EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville Women's soccer program will travel north to take on Drake in a conference matchup held in Des Moines, Iowa. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday and will be broadcast on ESPN3.  
 

Evansville at Drake
Date | Time	Sun., March 28 | 7:30 p.m.
Location	Des Moines, Iowa
Site	Drake Stadium
March 28	Evansville at Drake
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Know the Aces

• Evansville continued the season on Wednesday (March 25) against Valparaiso. Picking up the 0-0 draw, outshooting Valpo 10-4, first time this season UE has outshot their opponent.
• The Purple Aces picked up the first win of the season on March 5 against Northern Iowa, 1-0 on March 5, at Arad McCutchan Stadium, in double overtime. 16 seconds into the second overtime, Emily Ormson intercepted a pass back by UNI and found a path to get into the open field. Ormson went half the length of the field to find the back of the next and the Purple Aces Victory.
• UE have started three goalies this season with Michaela Till, Lauren Fischer and Georgia Katsonouri all seeing complete game time. Between the three UE has only given up one goal, faced 47 shots and made 20 saves.
• The defense has excelled in keeping the team in each contest it has played while the goalkeepers have averaged 6.00 saves per game, which ranks as 40th in the nation.
• The Purple Aces have given up just one goal through its first four contests. The resulting .22 goals-against-average ranks 11th in the nation, while also having a .952 save percentage that the UE goalkeepers accumulated, which ranks 8th in the NCAA.
• Evansville holds a 342-minute streak of not allowing a goal, which dates back to the single goal given up this season at the 68-minute mark against Illinois State on Feb. 27. UE currently ranks 16th in the country in shutout percentage. 
• Sophomore goalkeeper Georgia Katsonouri and junior midfielder Reilly Paterson have been called up by their respective national teams. Katsonouri was a part of the Cyprus team back in November of 2020 to play in the UEFA Women's Euro qualifiers. Paterson will join the Jamaican national team camp in April, with games being played in Spain.
• Rachel Rosborough was named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week honors on March 16. Rosborough played all 110-minutes of the Aces shutout of Southern Illinois and was a part of the UE backline that faced 16 shots from SIU.
• Lauren Fisher made five clutch saves to help the Purple Aces to the 1-0 victory over Northern Iowa, which earned her MVC Defensive Player of the Week, facing 14 total shots.
• Evansville entered year one under a familiar face in head coach Chris Pfau. Pfau was promoted to head of the Evansville's women's soccer program in December of 2019. Pfau, wo returned to the UE sideline as an assistant coach in May of 2019 will begin his second stint as the Aces head coach, serving at the top spot from 2005-07.

Know the Bulldogs

• Evansville fell to Drake 1-0 in October 2019. The deciding goal came in 41st minute, with Drake's Cassie Rohan bouncing a shot into goal.In the second half the Aces could not find the equalizer, even with Mikayla Harvey recording two close shots at the end of the match, at the 76th and 83rd mark.
• Drake enters the match up 1-2-2 on the year with a win over Illinois State, 1-0, on March 10. 

 

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