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Vikings Travel to Green Bay for Saturday Afternoon Contest

Vikings Travel to Green Bay for Saturday Afternoon Contest
Posted: Oct 04, 2017

MATCH #14
at Green Bay | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 2:00 p.m. ET
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Week #8

THE OPENING KICK:
    •    Cleveland State travels to Green Bay for its lone match of the week on Saturday (Oct. 7) at 2:00 pm ET.
    •    The Vikings are 6-7 overall and 2-2 in the Horizon League this year after splitting two matches this year.
    •    Green Bay is 2-8-1 overall (1-2-1 HL) after playing to a 0-0 draw at Milwaukee and falling at IUPUI, 3-0, last week.
    •    CSU is 6-7 all-time against the Phoenix, including a 3-4 mark in Green Bay. In last year's match-up in Cleveland, the Phoenix earned a 2-1 win.

LAST WEEK:
    •    CSU split a pair of matches last week, knocking off Youngstown State, 5-1, on Wednesday (Sept. 27) and falling at UIC, 2-0, on Saturday (Sept. 30).
    •    After YSU scored the first goal of the match early on, the Vikings responded with five straight goals to take a 5-1 lead at halftime.
    •    McKenna Vento, Aliani Lorenzo and Toni Dickson scored the first three goals, while Dani Sowinski netted the last two.
    •    Jenna Prathapa, Briana Niedermeier, Ashley Thiss and Elaina Walnoha all had assists in the win over the Penguins.

FREE KICKS:
    •    A total of 20 different players have earned a starting assignment this year with two players - Jamie Daniels and Ashley Thiss starting all 13 games.
    •    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's five goals against Youngstown State (Sept. 27) were the most since a 7-0 win over Chicago State on Aug. 23, 2015. It was also the most goals CSU has scored in a League game, breaking the old mark of four set four days prior against Oakland.
    •    Dani Sowinski scored three goals vs. Oakland (Sept. 23), becoming the first CSU player with a hat trick since Amanda Sivic at Chicago State on Aug. 31, 2014.
    •    Sowinski joins Sivic, Jamie Avona and Ashley Walchack as the only players in school history with three goals in a game.
    •    Sowinski's five goals and 10 points in League matches is tops in both categories.
    •    Freshman Jenna Prathapa is fourth in the League in goals (6) and points (15).
    •    Prathapa's six goals are tied for the fourth most in a season in program history and are the most for a freshman in school history. Her 15 points are tied for the fifth most in a season in school history.
    •    Junior McKenna Vento has seven career assists, tied for sixth in CSU history.
    •    Senior Katie Bainbridge is tied for third in school history with 10 career assists, one shy of moving into a tie for second place with Vickie Havas (2012-15).
    •    Senior Jamie Daniels is fourth in program history with 231 career saves and third with 10 shutouts.
    •    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.
    •    CSU owns wins at Kent State and Akron and against Youngstown State this year, marking the first time in program history that the Vikings have defeated all three NE Ohio rivals in the same season.

UP NEXT:
    •    The Vikings return home to host Detroit Mercy on Saturday (Oct. 14) at 7:00 pm.