Youngstown State at Cleveland State
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
7 p.m.
Cleveland, Ohio | Krenzler Field
SETTING THE STAGE: The Cleveland State women's soccer team plays the middle match of a three-match homestand on Wednesday (Oct. 2) when it hosts Youngstown State in a Horizon League match slated for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
ON KRENZLER FIELD: Cleveland State is 56-68-10 all-time in matches played on Krenzler Field...The Vikings are 24-27-3 all-time in Horizon League matches played at home...Dallas Boyer is 14-6-1 at home during his tenure at Cleveland State and is 8-3-3 at home in Horizon League play.
VERSUS YOUNGSTOWN STATE: This will mark the 17th all-time meeting between Cleveland State and Youngstown State with the Vikings holding a 10-5-1 advantage in the series...Cleveland State owns a 6-3 edge in matches played in Cleveland and also lead 4-2-1 in matches played in Youngstown...Dallas Boyer is 2-0 all-time against Youngstown State...The Vikings have won four straight matches against the Penguins...Cleveland State defeated Youngstown State 2-0 last season in Youngstown...In the last match played in Cleveland in 2017, the Vikings defeated the Penguins 5-1.
MCKENNA MAGIC: Cleveland State freshman McKenna Donahue became the 20th player in Cleveland State history to tally two goals in a match in the Vikings 3-0 victory at Green Bay...Donahue scored the first two goals of the match to lead to the Vikings to the victory.
ALL-TOURNAMENT VIKINGS: Cleveland State's Elena Gutlove and Kailah Ransom were each named to the all-tournament team at the UTSA Tournament.
HORIZON LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cleveland State's Stevie Holbrook was named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 26...It marked the second time in her career she has earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the league.
LAST TIME OUT: Cleveland State opened the home portion of its Horizon League schedule with a 5-1 loss to Milwaukee...The Panthers took a 2-0 lead just 2:34 into the match...Junior Elena Gutlove scored the Vikings only goal of the match at the 82:45 mark of the second period...Grace Grant, Elena Gutlove and Bianca Sarti each recorded two shots for the Vikings...Stevie Holbrook and Miranda Thomas split time in goal for the Vikings.
IN THE PRESEASON: Cleveland State played a pair of exhibition matches in the run up to the season opener...The Vikings tied Buffalo 1-1 at Buffalo on Aug. 12...Cleveland State dropped a 2-0 decision to Duquesne at Krenzler Field on Aug. 16...Freshman McKenna Donahue scored the Vikings goal against Buffalo.
HORIZON LEAGUE POLL: Cleveland State was selected to finish third in the Horizon League Preseason Poll as selected by the league head coaches...The Vikings received two first-place votes and finished with 73 points...Defending Horizon League champion Milwaukee was tabbed as the league favorite, while Northern Kentucky was chosen to finish second in the poll.
ABOUT CLEVELAND STATE: The Vikings currently have a 3-5-2 overall record...The Vikings are 1-2-1 at home, 2-2-1 on the road and 0-1 in neutral site matches...Junior Elena Gutlove leads the Vikings with eight points on the season...Gutlove has three goals and an assist...Freshman McKenna Donahue has two goals and four points on the year...Essence Canady and Grace Grant each have one goal and two points for Cleveland State...Bianca Sarti and Briana Niedermeier each have an assist for CSU...Elena Gutlove leads Cleveland State with 21 shots, while McKenna Donahue and Grace Grant each have 12 shots...Bianca Sarti has notched 10 shots, while Essence Canady has nine shots...Stevie Holbrook has started nine matches in goal and has a 1.20 goals against average and a .811 save percentage...Cleveland State, which set school records for overall wins and Horizon League wins, advanced to the Horizon League Tournament title match for the first time in school history last year.
ABOUT YOUNGSTOWN STATE: Youngstown State enters the contest with an 2-8-1 overall record...The Penguins are 0-2 in Horizon League play with losses to Oakland (1-0) and IUPUI (3-0)...Youngstown State has dropped four straight matches overall...Marcella Sizer has four goals and nine points to lead Youngstown State...Kate McEachern has made eight appearances in net and has a 2.26 goals against average and a .759 save percentage.
THE COACHES: Cleveland State head coach Dallas Boyer is in his third season at the helm of the Vikings and has compiled a 23-21-4 overall record...Brian Shrum is in his second season as the head coach at Youngstown State and has compiled a 3-21-5 overall record...Prior to joining Youngstown State, Shrum was an assistant and associate head coach at Duquesne.
LIVE STREAM: The Cleveland State-Youngstown State match can be seen live on ESPN+.
