Ball State University Athletics
Soccer Hits The Road For Two Games This Weekend
September 01, 2011 | Soccer
What's On Tap . . .
Ball State begins a four-game road swing this weekend as it travels to face a pair of regional rivals ... The Cardinals will battle instate foe Indiana State Friday evening in Terre Haute before travelling to Cincinnati Sunday afternoon against Xavier.
Live stats for Friday's game along with free online video will be available courtesy of Indiana State at www.ballstatesports.com ... Live stats for Sunday's game will be available at www.goxavier.com.
Series History . . .
Friday's game marks the eighth meeting all-time between Ball State and Indiana State ... The Cardinals own a 7-0-0 record all-time against the Sycamores, including a 1-0 victory last season in Muncie ... In that game, the two teams combined for 31 fouls, five yellow cards and a red card ... The Cardinals scored the game's lone goal in the 74th minute as former Cardinal Alyssa Peterson found the back of the net ... Forward Paige Stroinski and midfielder Alyssa Ables picked up assists on the goal while goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler earned a shutout.
Sunday's game marks the fourth meeting all-time between Ball State and Xavier ... The Cardinals own a 2-0-1 record all-time against the Musketeers, including a 2-1 victory in Muncie ... Ball State posted a 19-7 advantage in shots as former Cardinal Jacki Eft scored the game's first goal and Stroinski tallied the game-winning goal in the 69th minute.
Last Time Out . . .
Ball State hosted its first-ever regular season game at the Briner Sports Complex last Friday and suffered a 5-0 loss to No. 19 Illinois ... The Illini held a 24-6 edge in shots while Nicki Read posted a hat trick in the victory ... Junior Maggie Brown and senior Abby Milillo each recorded two shots in the loss for the Cardinals ... Illinois moved up to No. 17 in the national polls after the weekend.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters the weekend with a 1-2-0 record on the year ... The Cardinals opened the season with a 3-0 victory over Murray State before dropping back-to-back games to Western Kentucky and nationally ranked Illinois ... Ball State is averaging 10.3 shots per game with midfielder Maggie Brown leading the way with eight ... Brown is one of three Cardinals to score a goal on the year as she posted two goals in the opening weekend ... Defenders Brigit Reder and Skylar Chew have also tallied goals this year while fellow back-line player Amanda Dreyfus has handed out two assists.
In goal, sophomore Layne Schramm has played the majority of time with 227:49 minutes ... She has a 1-1-0 record with a 1.98 goals against average but posted the Cardinals' lone shutout.
Scouting The Sycamores . . .
Indiana State enters Friday's game with a 1-3-0 record ... The Sycamores have defeated IUPUI while dropping games at IPFW and at home to Butler and Central Michigan ... Indiana State has scored two goals this season with Marisa Windisch and Katrine Baker finding the back fo the net this year ... The Sycamores have used two goalkeepers with Briana Supulski owning a 1.00 goals against average and Emily Lahay posting a 1.50 goals against average.
Scouting The Musketeers . . .
Xavier enters Sunday's game with a 2-2-0 record on the year ... The Musketeers opened the season with two straight losses at Ohio State and Cincinnati before posting back-to-back wins over Miami and most recently Evansville ... Xavier has scored three goals on the year with Alyssa Tindal leading the way with a goal and an assist ... In goal, Katie Markesberry has played every minute for the Musketeers and has a 0.75 goals against average.
Fresh Faces . . .
The Cardinals and second-year head coach Craig Roberts welcome in an 11-member freshman class this season ... Ball State has brought in four forwards, four midfielders and three defenders this season.
The Cardinals' freshmen class consists of Hannah Chadick, Lindsay Kempf, Nicole Pembleton, Cailey Starck, Ellie Chadick, Victoria Jacobs, Maggie Cox, Alexis Pearlstein, Becca Sutton, Pavla Benyrova and Jasmine Moses.
New Staff Addition . . .
Second-year head coach Craig Roberts has brought in assistant coach Ileana Roberts for the 2011 season ... Moschos brings 10 years of coaching experience to the Cardinals and spent the past four years as the top assistant at Missouri Valley Conference power Creighton.
Moschos, who was a world-class goalkeeper for the Greek National Team from 2002-04, helped Creighton to a 15-4-2 record last fall and the NCAA Tournament as the Bluejays won the MVC Tournament ... Under her guidance, Creighton posted 35 shutouts over the past four year ... Last season, the Bluejays finished 33rd in NCAA Division I with 10 shutouts and were 49th in the country with a 0.83 goals against average.
