EVANSVILLE – Purple Aces women's soccer returns home to take on Mercer and IUPUI at McCutchan Stadium this weekend. UE will take on Mercer at 7 p.m. on Friday on ESPN+, while the IUPUI match will take place at 1 p.m. on ESPN3.
 

Evansville vs. Mercer - 7 p.m. | Evansville vs. IUPUI - 1 p.m.
Date | Time	Fri. Sept. 20 - 7 p.m. | Sun. Sept., 22 - 1 p.m.
Location	Evansville, Ind.
Site	McCutchan Stadium
Fri. Sept. 20 | Sun. Sept. 22	Evansville vs. Mercer | Evansville vs. IUPUI
Follow Along	Watch Live - Mercer (ESPN+) | Watch Live - IUPUI (ESPN3) | Live Stats - Both matches
Evansville	Match Notes (Mercer) | Women's Soccer Home Page | Twitter

Know the Aces

• Michaela Till has recorded 45 saves through five matches, keeping her on pace on the career saves list, which her 209 saves currently ranks 6th in program, just six off ranking number five (215).
• Evansville as a team leads the MVC in saves (52) and saves per-game (.743) and is seventh in the        country. Till herself is ranks first in the MVC with 45.
• The Purple Aces picked up the first win of the season over Tennessee Tech, 2-0, last Friday (Sept. 13). UE had goals from Maggie Leazer and Emily Wolak, both in the first half.
• UE will face the final two non-conference opponents this weekend at home, taking on Mercer and IUPUI.
• Purple Aces leading shot taker, Emily Ormson has found the back of the net twice this season, first in the 20th minute on Friday against SEMO, before opening up the scoring against Belmont on Sunday.
• Jayme-Lee 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 has attempted three shots this season, with all three on goal, converting on two goals. On her career Wolak has attempted 10 shots with nine on goal.
• 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.

 
Mercer Game Promotions

• Join in as part of the University of Evansville Family Weekend festivities
• UEFC PopSocket to the first 100 students checked in to Purple Reign Rewards
• $1 hotdogs at the concession stand
• $2 off admission by sharing the women's soccer game day post on the UE Facebook page

IUPUI Game Promotions

• Wear orange in support of MS Awareness
• Free admission to high school soccer teams that submit their roster to js914@evansville.edu by 9/20
• $3 tickets to youth soccer players 8th grade and younger in uniform 

 

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