EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- The University of Evansville Purple Aces women's soccer team heads into game two of a Missouri Valley Conference home stand against Missouri State, Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
 

Evansville vs. Missouri State - 6 p.m.
Date | Time	Wed. Oct. 12 | 6 p.m.
Location	Evansville, Ind.
Site	McCutchan Stadium
Wed. Oct. 12	Evansville vs. Missouri State
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• Michaela Till has recorded 68 saves through 12 matches, keeping her on pace on the career saves list, her 232 saves currently ranks 4th in program history, just 32 off ranking number three (264).
• Evansville as a team leads the MVC in saves (75), while Till herself ranks first in the MVC in total saves (68) and saves per game (5.67).
• Four of the Aces seven scored goals have been scored by sophomores. Emily Ormson and Emily Wolak have scored 57 percent of UE's goal this season.
• UE has attempted 10 shots or more shots in the last five matches, the Aces have not attempted double digit shots in five straight matches since 2015.
• 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 (20), 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.

Missouri State Game Promotions

• Join us as we recognize some of our student-athletes favorite faculty members at halftime
• 2 for $3 soda and 2 for $6 beer at the concession stand