Women's Soccer 10/4/2017 9:21:00 AM

NOTES: Bulldogs Embark On Two-Match Road Trip

#19 McKendree/Southern Indiana

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The Bulldogs will take to the road for a pair of GLVC matches starting with a rematch from last year's NCAA regional game against McKendree on Friday evening.

The Bulldogs and Bearcats squared off three times in the 2016 season with Truman winning the first match 1-0 in a game that kicked off at 7:30 a.m. after being delayed to weather the night before. Laura Ney scored the goal with nine minutes remaining.

In the semifinals of the GLVC tournament, the Bearcats and Bulldogs played to a 0-0 draw during regulation but McKendree advanced to the finals with a 4-1 score on penalties.

A week later, Truman ended McKendree's season in the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 win. Freshman Hanna Burke scored three minutes into the game.

McKendree is 5-1-1 in conference play and 7-1-1 overall. They fell for the first time on Sunday against league-leader Quincy 1-0 on the road. The Bearcats are led by one of the top scorers in Division II in junior Sydnee Carroll. The McKendree forward tallied 18 goals and five assists last season and has scored six times with five helpers this year.

The second leg of the road trip will take the Bulldogs to Evansville and a match with the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. USI is 4-2-4 overall and 2-1-4 in the GLVC. They have drawn even in four of their last five league games and will host Quincy on Friday night.

Last year in Kirksville, Kelsey Murphy opened the scoring in the second half and Delaney Kooken scored twice in Truman's 3-0 win over the Screaming Eagles. The two teams met in the GLVC Tournament in Kirksville with Truman advancing 2-0. Allison Lockett scored with under eight minutes left to play and Hanna Burke added an insurance goal with under four left. Truman pounded 24 shots to USI's three. The Bulldogs are 7-1-1 all-time against USI.

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 seven other Bulldogs have one goal this season…Lockett and Kelsey Murphy are tops on the team with 10 shots on goal while Isabel Kurzban has the most total shots with 17…Seithel has the only PK attempt and goal this season…Ten Bulldogs have started all 10 games and only center back Laura Ney and keeper Katie Mattingly have played in all 960 minutes of action…The Bulldogs three of the four wins have all come via shutout and Truman has played to a 0-0 draw this year…

CAREER LOOKOUTS…Katie Mattingly is now third on Truman's career keeper minutes played list with 6,189:18, only Lauren Davis (6,865) and Jenny Miller (6,850) have played more minutes in the cage for the Bulldogs…Mattingly is a half shutout behind Davis (38) and Miller (39) on the career shutouts list and 5.5 back of the career leader Emily Huyck (43)…Mattingly enters the weekend with 37.5 shutouts…Allison Lockett is the active career leader in goals (12), assists (11), points (35) and games played (74).

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 catagories will be inducted into the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame next 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.

AROUND THE GLVC…Quincy University has taken over the top spot of the GLVC with a 6-1 record and are 8-2 overall. The Lady Hawks have the highest national ranking for a GLVC team at 14^th. McKendree, ranked #19, and Maryville have five wins each with William Jewell, Indianapolis, Rockhurst and Truman at four. 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 six goals and five assists for 17 points. Zoe Brochu of McKendree has allowed the fewest goals with a 0.32 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…Truman returns home for the final two regular season matches of the season. They will host Bellarmine on Friday afternoon and Indianapolis on Sunday. Both matches begin at 2:30 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#22 Hanna Burke: M; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#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

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

Players Mentioned

#22 Hanna Burke
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: 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

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