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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's soccer team kicks off their HCAC season with a big home match with Mount St. Joseph on Wednesday at 7 PM. In the HCAC Preseason Coaches Poll, the Fightin' Engineers were picked to finish third while the Lions were picked to finish second. With the top two teams in the conference receiving byes in the HCAC tournament, it makes this a huge game to start the conference season.
ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes in at 3-2-2 on the season, and they are 3-0-2 in their last five games.
* The Fightin' Engineers are coming off of a strong week as they played to draws with DePauw and Washington University last week.
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Sarah Shoemaker,
Kyra Hicks,
Lauren Marquardt, and
Camille Clark have each scored three goals this season to lead Rose-Hulman.
* Hicks and
Kiana Martin lead the Fightin' Engineers with three assists.
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Natalie Dillon had the best game of her career on Saturday against Washington University as she made nine saves in the clean sheet.
* Dillon now has 28 saves to just 6 goals allowed on the season.
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH NOTES:
* Mount St. Joseph comes in at 4-5-1 on the season, but they are 4-1-1 in their last six.
* The Lions are coming off of a big weekend at home with a 1-0 win over Albion on Saturday and a 0-0 draw with Ohio Wesleyan on Sunday.
* Kerigan Pollard leads the way on the offensive side with 3 goals.Â
* McKenzie Schneeman and Layla Youtsler have each scored a pair of goals as well.
* The Lions have started three different keepers this season, and the trio has made 52 saves to 17 goals allowed in their ten games.
SERIES NOTES:
* Mount St. Joseph leads the all-time series 10-8-1.
* The Lions won last season's meeting 1-0 in Cincinnati.
* The Fightin' Engineers are 6-3 on their home field against Mount St. Joseph.
* Six of the last seven meetings have been decided by one goal.
CAREER STATS NOTES:
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Lane Lawrence - 6th in Shots (175), 7th in Points (57), 8th in Goals (19), 8th in Game-Winning Goals (7), 9th in Assists (19)
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Sarah Shoemaker - 5th in Assists (22), 8th in Points (56), 10th in Goals (17), 11th in Game-Winning Goals (5)
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Natalie Dillon - 2nd in Clean Sheets (13), 3rd in Wins (24), 8th in Saves (120)
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Bri Camero-Sulak - 5th in Penalty Kicks Made (1)