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Women's Soccer Media Guide - Week 3

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COMPLETE MEDIA GUIDE
 
Social Media – Follow the Saints on Instagram (saints_w_soccer) and follow SMU Athletics on Facebook (Saint Martin's Saints), Twitter (SMUAthletics), Instagram (saints_athletics) and YouTube (SMU Athletics).
 
Ticket Information – Tickets for all Saints' home games can be purchased at the gate of the event for six dollars for adults, and four for seniors, military, and kids 12 and up. All kids under the age of 12 are free. Tickets can be purchased with cash, or debit and credit card.
 
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.
 
SMU Suffers First Loss Of The Season – Despite the Saints controlling the ball for most of the most and outshooting their opponent, 17-to-10, Academy of Art stunned SMU 2-0 on their home field Thursday afternoon. A costly turnover by the Saints (2-1-0), right in front of the box, allowed Academy of Art (1-1-0) to punch in their first goal of the match. The final dagger came in the 88th minute, after a save by Ali Koehler, the Urban Knights swung the ball around the box and open seam for a goal. Kiersten Madsen and Kylee Sarchett combined for 10 shots, three landing on goal.
 
Kiersten Madsen's Two Goals Lifts Saints In Win Over Holy Names - The reigning GNAC Offensive Player of the Week, Kiersten Madsen, continued her domination of defenses, scoring two early goals to led SMU to a 2-1 home victory over Holy Names. Madsen, who netted two goals and an assist last week, collected goals number three and four and first 15 minutes of the match. Holy Names (1-2-0) managed to draw the match within one with a goal in the 53rd minute; however, the Saints (3-1-0) for the 2-1 victory.
 
Saints Lighting Up The Scoreboard – Through the first four games, the Saints have scored nine goals. In program history, the most goals scored in the first two games of the year was eight. After allowing a goal early to Corban, SMU has scored seven straight goals.
 
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 nine goals, Kiersten Madsen and Shea McKnight have scored six 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. Madsen then added to her total with two quick goals against Holy Names.
 
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 HistoryAli 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 11 saves and currently sits at 167, 73 behind second place holder Gina Cardenas (240 saves).
 
Saints In The Top TenKiersten Madsen leads the GNAC in shots (21), points (9), tied for the lead in goals (4), tied for second in game winning goals (1); Shea McKnight is second in game winning goals (1), tied for eighth in goals (2); Kylee Sarchett is tied for fourth in shots (14); Sara Christensen is tied for fourth in shutouts (1); Ali Koehler is tied for sixth in saves (11), eighth in save percentage (.733).
 
Potential Starting Lineup
 
GK       Ali Koehler                  (11 SV, .733 SV%, 4 GA)
D          Rose Robbins              (0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS)
D          Daeh Lindquist            (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
D          Olivia Bianco               (0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS)
D          Nicole Macaluso         (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         Kiersten Madsen         (4 G, 1 A, 9 PTS)
M         Jolene Kvinsland         (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         Kylee Sarchett             (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         LeAnn Phanakhone     (0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS)
M         Jessica Moskowitz       (0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS)
F          Shea McKnight            (2 G, 1 A, 5 PTS)


 
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