EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Purple Aces women's soccer team returns home for Missouri Valley Conference play against Drake, Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. on ESPN3.
 

Evansville vs. Drake - 3 p.m.
Date | Time	Sat. Oct. 12 - 3 p.m.
Location	Evansville, Ind.
Site	McCutchan Stadium
Sat. Oct. 12	Evansville vs. Drake
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• Michaela Till has recorded 63 saves through 11 matches, keeping her on pace on the career saves list, her 227 saves currently ranks tied for 4th in program history, just 37 off ranking number three (264).
• Evansville as a team leads the MVC in saves (70), while Till herself ranks first in the MVC in total saves (63) and saves per game (5.73).
• UE has attempted 12 shots or more shots in the last four matches, the Aces have note attempted double digit shots in four straight matches since 2015.
• The Purple Aces return home on Saturday after a two match road swing to Drake at 3 p.m. The Saturday afternoon match will serve as senior day for the Aces six seniors.
• UE started conference play off with a scoreless draw with Indiana State (9/28). The Purple Aces are on a six game undefeated streak against Indiana State after the draw Saturday night.
• The Purple Aces picked up the first win of the season over Tennessee Tech, 2-0 (Sept. 13). UE had goals from Maggie Leazer and Emily Wolak, both in the first half.
• Purple Aces leading shot taker (19), Emily Ormson has found the back of the net twice it this season, first in the 20th minute against SEMO, before opening up the scoring against Belmont.
• The Aces finished the 2018 season with a 1-0 loss against No. 2 Drake in double overtime in the semifinals of the MVC Championships.
• Evansville advanced to the semifinals after winning 3-2 in PKs over No. 3 seed UNI with Amanda DaSilva converting the go ahead PK.
• The Purple Aces return 85 percent of their scoring from 2018, including Emily Ormson and Maggie Leazer who led the team in goal scoring a year ago.
• Evansville was bolstered last season by solid goal keeping by Michaela Till. Posting five shutouts, 105 saves and a 1.23 goals-against-average, which ranked toward the top of the MVC.
• A familiar face will be back on the sidelines as Chris Pfau was named assistant coach on May 15. Pfau returns to Evansville after serving as the Purple Aces head coach from 2005-07.
• The Purple Aces were picked sixth in the MVC preseason poll, voted on by the coaches.

Game Promotions

• Come celebrate our senior student-athletes with DJ McNaughty
• Script Aces Sunglasses to the first 50 students checked in to Purple Reign Rewards