Ball State University Athletics
Soccer Opens MAC Play This Weekend
September 21, 2011 | Soccer
What's On Tap . . .
Ball State opens the Mid-American Conference season with weekend as it travels to Kalamazoo, Mich., Friday afternoon to face Western Michigan ... The Cardinals return home to the Briner Sports Complex Sunday afternoon hosting Northern Illinois.
MAC Openers . . .
Friday marks the 13th Mid-American Conference opener in Ball State history ... The Cardinals are 6-5-1 all-time in league openers, including a 2-3-0 record on the road ... This marks the second straight season that Ball State and Western Michigan have met in the league opener as the Broncos posted a 3-0 victory last year in Muncie ... The Cardinals have dropped three straight MAC openers with their last victory coming in 2007 with a 1-0 victory over Central Michigan.
Series History . . .
Friday's game marks the 15th meeting all-time between Ball State and Western Michigan ... The all-time series has been evenly matched with the Cardinals posting a 6-6-2 record against the Broncos ... Last season, Western Michigan posted a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals in Muncie as it scored three second half goals ... Ball State is 2-3-1 all-time in Kalamazoo, including a 1-0 loss last trip in 2008 ... The Cardinals last recorded a road win over the Broncos in 2006 with a 3-0 victory.
Sunday's game marks the 13th meeting all-time between Ball State and Northern Illinois ... The Cardinals trail the all-time series by a 4-5-3 margin, including a 1-0 overtime loss last season in overtime ... The two teams played an evenly matched contest last year before Kylie Revelle scored off a corner kick in the 95th minute ... Ball State is 2-3-1 all-time against NIU in Muncie, including a 1-0 loss in 2008 ... The Cardinals last defeated the Huskies at home in 2006 with a 3-0 victory.
Schedule Change . . .
The Ball State home game scheduled for Sunday, October 9 against Ohio has been changed to a 2 p.m. start due to a field hockey home game.
Last Weekend . . .
Ball State ran its unbeaten streak to four straight games with a pair of shutouts last weekend as the Cardinals down Marshall 2-0 and IPFW 1-0 ... The Cardinals opened the weekend with a 2-0 victory at home against the Thundering Herd as they scored two late goals in a span of 1:08 ... Freshman midfielder Ellie Chadick scored her first career goal and the game winning-tally in the 86th minute while classmate Jasmine Moses added her third goal in the 87th minute.
Ball State wrapped up the 2-0-0 weekend on the road with a 1-0 victory over the Mastodons ... Moses struck once again as she scored for the fourth straight game, finding the back of the net in the ninth minute of play.
Junior goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler notched a pair of shutouts on the weekend, posting seven saves in the two victories.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters the weekend with a 5-3-1 overall record and is riding a four-game unbeaten streak ... The Cardinals have scored 16 goals through the first nine games while allowing 13 goals against ... Ball State is out-shooting its opponents by a 142-105 margin this season with six different Cardinals posting double-figure totals in shots.
Junior defender Brigit Reder leads the team in scoring at 11 points ... Reder has scored a team-high five goals while handing out an assist ... Freshman forward Jasmine Moses is second on the team in scoring with four goals while freshman midfielder Becca Sutton leads the team with four assists ... Sutton also leads the team with 18 shots.
In goal, junior Aubrey Buehler has played the majority of time and has a 1.17 goals against average in 616:37 ... Buehler has played every minute in the past six games.
Scouting The Broncos . . .
Western Michigan enters the weekend with a 4-4-0 record and is coming off a 1-0 victory over Illinois State last weekend in its first home game of the season ... The Broncos have scored 11 goals through the first eight games while allowing 10 goals against ... WMU is out-shooting its opponents by a 122-105 margin.
Stephanie Skowneski leads the team in scoring with 11 points as she has scored a team-high four goals and handed out three assists ... Anina Cicerone is second on the team with eight points on the strength of three goals and two assists.
In goal, Michelle Watson has played the majority of time and owns a 1.21 goals against average in 593:56 ... Watson has tallied 29 saves on the year.
Scouting The Huskies . . .
Northern Illinois enters the weekend with a 1-5-2 record after posting its first victory of the season over Loyola, 2-0 ... The Huskies open Mid-American Conference play Friday afternoon hosting Toledo ... NIU has scored just three goals through the first eight games while allowing 15 goals against ... The Huskies are out-shooting their opponents by a 98-91 margin.
Frances Boukidis leads the team in scoring with two goals and an assist ... Corrin Frankenberg is the only other Husky to score on the season while Kelsey Passaglia has handed out two assists.
In goal, Amy Carr has played the majority of time and has a 1.58 goals against average in 625 minutes ... Carr has posted one shutout and has notched 19 saves.
MAC Weekly Honors . . .
Ball State has claimed two Mid-American Conference weekly honors this season as freshman Pavla Benyrova and junior Brigit Reder have earned MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors this season ... Benyrova picked up the honors for the week of Aug. 29-Sept 4 ... She scored her first career collegiate goal in dramatic fashion against Indiana State, posting the game-winning double-overtime goal to lift the Cardinals to a 2-1 victory.
Reder, the team's captain and defensive leader, took home the honor for the week of Sept 5-11 as she scored nine points in two games and helped the Cardinals' defense hold opponents to just three goals in the tournament ... Reder became just the fourth Cardinal all-time to post a hat trick and the first Ball State defender to accomplish the feat against Lamar as all three of her goals came in the second half ... Her seven points against Lamar are a Ball State single-game record ... She opened the tournament with a goal against host Northern Arizona.
Freshman Stepping Up . . .
Ball State has an 11-member freshman class this season and they have made an impact on the team during the first nine games ... Four different freshmen have scored goals this season, while three freshmen have handed out assists.
Forward Jasmine Moses has scored three goals this season while forward Hannah Chadick, midfielder Ellie Chadick and defender Pavla Benyrova have each found the back of the net this season ... Midfielder Becca Sutton leads the team with four assists while Cailey Starck and E. Chadick has handed out one helper.
Did You Know? . . .
Junior defender Brigit Reder has scored five goals this season ... Reder's five goals are already the most goals scored in a single-season by a Ball State defender ... She also is the highest-scoring defender in the MAC this season.
All-Tournament Honors . . .
Junior defenders Skylar Chew and Brigit Reder along with junior midfielder Maggie Brown earned All-Tournament accolades at the WKU Tournament in the first weekend of the season ... Chew and Reder led the Cardinals to a season-opening shutout while Brown scored two goals in two games to open the season.
Looking Ahead . . .
Ball State hits the road next weekend for a pair of Mid-American Conference games as it travels to Miami and Bowling Green.
