Game 5 vs. Drake
Thursday, August 28, 7 pm
Edwardsville, Ill. (Korte Stadium)
Video: ESPN+ Live Stats: https://siuestats.statbroadcast.com/
SIUE Cougars
Record: 1-2-1/0-0 Ohio Valley
Head Coach: Derek Burton
Goals P/G: 1.75
Goals Allowed P/G: 2.25
Shots/Opponent Shots: 31/71
Shots Per Game/Opponent: 7.8/17.8
Shots Percentage/Opponent: .226/.127
Shots On Goal/Opponent: 20-31/30-71
Shots On Goal Perc./Opponent: .645/.423
Goals Leaders: Savannah DeFini/Amanda Dean (2)
Assists Leader: Anna Zichella (2)
Shots Leader: Claire Nieroda/Alayna Hauser (8)
Drake
Record: 1-1-2/0-0 Missouri Valley
Head Coach: Lindsey Horner
Goals P/G: 2.00
Goals Allowed P/G: 1.00
Shots/Opponent Shots: 52/30
Shots Per Game/Opponent: 13.0/7.5
Shots Percentage/Opponent: .154/.133
Shots On Goal/Opponent: 26-52/14-30
Shots On Goal Perc./Opponent: .500/.467
Goals Leaders: Eve Blakey (3)
Assists Leader: Eve Blakey/Angela Gutierrez (2)
Shots Leader: Eve Blakey/Angela Gutierrez (8)
• The series between SIUE and Drake is tied 3-3. Drake won the last two meetings between the two schools, including a 1-0 win in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 2021 season. The last time these two teams faced each other in Edwardsville was 2014 when the game ended with a Bulldogs' 2-1 double overtime victory.
• Amanda Dean scored her second goal of the season Sunday against Missouri State, joining Savannah DeFini for the team lead in scoring with four points.
• Of the 10 players who have scored a goal or an assist, six are freshmen - Dean, Alayna Hauser, Audrey Roberts, Anna Zichella, Zoe Bumiller and Claire Nieroda.
• Hauser and Nieroda lead the team in shots with eight.
• DeFini's goals came in back-to-back contests against IU Indy and Chicago State.
• SIUE has put better than 64 percent of its shots on goal this season.
• Sarah Bozeman has played all 360 minutes so far this season and has 21 saves over three contests.
• This is the final game of a three-game homestand for the Cougars. Next up for the Cougars is a Sunday road trip to Evansville, Indiana, for a 2 p.m. game.
• This is the 18th season for Head Coach Derek Burton, who took over the SIUE women's soccer program when it jumped to the Division I level before the 2008 season. Burton has led SIUE to five Ohio Valley Conference titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
