Detroit Mercy at Cleveland State
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
7 p.m.
Cleveland, Ohio | Krenzler Field
SETTING THE STAGE: Cleveland State will conclude the home portion of the 2019 schedule on Wednesday (Oct. 23) as it hosts Detroit Mercy in a Horizon League match at 7 p.m. on Krenzler Field.
HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS: Cleveland State currently occupies the sixth position in the Horizon League standings...The top six teams in the regular season standings will advance to the Horizon League Tournament...The Vikings lead Northern Kentucky by one point in the race for the final tournament spot...Cleveland State also owns the tiebreaker over Northern Kentucky by virtue of a 3-0 win...Cleveland State will close the regular season with road matches at UIC (Oct. 27) and Wright State (Nov. 1)...Northern Kentucky finishes the season at Oakland (Oct. 23), at home versus Green Bay (Oct. 27) and at Detroit Mercy (Nov. 1).
HORIZON LEAGUE TOURNAMENT: The top six teams in the regular season standings will advance to the Horizon League Tournament...The tournament will begin on Nov. 4 with the No. 3 seed hosting the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed hosting the No. 5 seed...The semifinals of the tournament will be held on Nov. 7 and the championship will determined on Nov. 9...The top seed for the tournament will host the semifinals and championship.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Cleveland State will close the regular season by playing its final two matches on the road...The Vikings have fared well on the road this season with a 3-3-1 record away from Krenzler Field...Cleveland State will travel to UIC (Oct. 27) and Wright State (Nov. 1) to close the season.
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.
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 DETROIT MERCY: This will mark the 18th all-time meeting between Cleveland State and Detroit Mercy with the Titans owning a 10-5-2 series advantage...The Vikings are 4-2-2 at home versus the Titans, 0-8-0 on the road and 1-0-0 in neutral site matches...After dropping the regular season match on the road to Detroit Mercy 1-0 last season, Cleveland State posted a 2-1 victory over the Titans in the semifinals of the Horizon League Tournament...In the last match played at Krenzler Field, Cleveland State defeated the Titans 3-2 in overtime...Cleveland State head coach Dallas Boyer is 2-1 versus Detroit Mercy.
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 suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of IUPUI as the Jaguars downed the Vikings 1-0 in overtime...The Vikings dominated the opening period as Cleveland State held a 9-2 advantage in shots and a 3-0 margin in corner kicks...The Jaguars scored at 4:22 of overtime to earn the victory...Grace Grant, Essence Canady, McKenna Donahue and Sydney Hamker each recorded two shots for Cleveland State...Stevie Holbrook notched two saves 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 4-7-3 overall record and a 2-3-1 record in the Horizon League...The Vikings are 1-3-2 at home, 3-3-1 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 19 shots...Essence Canady has 18 shots, McKenna Donahue has 16 shots, Grace Krosky has 12 shots and Bianca Sarti has notched 10 shots...Stevie Holbrook has started 13 matches in goal and has a 4-6-3 record, a 1.11 goals against average and a .795 save percentage...Holbrook has five shutouts on the season...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 DETROIT MERCY: Detroit Mercy enters the contest with a 2-10-2 overall record and a 0-5-1 record in the Horizon League...The Titans are 2-5-0 on the road this season...Detroit Mercy has lost four consecutive matches...Detroit Mercy tied Green Bay 0-0 for its only point in Horizon League play...Hailey Wentzloff and Juli Ann Piechocki each have two goals and two assists to lead the Titans...Oliva Parra has scored one goal and notched one assist...Cece Muskovac has appeared in nine matches in goal and has a 2.18 goals against average and a 0-6-1 record...Cassidy Joslin has played in six matches and has a 2-2-1 record and a 1.42 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 24-23-5 overall record...Steve Shelton is in his first season as the head coach at Detroit Mercy and has a 2-10-2 record.
LIVE STREAM: The Cleveland State-Detroit Mercy match can be seen live on ESPN+
