EVANSVILLE – Purple Aces women's soccer team starts Missouri Valley Conference play on the road at Indiana State Saturday night at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.
 

Evansville at Indiana State - 6 p.m.
Date | Time	Sat. Sept. 28 - 6 p.m.
Location	Terre Haute, Ind.
Site	Memorial Stadium
Sat. Sept. 28	Evansville at Indiana State
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Know the Aces

• Michaela Till has recorded 49 saves through nine matches, keeping her on pace on the career saves list, her 213 saves currently ranks 6th in program, just two off ranking number five (215).
• Evansville as a team leads the MVC in saves (56), while Till herself is ranks first in the MVC in saves (49) and saves per game (5.44). 
• 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.
• UE kickoff conference play with a road trip to Terre Haute, Ind. The Aces have won the last five meetings against Indiana State with a 2-0 record on the road.
• Purple Aces leading shot taker, Emily Ormson has found the back of the net twice this season, first in the 20th minute against SEMO, before opening up the scoring against Belmont.
• 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.

 

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