.

• CSU just concluded a stretch of playing five of its first six matches away from home and will now play five of its next six matches at Krenzler Field.

• The Vikings begin the week with a 2-4 mark, while Canisius is 3-1 this season. Toledo enters the week at 1-3-1 and Niagara is 3-1-1.

 

• The Vikings split a pair of road matches, earning a 1-0 win in double overtime at Akron on Thursday night and falling 1-0 at Butler on Sunday.

• Grace Grant scored on a free kick from 25 yards out with just over three minutes to play in the win at Akron, while Jamie Daniels made one save in goal and was aided by the backline of Toni Dickson, Essence Canady and Carly Cerny.

• It marked just the second win against Akron in program history in 10 tries.

• In the loss at Butler, the Bulldogs scored off a set piece with just under one minute left in the first half for the lone goal of the match.

 

• A total of 19 different players have earned a starting assignment for CSU this year with four players - Jamie Daniels, Essence Canady, Toni Dickson, and Ashley Thiss starting all six games.

• The duo of Dickson and Canady has been on the field for every minute of every match this year.

• CSU's 25 player roster features 17 players who are in their first or second season with the Vikings. The roster has eight freshmen and eight sophomores, as well as junior Sydney Duggan who spent her first two seasons at Oakland.

• The 2017 roster has just two seniors in midfielder Katie Bainbridge and goalkeeper Jamie Daniels.

• Bainbridge is tied for third in school history with 10 career assists. She is one assist shy of moving into a tie for second place with Vickie Havas (11 assists from 2012-15).

• Daniels is fourth in program history with 210 career saves and third with eight shutouts. She is one save shy of moving past Erin Winthrow (2005-06) into third place.

• Junior McKenna Vento has five career assists, tied for 10th in school history.

• Sophomore Aliani Lorenzo returns to the lineup after playing in just six games last year before an injury cut her season short. Lorenzo scored three goals with one assist in her six matches last year. She scored a goal in CSU's season opener at Xavier.

• Head coach Dallas Boyer is in his first season after serving as an assistant coach at CSU for the previous 11 years. Boyer earned his first win as a head coach with a 2-1 victory at Kent State (Aug. 20). It was CSU's second win over Kent State in 11 matches.

• CSU owns wins at Kent State and Akron this year, marking the first time in program history that the Vikings have defeated both Northeast Ohio rivals in the same season.

 

• The Vikings open Horizon League play next Friday (Sept. 15) with a 7:00 pm match at League newcomer IUPUI.

• CSU returns home to host Oakland on Saturday (Sept. 23) in the League home opener. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 pm.