Ball State University Athletics
Soccer Travels To Miami For Season Finale Thursday
October 28, 2009 | Soccer
What's On Tap . . .
Ball State wraps up the 2009 season Thursday afternoon as it travels to arch rival Miami for a 3 p.m. contest ... The game is the Cardinals' final contest of the season after being eliminated from contention for the 2009 Mid-American Conference Tournament ... Miami has already clinched a spot in the upcoming MAC Tournament, but has not secured its seed.
Series History . . .
Thursday's game is the 13th meeting all-time between Ball State and Miami ... The Cardinals lead the all-time series by a 7-4-1 mark and have won the past six regular season meetings ... The two teams have met in the regular season finale for the past four seasons ... The Cardinals defeated Miami 1-0 last year in Muncie ... Ball State out-shot Miami by a 15-6 margin and held a 7-0 edge in corner kicks ... Former Cardinal Emily Rein scored the game's long goal off of a corner kick in the 58th minute of play to secure Ball State a bid into the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters the season finale with a 4-12-1 overall record and a 2-7-1 mark in Mid-American Conference play ... The Cardinals posted an 0-1-1 record last weekend as they fell 2-1 to Northern Illinois before notching a 1-1 tie against Western Michigan ... Ball State has scored 19 goals this season while allowing 43 goals against ... Senior midfielder Megan Ridley leads the team in scoring with 13 points ... Ridley has scored a team-high five goals and handed out three assists ... Freshman forward Paige Stroinski is second on the team with eight points while junior forwards Jacki Eft and Missy Gordon are tied for third with seven points apiece ... Freshman goalkeeper Nicole Wood has played in 15 games but missed most of last weekend due to an injury ... Senior goalkeeper Amy Cleeter has a 2.49 goals against average in 434 minutes this season and made a career-high seven saves Sunday afternoon against NIU.
Scouting The RedHawks . . .
Miami enters Thursday's game with a 9-7-1 overall record and a 5-4-1 mark in Mid-American Conference play ... The RedHawks are currently in sixth place in the MAC after posting a 1-1-0 mark last weekend with a loss to Western Michigan and a win over Northern Illinois ... Miami has scored 23 goals this season while allowing just 12 goals ... Sara Lund and Allison Berkey are tied for the team lead in scoring with 12 points as they have both scored five goals and handed out two assists ... Kersta Carlson is third in scoring with 10 points, including a team-high six assists ... In goal, Krista Pace has played every minute and has a 0.68 goals against average.
Moving Up The Charts . . .
Senior midfielder Megan Ridley leads the team in scoring this season with 13 points, on the strength of five goals and three assists ... Ridley, a First Team All-Mid-American Conference selection last season, has tallied 11 goals in her career ... She moved into sole possession of eighth all-time in BSU scoring history Sunday as she past former Cardinals Lindsay Wiltshire and Annie Aiello ... Dee Nocero holds the all-time record with 30 career goals between 2001-04 ... Also, Ridley is now in sole possession of ninth all-time in career points with 30 as she just past Katelyn Alexander.
Freshman Scorers . . .
Freshmen forward Paige Stroinski, forward Maggie Brown and defender Brigit Reder have each scored their first career collegiate goals this season ... Reder tallied her first career goal Sunday afternoon as she netted the game-winning goal against Buffalo ... Stroinski and Brown each recorded their first career collegiate goals against SIU-Edwardsville ... The two freshmen are the first Ball State rookies to score their first career goals in the same game since August 26, 2005 ... In that game, former Cardinals Emily Rein and Annie Aiello scored their first career goals in Ball State's 3-0 victory against Indiana State ... In fact, the game marked the first time Ball State has had two freshmen score in the same game since 2005.
Fresh Faces In The Crowd . . .
The Cardinals welcomed in nine true freshmen to the team this season, marking one of the largest recruiting classes in recent history ... Joining the team this fall are defender Skylar Chew, defender Amanda Dreyfus, goalkeeper Nicole Wood, defender Brigit Reder, midfielder Maggie Brown, defender Coco Cammon, forward Lindsey Dorroh, midfielder Alyssa Ables and forward Paige Stroinski.
