Ball State University Athletics
Soccer Travels To Miami & Bowling Green This Weekend
September 29, 2011 | Soccer
What's On Tap . . .
Ball State hits the road for two Mid-American Conference games this weekend ... The Cardinals travel to arch rival Miami Friday afternoon before making the trip to Bowling Green Sunday ... It is the Cardinals' first two-game MAC road trip of the season.
Series History . . .
Friday's game marks the 15th meeting all-time between Ball State and Miami ... The Cardinals lead the all-time series by a 7-6-1 margin, including a 3-2-1 mark all-time in Oxford ... Miami has won the past two meetings in the series, including a 3-1 victory last season in Muncie ... The two teams combined to score three goals in under a two-minute stretch of the second half.
Sunday's game marks the 14th meeting all-time between Ball State and Bowling Green ... The Cardinals hold a 7-3-3 record all-time against the Falcons, including a 3-2-0 mark in Bowling Green ... Last season, the Cardinals and Falcons battled to a thrilling 3-3 tie in Muncie ... Ball State rallied from an early 2-0 deficit with three unanswered goals before BGSU tied the game in the 83rd minute of play.
Last Time Out . . .
Ball State picked up its first Mid-American Conference victory of the season Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 victory over Northern Illinois at the Briner Sports Complex ... The Cardinals dominated play in the second half as they held a 12-5 edge in shots to crusie to the three-goal victory.
Junior midfielder Sarah Orisich scored the game's first goal in the 34th minute, notching her first tally of the season ... Freshman defender Pavla Benyrova posted her third goal of the year and second of the weekend finding the back of the net in the 59th minute ... Classmate Becca Sutton recorded her first career goal in the 69th minute to round out the scoring.
Junior goalkeeper Aubrey Buehler posted four saves in the victory to earn her third shutout of the year and first in MAC play.
Scoring Defenders . . .
Ball State has scored 20 goals this season with nine of its goals coming from its defensive back line ... Junior defender Brigit Reder leads the Cardinals in scoring with five goals on the year and she is the highest scoring defender in the Mid-American Conference ... Freshman Pavla Benyrova is third on the team with three goals while junior Skylar Chew has also recorded a goal this year.
Scouting The Cardinals . . .
Ball State enters the weekend with a 6-4-1 overall record and a 1-1-0 mark in Mid-American Conference play ... The Cardinals have won four out of their last five games and picked up their first MAC win last weekend against Northern Illinois ... The Cardinals have scored 20 goals through the first 11 games while allowing 16 goals against ... Ball State has posted 168 shots on the year with freshman midfielder Becca Sutton leading the charge with 21.
Ten different Cardinals have scored goals this season with junior defender Brigit Reder leading the way with 11 points ... Reder has scored a team-high five goals and an assist ... Freshman forward Jasmine Moses is second on the team with four goals while freshman defender Pavla Benyrova is third in scoring with three goals and an assist ... Sutton leads the Cardinals with four assists.
In goal, junior Aubrey Buehler has played the majority of time in net and has a 1.24 goals against average in 796:37 ... Buehler has posted three of the Cardinals' four shutouts this season and has played every minute in the past eight games.
Scouting The RedHawks . . .
Miami enters the weekend with a 6-3-0 record and a 1-1-0 mark in Mid-American Conference play ... The RedHawks have won four out of their last five games, including a 2-1 victory at Kent State last weekend ... Miami also posted a 1-0 overtime loss at Buffalo in the opening weekend ... The RedHawks have scored 20 goals in nine games while allowing 11 goals against.
Eight different Miami players have scored goals this season with Kayla Zakrzewski leading the team with six goals ... Zakrzewski is tied for the team lead with 14 total points as she has handed out two assists ... Jess Kodiak has also scored 14 points on the strength of five goals and four assists ... Katy Dolesh rounds out the top three scorers with four goals and an assist.
In goal, Allison Norenberg has played all 818:50 in goal and has a 1.21 goals against average ... Norenberg has posted two shutouts on the year while posting 30 saves.
Scouting The Falcons . . .
Bowling Green enters the weekend with a 4-7-0 record and a 1-1-0 mark in Mid-American Conference play ... The Falcons opened the MAC season with a 2-1 victory at Buffalo before dropping a 1-0 overtime contest at Kent State ... BGSU will open the weekend hosting Toledo Friday afternoon ... The Falcons have scored nine goals in 11 games while allowing 20 goals against.
Alyssa Zucaro leads the Falcons with four goals and is the only player with more than one goal ... Sarah VonderBrink has scored a goal and dished out a team-high three assists.
In goal, Becca Ison has played a majority of time and owns a 1.90 goals against average in 900:31 minutes ... Ison has posted two shutouts and has a team-high 54 saves.
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 11 games ... Five different freshmen have scored goals this season, while four freshmen have handed out assists.
Forward Jasmine Moses has scored three goals this season while forward Hannah Chadick, midfielder Ellie Chadick and Midfielder Becca Sutton have each found the back of the net this season ... Defender Pavla Benyrova has scored three goals this season, including goals in the past two games ... Sutton leads the team with four assists while Cailey Starck, Benyrova 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.
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.
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 returns home to the Briner Sports Complex for four straight games after this weekend ... The Cardinals will host Akron, Ohio, Buffalo and Kent State in the two upcoming MAC weekends.
