Cleveland State at Ohio
Friday, August 30, 2019
4 p.m.
Athens, Ohio | Chessa Field
SETTING THE STAGE: The Cleveland State women's soccer team will put its unblemished record on the line when it visits Ohio on Friday (Aug. 30) at 4 p.m. on Chessa Field.
JOINING THE MAC: This will mark the third of four consecutive matches against member institutions from the Mid-American Conference. Cleveland State has a 13-33-4 all-time record against MAC opponents...The four consecutive matches versus MAC schools is the first such occurance in program history.
VERSUS OHIO: This will mark the 12th all-time meeting between Cleveland State and Ohio with the Bobcats holding a 5-4-2 series advantage...Dallas Boyer is 1-1 versus Ohio...In the last meeting between the two teams, Cleveland State posted a 4-0 win in 2018...The Vikings are 2-3 versus Ohio in Athens...The Vikings last win in Athens came during the 2015 season when Cleveland State prevailed 2-0.
LAST TIME OUT: Cleveland State opened the home portion of its 2019 schedule in thrilling fashion as the Vikings topped Akron 2-1 in double overtime...Junior Elena Gutlove scored the golden goal at the 107:32 mark of the second overtime to lift the Vikings past the Zips...The Vikings jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 2:46 into the match on an own goal...Akron tied the match just before the intermission with a goal by Charley Kale...Keeper Stevie Holbrook made six saves to earn the win in net.
HORIZON WEEKLY HONOR: Cleveland State goalie Stevie Holbrook was named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday...The junior posted a 0.41 goals against average and had a .944 save percentage in the Vikings opening two matches...She had a career-high 11 saves in Cleveland State's 0-0 draw at Kent State...This marks the second time in her career that she has been named the HL Defensive Player of the Week.
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, who finished last year with an 11-7-1 overall record and a 6-2-1 Horizon League mark, return 17 letterwinners from last season and six starters...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 OHIO: Ohio opened the 2019 season with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Northern Kentucky...The Bobcats topped Eastern Kentucky 2-1 in overtime...Ohio defeated Northern Kentucky 1-0 in its most recent match on Sunday...Sophomore Abby Townsend scored the game-winning goal against Eastern Kentucky...Junior Sydney Malham made one save and recorded the shutout versus Northern Kentucky...The Bobcats defeated Youngstown State 6-1 in an exhibition match on Aug. 16.
THE COACHES: Cleveland State head coach Dallas Boyer is in his third season at the helm of the Vikings and has compiled a 21-16-3 overall record...Aaron Rodgers is in his fifth season as the head coach at Ohio and has compiled a 28-43-7 overall record.
LIVE STREAM: The Cleveland State-Ohio match will be streamed live.
