Cleveland State at Northern Kentucky
Saturday, October 12, 2019
7 p.m.
Highland Heights, Ky. | NKU Soccer Field
SETTING THE STAGE: After three consecutive home matches, the Cleveland State women's soccer team returns to the road to face Northern Kentucky in a Horizon League match on Saturday (Oct. 12) at 7 p.m. on the Northern Kentucky Soccer Field.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Cleveland State will close the regular season by playing four of its final five matches on the road...The Vikings have fared well on the road this season with a 2-2-1 record away from Krenzler Field...Cleveland State will also face IUPUI (Oct. 19), 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.
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 NORTHERN KENTUCKY: This will mark the sixth all-time meeting between Cleveland State and Northern Kentucky with the Vikings holding a 3-2-0 advantage in the series...The Vikings are 2-1 in matches played in Highland Heights, Ky., while the teams have split the two previous matches in Cleveland...Cleveland State has won two straight in the series...Cleveland State head coach Dallas Boyer owns a 2-0 all-time record against Northern Kentucky...The Norse last home victory against Cleveland State came in the Horizon League Tournament in 2015.
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 staged a furious comeback to earn a result against Oakland...Trailing 2-0 in the second period, the Vikings got goals from Rylee Bussen and Grace Krosky to tie the match...Oakland held a slim 14-10 advantage in shots over Cleveland State...Stevie Holbrook turned aside five shots and made two outstanding saves in the second period...Elena Gutlove led the Vikings with three shots.
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 3-6-3 overall record and a 1-2-1 record in the Horizon League...The Vikings are 1-3-2 at home, 2-2-1 on the road and 0-1 in neutral site matches...Cleveland State is currently seventh in the Horizon League standings...Junior Elena Gutlove leads the Vikings with eight points on the season...Gutlove has three goals and two assists...Freshman McKenna Donahue has two goals and four points on the year...Essence Canady, Grace Grant, Grace Krosky and Rylee Bussen 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 27 shots, while Grace Grant has 17 shots...Essence Canady has 15 shots, McKenna Donahue has 13 shots and Bianca Sarti has notched 10 shots...Stevie Holbrook has started 11 matches in goal and has a 3-5-3 record, a 1.23 goals against average and a .788 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 NORTHERN KENTUCKY: Northern Kentucky enters the contest with a 5-6-0 overall record and a 2-2 record in the Horizon League...The Norse are 1-4 at home this season...After losses to UIC and Wright State, Northern Kentucky posted a 1-0 win over Youngstown State in its last match...Shawna Zaken has eight goals and an assist and leads the Norse with 17 points...Kailey Ivins has two goals and five assists for Northern Kentucky...Mimi Stines has started all 11 matches in goal and has a 1.28 goals against average and a .808 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 23-22-5 overall record...Bob Sheehan is in his 23rd season as the head coach at Northern Kentucky and has compiled a 321-112-29 overall record.
LIVE STREAM: The Cleveland State-Northern Kentucky match can be seen live on ESPN3
