TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State Women's soccer closes out its home stand on Sunday afternoon with a non-conference matchup against Robert Morris with kickoff set for 1:00 p.m ET. This game will have live stats available and live streamed on ESPN+.
The first matchup between these two teams was August of the 2023 season where Robert Morris defeated Indiana State with a score of 2-1.
Sycamore Standouts:
- Indiana State started out with a 10-0 win over SMWC in their home opening match, which was a record breaking game for the Sycamores.
- The Sycamores picked up their second win of the 2024 season on Thursday evening, when they handed Miami (Ohio) their first loss of the season, with a score of 2-0.
- First time the Sycamores have started out 2-0 since the 2004 season.
- Woods and Lehnert have connected on back-to-back goal games against SMWC and Miami (Ohio).
- Freshman Alex Lehnert has totaled 69 minutes of play this season, recording a 0.714 shot on goal percentage with two goals, seven shots, and five shots on goal for the Sycamores.
- Sycamores pick up back-to-back shutout victories at Memorial Stadium, where they have limited their opponents to nine shots overall and five shots on goal.
- 12 goals have been scored for Indiana State in just two games. Goals this season have come from Alexa Mackey (3), Alex Lehnert (2), Brooklyn Woods (2), Wimberley Wright, Emma Famulak, Grace Quinn, Audrey Roberts and Ella Roesch.
- Wimberley Wright, Nora Henderson, and Olivia Lovell lead ISU with two assists each.
- Mackey received multiple accolades after her performance in the home opening match where she was named MVC Player Of the Week and the GoGo Squeez ISU Student-Athlete of the Week. Mackey recorded her first collegiate hat-trick this season which was the second hat-trick in Indiana State program history.
- Indiana State has tested out several different lineups between the two matches, where 25 players have been put in the mix and recorded minutes.
Scouting Robert Morris:
The Colonials have an overall record of 1-0-1 this season, where they defeated Le Moyne in their home opener, with a score of 5-0, and tied with Southern Indiana, 2-2.
Michelle Rick enters her first season at the helm for Robert Morris after spending the previous two seasons at the University of Findlay.
The RMU women's soccer team was picked sixth in the conference for the 2024 season, voted by the Horizon League head coaches. RMU finished with a 12-5-3 overall record last year and were 5-4-1 in the league. The Colonials earned a No. 4 seed in the conference tournament in 2023.
Freshman Madison Hurst was named Offensive Player of the Week, while junior Emerson Johngarlo was honored as Defensive Player of the Week for the Under Armour #HLWSOC weekly awards after their performances in the 5-0 victory over Le Moyne.
Hurst picked up two assists in RMU's season-opening match of the 2024 season, where she earned her first career points as a Colonial.
Johngarlo recorded her first career goal in the first game of the 2024 season while helping her team to secure a shutout against Le Moyne.
Game Day Promo: This game will serve as ISU's "Kids Club" game for the 2024 season where there will be player autographs after the game and new Kids Club members this year can pick up their swag bags before the game!
Up Next: The Sycamores travel to UT Martin next week on Thursday, August 29 at 8 p.m ET for their first away match of the 2024 season.
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