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Women's Soccer Hosts Knox in Season Opener at 5 PM

9/3/2023 11:32:00 AM

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's soccer team travels hosts the Knox Prairie Fire at 5 PM on Sunday.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* The Fightin' Engineers drew with St. Mary-of-the-Woods 2-2 in the season opener on Friday night.
* Kiana Martin and Kyra Hicks each scored in the opener.
* Rose-Hulman is coming off a 10-3-6 season that resulted in an HCAC Tournament Championship and their third all-time NCAA Tournament Appearance.
* The Fightin' Engineers fell to Ohio Northern 1-0 in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division III Tournament.
* Rose-Hulman was picked to finish 2nd in the HCAC in the preseason coaches poll.
* Defense was the calling card for Rose-Hulman in 2022 as they set school records with eight consecutive shutouts and going 865 consecutive minutes without allowing a goal.  
* The Fightin' Engineers return six all-HCAC honorees from their 2022 season including a pair of 1st-teamers with Megan Foder and Lauren Marquardt.
* Amy Helliwell is the defending HCAC Coach of the Year. She won the award for a third time, and she enters her 14th season with Rose-Hulman as the winningest coach in program history with a record of 132-98-20.
* The Fightin' Engineers will return to the field on Wednesday evening at 7 PM CT against Greenville.

OPPONENT NOTES:
* Knox enters the game 0-1 after a 5-0 loss to Millikin on Thursday night.
* The Prairie Fire were outshot 28-2 in the loss to the Big Blue.
* Knox finished 2022 1-11-3 with their lone win coming against Monmouth.
* Aleene Ramirez and Lia Villanueva Mena each recorded a shot in Thursday's loss.
* Knox plays at Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday at 7 PM.

SERIES NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman and Knox drew 1-1 in 2021 in the first meeting all-time between the two teams.
* Christina Rogers scored the lone goal for the Fightin' Engineers in that meeting.

2022 STATS LEADERS:
MINUTES - Camille Clark / Lily Dore / Megan Foder / Caroline House / Lauren Marquardt / Ally Smith (90)
GOALS - Kiana Martin / Kyra Hicks (1)
ASSISTS - Endia Clark / Kiana Martin (1)
POINTS - Kiana Martin (3)
SAVES - Lily Dore (3)

RETURNING STATS LEADERS:
MINUTES - Megan Foder (1566)
GOALS - Kyra Hicks (9)
ASSISTS - Kyra Hicks / Kiana Martin (6)
POINTS - Kyra Hicks (24)
SAVES - Lily Dore (2)

CAREER STATS NOTES:
* Kyra Hicks - 7th in Goals/Game (0.39), 9th in Points/Game (1.00), and 11th in Goals (17)

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