Milwaukee at Cleveland State
Saturday, September 28, 2019
4 p.m.
Cleveland, Ohio | Krenzler Field
SETTING THE STAGE: The Cleveland State women's soccer team will open the home portion of its Horizon League schedule on Saturday (Sept. 28) when it hosts defending league champion Milwaukee at 4 p.m. on Krenzler Field.
HORIZON HOME OPENERS: Cleveland State is 6-8-1 all-time in Horizon League home openers...The Vikings are 2-0 under Dallas Boyer in Horizon League home openers...The Vikings have won two straight in league openers on Krenzler Field having defeated IUPUI in 2018 by a 3-1 score and Oakland in 2017 by a 4-2 margin...Cleveland State has faced Milwaukee only once in its league opener and the Panthers prevailed 4-0 in 2011.
VERSUS MILWAUKEE: This will mark the 21st all-time meeting between Cleveland State and Milwaukee with the Panthers holding a 19-0-1 advantage the series...Milwaukee has won all previous eight matches played at Cleveland State...Milwaukee leads the series in matches played in Milwaukee 9-0-1...Cleveland State's only result in the series came in 2014 when the Vikings earned a 1-1 draw.
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 Horizon League play with a 3-0 victory at Green Bay...Freshman McKenna Donahue scored two goals to lead Cleveland State to the win...Grace Grant added her first goal of the season in the second half for the Vikings final goal...Keeper Stevie Holbrook made four saves and posted her fourth shutout of the season...Cleveland State owned an 8-4 advantage in shots and a 3-0 edge in corner kicks in the opening period...Briana Niedermeier and Elena Gutlove each recorded assists for Cleveland State...The Vikings defeated the Phoenix for the seventh time in the last eight matches.
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 3-4-2 overall record...The Vikings are 1-1-1 at home, 2-2-1 on the road and 0-1 in neutral site matches...Junior Elena Gutlove leads the Vikings with six points on the season...Gutlove has two 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 19 shots, while McKenna Donahue has 12 shots...Grace Grant has recorded 10 shots, while Essence Canady and Bianca Sarti each have eight shots...Stevie Holbrook has started eight matches in goal and has a 0.92 goals against average and a .843 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 MILWAUKEE: Milwaukee, the defending league champion and preseason favorite in 2019, enters the contest with an 8-1 overall record...The Panthers have reeled off five straight wins since suffering their only loss of the season to Eastern Kentucky (1-0)...Milwaukee opened Horizon League play with a 2-0 victory against Detroit Mercy...Haley Johnson leads the Panthers with five goals and 13 points on the year...Gaby Schwartz has three goals, five assists and 11 points for the season...Allie Strottman and Elaina LaMacchia have split time in goal for Milwaukee...Strottman has a 4-1 record and a 0.62 goals against average, while LaMacchia has a 4-0 record and a 0.70 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 23-20-4 overall record...Troy Fabiano is in his fifth season at the helm of Milwaukee and has compiled a 64-11-11 record...Prior to joining Milwaukee, Fabiano was a long-time coach at Division II Wisconsin-Parkside.
LIVE STREAM: The Cleveland State-Milwaukee match can be seen live on ESPN+.
