Women's Soccer 10/11/2017 8:38:00 AM

NOTES: Big Weekend For Truman Women's Soccer Ahead

Bellarmine/Southern Indiana

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An important home weekend for Truman Women's Soccer will start on Friday when the Bulldogs host Bellarmine in a GLVC battle. The Bulldogs are looking to lockdown a GLVC Postseason Tournament spot with only four matches remaining on the slate.

The Bulldogs are currently seventh in the GLVC standings with a logjam of teams within one or two matches of one another. Quincy (8-1) has a two-game lead on the conference with McKendree (6-1-2) and Maryville (6-2-2) the only two other schools with over a .700 winning percentage. Indianapolis (5-3-1), William Jewell (4-3-2), Southern Indiana (3-2-4), Truman (4-3-3), Illinois Springfield (4-4-2), Lewis (4-4-2), Bellarmine (3-3-3), Drury (4-5) and Rockhurst (4-5) are all in play for one of the five remaining spots in the tournament.

The Bulldogs went 0-1-1 on their trip down to #19 McKendree and Southern Indiana over the weekend. Truman battled the nationally ranked Bearcats to a 0-0 draw on Friday night while on Sunday USI's Taylor Mccormick scored twice to overcome Truman's 1-0 lead to down the Bulldogs 2-1.

Truman is 7-4 all-time against the Knights of Bellarmine and got a goal by senior Stephanie Williams 43 seconds into overtime to win last season in Kirksville. Bellarmine took both meetings in 2015, one in overtime during the regular season and the other coming in the NCAA Regional. Samantha Ferry leads the Knights with four goals and one assist and keeper Taylor Smith with a 0.54 goals-against average.

Indianapolis will be the opponent for "Senior Day" on Sunday and are currently in fourth place in the conference. The Greyhounds are 4-0-1 away from Indianapolis and will play conference leader Quincy on the road Friday night. Last year, Truman put three in the back of the net in a shutout home win over UINDY. Laura Ney scored 11 minutes into the game and Kelsey Murphy converted on a PK to give Truman a 2-0 lead at half. Megan Whitehead scored early in the second for the third goal while Katie Mattingly made four saves for the shutout.

BULLDOG TIDBITS…Allison Lockett leads the Bulldogs in scoring with three goals and has one assist for seven points…Jen Seithel has a pair of goals and eight other Bulldogs have one goal this season…Kelsey Murphy has the most shots on goal with 12 and Isabel Kurzban has the most total shots with 20…Seithel has the only PK attempt and goal this season…Ten Bulldogs have started all 12 games and only center back Laura Ney and keeper Katie Mattingly have played in all 1160 minutes of action…The Bulldogs three of the four wins have all come via shutout and Truman has played to two 0-0 draws this year…Mattingly is 11^th in Division II and first in the GLVC in minutes played in goal.

CAREER LOOKOUTS…Katie Mattingly is now third on Truman's career keeper minutes played list with 6,388.23, only Lauren Davis (6,865) and Jenny Miller (6,850) have played more minutes in the cage for the Bulldogs…Mattingly is third on the all-time saves list with 38.5 and is a half shutout behind Jenny Miller for second place, she is 5.5 back of the career leader Emily Huyck (43)…Mattingly in second in active Division II keepers in shutouts and five among all NCAA keepers…Allison Lockett is the active career leader in goals (12), assists (11), points (35) and games played (75).

QUICK GOALS…Twice this season, Truman has scored consecutive goals within a minute of each other. On September 17 against Rockhurst, Allison Lockett scored two goals in a span of 29 seconds, which is most likely, a Bulldog record for fastest consecutive goals scored by the same player. Locket was again part of a quick turnaround on September 24 when the Isabel Kurzban scored at the 50:47 mark and Lockett added a goal 32 seconds later for a 2-0 lead.

GLVC WEEKLY AWARDS…Senior midfielder Allison Lockett was named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Week after her two goals, one assist performance against Rockhurst on September 17. It was the first POW award for the Bulldogs this season and first in the career for Lockett. Katie Mattingly won five defensive players of the week awards last season and Kelsey Murphy was an offensive player of the week on September 19 last year.

HALL OF FAME HONORS FOR MURRAY…The Bulldogs all-time leader in all offensive categories will be inducted into the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame this week. Sara Murray (2001-04) helped lead dominating Bulldog teams to four MIAA Championships and for NCAA Tournament appearances while earning the program's first, first-team All-America honor.

SENIOR HONORS…On Sunday, the Bulldogs will recognize eight seniors prior to the match with Indianapolis. The eight seniors are Nicole Sparks, Kelsey Murphy, Allison Lockett, Caity Schmitt, Delaney Kooken, Megan Oostendorp, Sam Bibee, and Katie Mattingly.

AROUND THE GLVC…As noted above, the Quincy Hawks have taken control of the GLVC with an 8-1 conference record. They have a one game lead over McKendree with a win in hand over the Bearcats. The top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the league tournament that begins at the end of the season.

GLVC Individual Leaders…Sydnee Carroll of McKendree leads the league in scoring with seven goals and five assists for 19 points. Zoe Brochu of McKendree has allowed the fewest goals with a 0.24 goals-against average.

ACADEMIC HONORS…Mattingly was named a 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-American (Second Team) last season as was the fourth Bulldog to earn that honor. In addition, 21 players on the 2016 roster earned the Academic All-GLVC award, meaning they posted at least a 3.30 GPA for the academic year.

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD…The Truman Women's Soccer team earned the GLVC Sportsmanship Award from the conference coaches last season. They joined Football, Baseball, Women's Cross Country and Swimming to earn team awards for Truman and helped the school earn their first ever conference overall sportsmanship award.

UP NEXT…The Bulldogs will close out the regular season with two road matches. They will first be at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for a Friday match at noon then travel south to Romeoville, Illinois for a match with the Lewis Flyers on Sunday, also at noon.

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Players Mentioned

#23 Megan Whitehead: M; 5' 2"; Senior

#18 Stephanie Williams: F; 5' 7"; Redshirt Senior

#14 Sam Bibee: M; 5' 3"; Senior

#11 Delaney Kooken: M; 5' 1"; Senior

#5 Isabel Kurzban: M; 5' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore

#8 Allison Lockett: M; 5' 4"; Senior

#25 Katie Mattingly: GK; 5' 10"; Senior

#7 Kelsey Murphy: M; 5' 6"; Senior

#30 Laura Ney: D; 5' 8"; Redshirt Junior

#13 Megan Oostendorp: M; 5' 5"; Senior

#9 Caity Schmitt: D; 5' 7"; Senior

#10 Jen Seithel: M; 6' 2"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#23 Megan Whitehead
: 5' 2"; Senior
: M

#18 Stephanie Williams
: 5' 7"; Redshirt Senior
: F

#14 Sam Bibee
: 5' 3"; Senior
: M

#11 Delaney Kooken
: 5' 1"; Senior
: M

#5 Isabel Kurzban
: 5' 5"; Redshirt Sophomore
: M

#8 Allison Lockett
: 5' 4"; Senior
: M

#25 Katie Mattingly
: 5' 10"; Senior
: GK

#7 Kelsey Murphy
: 5' 6"; Senior
: M

#30 Laura Ney
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Junior
: D

#13 Megan Oostendorp
: 5' 5"; Senior
: M

#9 Caity Schmitt
: 5' 7"; Senior
: D

#10 Jen Seithel
: 6' 2"; Junior
: M