Cleveland State at IUPUI
Saturday, October 19, 2019
1 p.m.
Indianapolis, Ind. | Michael A. Carroll Stadium
SETTING THE STAGE: Seeking to solidify its position for the Horizon League Tournament, Cleveland State returns to the road to face IUPUI on Saturday (Oct. 19) at 1 p.m. in Michael A. Carroll Stadium.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Cleveland State will close the regular season by playing three of its final four matches on the road...The Vikings have fared well on the road this season with a 3-2-1 record away from Krenzler Field...Cleveland State will also face UIC (Oct. 27) and Wright State (Nov. 1) on the road this season...The Vikings lone remaining home contest comes against Detroit Mercy on Oct. 23.
AMAZING GRACE: Cleveland State freshman Grace Krosky scored a pair of goals in the Vikings 3-0 victory at Northern Kentucky to become the 21st player in school history to register two goals in a match...Krosky scored a goal in each period to lead the Vikings to the win...Her first goal, which proved to be the game winner, came off a Cleveland State corner kick...She capped the scoring in the second half with a one-touch blast from distance.
HORIZON LEAGUE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cleveland State freshman Grace Krosky was rewarded for her play against Northern Kentucky by being selected as the Nike Horizon League Co-Offensive Player of the Week...She became the first Viking to win Offensive Player of the Week honors this season and joined Stevie Holbrook (Defensive Player of the Week) as Cleveland State players to be recognized by the league this season.
KROSKY ON FIRE: Cleveland State freshman Grace Krosky has been an offensive force for the Vikings in the last two matches...Krosky has scored three goals, including two goals in the Vikings victory at Northern Kentucky...Her three goals have come on just four shots.
TWO FIRSTS: Cleveland State freshmen Rylee Bussen and Grace Krosky each scored their first career goals in the Vikings tie with Oakland...The duo helped the Vikings rally for a 2-2 draw.
VERSUS IUPUI: This will mark the 10th all-time meeting between Cleveland State and IUPUI with the series deadlocked 4-4-1...The Vikings are 3-1 at home versus the Jaguars and 1-3-1 in Indianapolis...The Vikings and Jaguars are 1-1-1 since IUPUI joined the Horizon League in 2017...Cleveland State defeated IUPUI 3-1 last year on Krenzler Field...Cleveland State dropped a pair of matches to IUPUI in 2017 on the road...In the regular season, IUPUI handed the Vikings a 1-0 loss in overtime...In the Horizon League Tournament, IUPUI defeated Cleveland State by a 4-2 margin in a shootout after tying 1-1 in regulation and through two overtimes...The Vikings last victory in Indianapolis came in a 5-1 victory in 2012.
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 Nike 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 recorded a crucial road win with a 3-0 victory at Northern Kentucky...Grace Krosky scored two goals and Essence Canady also scored to lead the Vikings to the victory...Stevie Holbrook made four saves in goal to post her fifth shutout of the season...The victory by the Vikings vaulted them into the sixth position in the Horizon League standings.
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 4-6-3 overall record and a 2-2-1 record in the Horizon League...The Vikings are 1-3-2 at home, 3-2-1 on the road and 0-1 in neutral site matches...Cleveland State is currently sixth in the Horizon League standings...Junior Elena Gutlove leads the Vikings with nine points on the season...Gutlove has three goals and three assists...Freshman Grace Krosky has three goals and is second on the team with six points...Junior Essence Canady has two goals and an assist...Freshman McKenna Donahue has two goals and four points on the year...Grace Grant and Rylee Bussen each have one goal and two points for Cleveland State...Lina Feltovich, Helena Novatsidis, Bianca Sarti and Briana Niedermeier each have an assist for CSU...Elena Gutlove leads Cleveland State with 28 shots, while Grace Grant has 17 shots...Essence Canady has 16 shots, McKenna Donahue has 14 shots, Grace Krosky has 11 shots and Bianca Sarti has notched 10 shots...Stevie Holbrook has started 12 matches in goal and has a 4-5-3 record, a 1.13 goals against average and a .800 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 IUPUI: IUPUI enters the contest with a 9-5-1 overall record and a 3-2-0 record in the Horizon League...The Jaguars are 4-2-1 at home this season...The Jaguars are currently tied for third in the Horizon League...IUPUI has lost two straight matches...The Jaguars lost to Oakland (1-0) and Illinois State (1-0)...Valentine Pursey has five goals and five assists to lead IUPUI...Maya Lacognato also has five goals for IUPUI...Sophia Lipka has started eight matches in goal for the Jaguars and has a 6-4-0 record and a 1.11 goals against average.
THE COACHES: Cleveland State head coach Dallas Boyer is in his third season at the helm of the Vikings and has compiled a 24-22-5 overall record...Chris Johnson is in his 17th season as the head coach at IUPUI and has compiled a 123-155-39 record with the Jaguars.
LIVE STREAM: The Cleveland State-IUPUI match can be seen live on ESPN+