Ball State University Athletics
Soccer Travels To Duquesne Saturday At 2 P.M.
September 16, 2010 | Soccer
What's On Tap . . .
Ball State wraps up its six-game road stretch Saturday afternoon with its final non-conference game of the year as the Cardinals travel to Pittsburgh, Pa., for a meeting against Atlantic 10 Conference foe Duquesne ... The Cardinals own a 5-2-0 record on the year while the Dukes boast a 3-3-1 mark on the season.
Quick Start . . .
Ball State opened the season with three straight victories and is off to a 5-2-0 start under first-year head coach Craig Roberts ... The three straight season-opening victories marks the fourth time Ball State has accomplished the feat and the first time since 2004 ... BSU also opened the year with three straight wins in 2000 and 2001 ... The Cardinals' 5-2-0 record through seven games is their best mark to this point since 2005 when BSU opened the year 8-1-0 on its way to a 15-3-2 overall record.
Last Time Out . . .
Ball State posted its second straight road victory last Friday night as the Cardinals claimed a 1-0 win at Western Kentucky ... Redshirt sophomore Sarah Orisich scored the game-winning goal for the second straight game as she found the back of the net in the 34th minute of play ... Orisich put high pressure on WKU goalkeeper Katlyn Barnes and forced her into a miscue ... She scored her first career goal last Sunday afternoon as she scored in the 103rd minute for the game-clinching goal against Southeast Missouri ... She has now scored two career goals, both being game-winning tallies, in the past week ... Sophomore goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler posted five saves in the victory ... Buehler improves to 5-1-0 on the season and records her second shutout of the year while helping BSU to its third shutout as a team.
Series History . . .
Friday's game marks the first meeting all-time between Ball State and Duquesne ... The game marks the sixth meeting all-time for BSU against a team from the Atlantic 10 Conference ... The Cardinals are 2-0-1 all-time against Xavier, including a 2-1 win earlier this season, and 0-2-0 all-time against Dayton.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters Saturday's game with a 5-2-0 record on the year, including a 3-2-0 mark on the road ... The Cardinals have scored 10 goals this season while allowing eight goals against ... Eight different players have found the back of the net this season for the Cardinals ... Redshirt sophomore midfielder Sarah Orisich leads the team with five points on the strength of two goals and one assists ... Senior midfielder Missy Gordon is second on the team with four points as she has tallied two goals ... Gordon leads the team and the Mid-American Conference with 24 shots on the year ... Sophomores Paige Stroinksi and Maggie Brown are tied for third on the team in scoring with a goal and assist.
In goal, the Cardinals have used two goalkeepers with sophomore Aubrey Buehler playing a majority of time (444:58) while freshman Layne Schramm (197:23) has appeared in four games ... Buehler owns a 0.81 goals against average and has a 5-1-0 record while Schramm has a 1.82 goals against average and a 0-1-0 record.
Scouting the Dukes . . .
Duquesne enters Saturday's game with a 3-3-1 overall record on the year ... The Dukes have picked up wins over Marist, Bucknell and Mid-American Conference foe Buffalo while dropping games to St. Francis, Towsn and Niagara ... Duquesne also tied Robert Morris this season ... The Dukes have scored 10 goals through seven games while allowing nine goals against.
Kristin Vinicky leads the team in scoring with seven points as she has scored a team-high three goals and handed out one assist ... Paige Maroney is second on the team with two goals and one assist while Morgan Herbert has also scored two goals.
In goal, Gabby Morrin has played 530:38 in goal and has a 1.19 goals against average ... Ashley Szalwinski has played 134:08 in goal and has a 1.34 goals against average.
Reder Earns MAC Weekly Honor . . .
Sophomore defender Brigit Reder was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week last Monday (Sept. 6) ... Reder becomes the first Cardinal to garner weekly honors since Rachael Murphy earned the accolades October 15, 2007 ... She has been the anchor for the Ball State defense this season and has helped the Cardinals open the year with a 4-2-0 record ... Ball State has already matched last season's win total (4-13-1) and has recorded its best start through six games since the 2005 season (5-1-0) ... She has also helped BSU post two shutouts this season through six games.
On The Air With The Cardinals . . .
Head coach Craig Roberts will hold his weekly radio show Monday evenings from 6-7 p.m. on 91.3 WCRD FM and online at www.ballstatesports.com ... Roberts and selected players will talk about the program with hosts Luke Baran and Kevin Thurman ... Also, all home games will be broadcast on WCRD and online.
Quick Attack . . .
Earlier this season, the Cardinals picked up a 3-0 victory at IUPUI (Aug. 27) ... Senior midfielder Missy Gordon gave Ball State the early lead as she scored an unassisted goal just 30 seconds into the contest ... The goal is the fastest goal ever scored by Ball State to open a game surpassing the previous mark by 21 seconds ... Former Cardinal Emily Rein scored just 51 seconds into the game September 24, 2006 against Buffalo ... Gordon's goal is also the fastest goal scored so far this season in the Mid-American Conference.
Fresh Faces . . .
Ball State has 15 newcomers on the 2010 season with 11 freshmen and four transfers ... Joining the Cardinals as freshmen are Maggie Hamilton, Kelsey Shapiro, Kaisa Bjorn, Robyn Miley, Sarah Pawelko, Alyssa Peterson, Brittney Graham, Maimee Morris, Michelle Blok, Layne Schramm and Sammy Scaringelli ... Senior Danielle Rogers and sophomore Aubrey Buehler transferred into BSU from Tennessee-Martin after playing for head coach Craig Roberts last year ... Also, junior Amanda Willke (East Stroudsburg) and sophomore Shaniece Thorpe (West Va. Institute of Technology) have joined the program after transferring.
New Face At The Helm . . .
Head coach Craig Roberts became the fourth head coach in Ball State history last spring after serving the past four seasons as head coach at Tennessee-Martin ... Roberts opened his Ball State career with three straight wins, becoming the first coach in BSU history to accomplish the feat ... He joined former coaches Ron Rainey and Michelle Salmon with a win in their first career game as BSU head coach.
Roberts has a 38-29-12 overall record, including 29 wins over the past three years ... He led UTM to an Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship last fall ... Joining Roberts on the sideline this fall is assistant coach Rachel Napoli who was on his staff at UTM ... Also, Chris Westrop and Stephen Woodward have joined the staff as volunteer assistant coaches.
Looking Ahead . . .
Ball State begins Mid-American Conference play next weekend as the Cardinals host Western Michigan Friday ... The Cardinals round out the MAC-opening weekend with a trip to Northern Illinois Sunday.
