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Purple Aces Continue Road Trip through the state of Tennessee

9/11/2019 3:46:00 PM

EVANSVILLE – Purple Aces women's soccer team continues its three game road trip with matches against Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay. The match against Tennessee Tech is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff on ESPN+, while Austin Peay will start at noon on Sunday.
 
Evansville at Tennessee Tech - 7 p.m. | Evansville at Austin Peay - 12 p.m.
Date | Time Fri. Sept. 13 - 7 p.m. | Sun. Sept., 15 - 12 p.m.
Location Cookeville, Tenn. | Clarksville, Tenn.
Site Tech Soccer Field | Morgan Bros. Soccer Field
Fri. Sept. 13 | Sun. Sept. 15 Evansville at Tennessee Tech | Evansville at Austin Peay
Follow Along Watch Live - Tennessee Tech (ESPN+) | Live Stats - Tennessee Tech | Live Stats - Austin Peay
Evansville Match Notes (Tennessee Tech) | Women's Soccer Home Page | Twitter

Know the Aces
  • Michaela Till has recorded 32 saves through five matches, keeping her on pace on the career saves list, which her 196 saves currently ranks 6th in program.
  • Evansville as a team leads the MVC in saves per-game (7.80) and is seventh in the country. Till herself is 27th in the country in total saves and first in the MVC with 32.
  • Purple Aces leading shot taker, Emily Ormson found the back of the net twice last weekend, first in the 20th minute on Friday against SEMO, before opening up the scoring against Belmont on Sunday.
  • Jayme-Lee Hunter is making her presences felt on the offense and defensive side of the ball, recording her seventh career goal last on Aug. 29 against UT Martin. Hunter's goal put the Aces up 1-0 just before halftime off a free kick try that bent to the back left of the net.
  • Hunter has made some powerful defensive moves, including a diving block on a SEMO offensive play that prevented any chance for the Redhawlks.
  • Emily Wolak represented the Purple Aces on the Missouri Valley preseason all-conference team.
  • 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.
 
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