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Saints Soccer Complex – The Saints home field is located on the campus on Saint Martin's, next to the baseball field near the Pacific Ave entrance. The grass field is located inside the Saint Martin's track, that is equipped with a scoreboard and two grandstand bleachers.
Vulcans Stun Saints In Extra Time – An early goal by
Jessica Moskowitz and a bend but never break defense by the Saints, looked like it would result in a victory. Hawaii Hilo had other ideas, scoring in the 86th minute to tie and 95th minute to stun SMU 2-1 in overtime. Moskowitz connected on her first goal of the season from 10 yards outside of the box, clearing the keeper's hands and hitting top shelf.
Sara Christensen recorded eight first half saves and stopped the first 21 shots by Hawaii Hilo (4-1-2). The Vulcans' final two shots proved to be the difference makers, handing the Saints (4-6-0) their fifth straight loss.
Sarchett's Two Goals Lifts Saints To First GNAC Win – Back-to-back second half goals by
Kylee Sarchett, along with a clean sheet performance by
Ali Koehler was what the Saints needed to claim their first points of the conference, beating Montana State Billings 2-0 on the road. After a quiet first half, Sarchett broke the tie with her third goal of the season in the 68th minute, before quickly punching in the second of the match in the 69th minute. Koehler shut the door on the Yellowjackets (4-5-1, 1-4-0), recording six saves and shutout as Saint Martin's (5-6-0, 1-5-0) picked up their first conference win of the year.
Nighthawks Come Out On Top 2-0 Over Saints – The Saints applied pressure for a full 90 minutes against Northwest Nazarene; however, the Nighthawks managed to not only handle the pressure but left Lacey with a 2-0 win. Northwest Nazarene (7-4-1, 3-4-0) collected the first goal of the match in the 25th minute. The final blow came in the closing minutes, when a penalty kick was called on Saint Martin's resulting in the second goal. The Saints (5-7-0, 1-5-0) defensively collected nine saves, six from the keeper
Ali Koehler and three by the team on 19 shots by Northwest Nazarene.
Kylee Sarchett Seeing Double – In both of the two matches Sarchett has found the back of the net, she has managed to punch in a second goal. In those two matches, the Saints have come out on top, knocking off The Evergreen State College in overtime 3-2 and Montana State Billings 2-0.
Saints Lighting Up The Scoreboard – Through the first five games, the Saints have scored 12 goals. In program history, the most goals scored in the first five games of the year was eight. After allowing a goal early to Corban, SMU has scored seven straight goals to start the campaign.
Madsen GNAC Player of the Week – Madsen kicked off the Saints' season with two victories, contributing with two goals and one assist. Madsen scored the equalizer against Corban before netting a penalty kick to cap off a 4-0 victory over Northwest Christian at home. Over the course of the two matches, Madsen recorded 11 shots, six landing on target, for a .545 SOG percentage. The award marked her first of the year and her first of her career.
Scoring Combo Madsen and McKnight – Through the first 13 goals,
Kiersten Madsen and
Shea McKnight had scored eight combined. Madsen scored the first goal of the year and her second came on a penalty kick versus Northwest Christian. McKnight put in the final goal against Corban and the first goal versus Northwest Christian and a third versus Evergreen State. Madsen then added to her total with two quick goals against Holy Names and her fifth came against NNU.
Many New Faces – After graduating three seniors from last year, the Saints added a wave a new players. Eleven new players will dawn Saints' uniforms for the first time, featuring seven transfers and four freshman. Out of the 11, seven are homegrown from the state of Washington, with two from Hawaii, one from Oregon and one from Idaho.
Koehler Making History –
Ali Koehler enters the season at 156 saves in her career, which places her third in school history. Her 95 saves last year shot her up the leaderboard and tied her for fourth most saves in a single season with
Sunny De Boer in SMU program history. On the year, Koehler has managed 23 saves and currently sits at 178, 61 behind second place holder Gina Cardenas (240 saves).
Saints In The Top Ten –
Kiersten Madsen is third in shots (34), and is fourth in points (13), tied for fifth in goals (5);
Sara Christensen is sixth in save percentage (.758) and ninth in saves (25);
Ali Koehler is second in saves (45), and ninth in save percentage (.703).
Saints' Leaders –
Points
Kiersten Madsen (13)
Goals
Kiersten Madsen (5)
Assists
Kiersten Madsen (3)
Shots
Kiersten Madsen (34)
Shots on Goal
Kiersten Madsen (15)
Game Winning Goals
Kylee Sarchett (2)
Potential Starting Lineup –
GK
Ali Koehler (45 SV, .703 SV%, 19 GA)
D
Rose Robbins (0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS)
D
Daeh Lindquist (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
D
Olivia Bianco (0 G, 2 A, 2 PTS)
M
Gloria Petri (1 G, 1 A, 3 PTS)
M
Kiersten Madsen (5 G, 3 A, 13 PTS)
M
Jolene Kvinsland (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M
Kylee Sarchett (4 G, 2 A, 10 PTS)
M
LeAnn Phanakhone (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M
Jessica Moskowitz (0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS)
F
Shea McKnight (3 G, 2 A, 8 PTS)
