Texas State Soccer Takes Final Road Trip For The Season

This season head coach Kat Conner and the soccer team are raising funds in support of women fighting ovarian cancer through the Goals2Cure^TM initiative. The players and staff are collecting pledges for each goal scored this season.

San Marcos, Texas – The Texas State soccer team hits the road for the final time during the regular season this weekend. First up is ULM on Friday at 4 p.m. at the ULM Soccer Complex followed by a 1 p.m. kickoff at the Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex against Little Rock on Sunday.

Heading into the weekend, the Bobcats are riding a four-match shutout and winning streak to put them 7-4-1 overall and 5-1-0 in the Sun Belt Conference. Their 15 points places them in a tie for first atop the standings with South Alabama. The Warhawks are 2-11-1 on the season with a 2-4-0 mark in conference play while the Trojans are 6-6-2 on the season and 1-2-2 in league matches.

Rachel Grout leads TXST with five goal, five assists and 15 points. Both Kaylee Davis and Kassi Hormuth have scored four times. Hormuth, the reigning SBC Offensive Player of the Week, also has four assists this season along with Jordan Kondikoff. For her career, Hormuth has 13 assists that is tied for the sixth most in program history.

Finding the back of the net multiple times this season is Syndey Kammer (2) and Renny Moore (3) while Alyssa Phelan and Jessica Pikoff have been credited with two assists each.

Heather Martin, named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks, leads all goalkeepers in conference play with a 0.33 GAA, .917 save percentage and four shutouts. For the season, she has a 0.75 GAA with 32 saves and a .842 save percentage.

As a team, the Bobcats are one shutout shy of tying the school record for consecutive shutouts that was set from Sept. 30-Oct. 14, 2001. They are first in the SBC in points (64), goals allowed per match (0.92), GAA (0.88) and tied for first in assists (20).

Scouting ULM

ULM is coming off a 2-1 win last Thursday over in-state rival Louisiana. The Warhawks have won two of their last three matches after going winless in their first 11 contests. Snapping the streak was a 2-0 victory over Coastal Carolina at home on Sept. 24. When playing at home, ULM is 2-6-0 this season. The only Sun Belt program to win in Monroe was Georgia State (1-0).

Despite their record, the Warhawks have only allowed three or more goals in three matches this season with all coming in non-conference action. Little Rock and Troy are the only SBC teams to net two goals against them.

Taylor Altieri and Danielle LaFrance pace ULM with two goals apiece. Also finding the back of the net once are Alexis Cherry Danielle Sabathe and Erika Wiest. Credited with one of the team’s three assists are Bailey Botkin, Shekhinah Wells and Rahel Zerazion.

Brooke-Lynn Scroggins have started all 14 matches and played all but 42:38 of the team’s 1,280:00 minutes between the posts. She leads the SBC and is 12^th in the nation with 86 saves. The junior enters the weekend with a 1.67 GAA having allowed 23 goals and a .789 save percentage.

Series vs. Warhawks

Texas State leads the all-time series 11-6-1 over ULM. Last season the team played to a 1-1 draw that saw the Bobcats outshoot the Warhawks 32-2 with all of the visitors’ shots coming in the first half. Since joining the Sun Belt, TXST is 1-2-1 against ULM. The lone victory came in 2015 on the road by the score of 1-0.

Scouting Little Rock

Little Rock will host Appalachian State on Friday before taking on TXST. The Trojans are coming off a 1-0 loss on the road to Troy despite being up a player for most of the second half. At home this season, LR is undefeated with a 6-0-2 mark. The last loss at home was on Sept. 25, 2016 against South Alabama by a 1-0 score.

Doro Greulich leads the Trojans with five goals, all coming during non-conference play. The trio of Erna Gudjonsdottir, Jaclyn Purvine and Quin Wilkes have all found the back of the net three times. Adding two goals has been Arola Aparicio, Camilla Olsson and Liesa Seifert.

Entering the weekend with a team-high three assists is Wilkes while Sairra Tucker, Aparicio and Purvine have been credited with two assists each. Eight players have taken double-digit shots this season led by Greulich and Wilkes with 34 attempts apiece.

Between the posts, Megan Swanson started four of the last five matches in Sun Belt play. She has a 1.47 GAA with 52 saves and a .765 save percentage in 979:03 minutes. Kate Hamilton has made four appearances with three starts this season. She has yet to allow a goal in 255;16 and has made 20 saves with 10 coming in a scoreless draw against the Chanticleers.

Series vs. Trojans

Texas State has won all four meetings against Little Rock. Last season, the Bobcats won 1-0 in overtime on a goalie by Lauren Prater after a through ball from Hormuth. Three of the previous four meetings have come in San Marcos. The only contest to take place previously in Little Rock was on Sept. 28, 2014 and ended in a 2-1 score.

All three of the previous matches have been decided by a goal. The first meeting saw the Bobcats come away with a 4-0 victory in 2013.

Live stats will be available for both matches while a video stream will only be offered for Sunday’s match at Little Rock.

Goals2Cure

This season head coach Kat Conner and the soccer team are raising funds in support of women fighting ovarian cancer through the Goals2Cure^TM initiative. The players and staff are collecting pledges for each goal scored this season. Donations will go directly to benefit a scholarship program through the Texas Oncology Foundation.

Pledges can be made at PledgeIt.org/goals2cure.

For more information on the Texas State soccer team, visit the official website of Texas State Athletics at www.txstatebobcats.com, like on Facebook at Texas State Soccer and follow on Instagram and Twitter at @TxStateSoccer.

ULM Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=191253

LR Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=180685

LR Video: http://lrtrojans.com/watch/?Live=192&type=Live

Game Notes: http://txstatebobcats.com/sports/2017/8/16/soccer-game-notes.aspx?path=wsoc