Women's Soccer 8/28/2017 2:31:00 PM

NOTES: Truman Women Begin New Season On The Road

Ashland/Ohio Dominican

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Head Coach Mike Cannon enters his 25th season on the Bulldog sidelines and once again Truman will have a target on their back as they kickoff their campaign with road games at Ashland (Ohio) on Thursday and Ohio Dominican on Saturday.

The Bulldogs were picked to win the Great Lakes Valley Conference title by league coaches after sharing the regular season title with Rockhurst (Mo.) last season. In addition, Truman was ranked 11th in the preseason United Soccer Coaches Association
Top 25 poll and are coming off a 15-2-4 overall record.

Ashland was 10-3-4 last year including a 1-1 draw in the season opener in Kirksville. The Eagles were picked to finish second behind Grand Valley (Mich.) State in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference preseason poll.

Goal scorers in the opener were Lauren Gokey ('27) for Ashland and Hanna Burke ('54) for Truman. Each team had 11 shots with the Bulldogs putting four on net and the Eagles three. Katie Mattingly and Courtney Barker were the goalkeepers of record.

Ohio Dominican was 7-7-5 in 2016 and was defeated by the Bulldogs 1-0 in Kirksville on a second half goal by Allison Lockett. The Panthers were picked third, with a pair of first-place votes in the Great Midwest Conference coaches' poll.

Allison Lockett scored her first goal of the season in the 58^th minute coming off a pass from Stephanie Williams to give the Bulldogs the lead. Katie Mattingly stopped both of the shots on goal and faced four total to notch the shutout. Marissa Wierbicki played the first half for the Panthers in net while Kelsey Harris surrendered the goal in her 45 minutes of work in the second half.

Quick Notes:

The Truman defense shut down opposing offenses last year allowing on seven goals in the 21 games played. Senior keeper Katie Mattingly enters the season fourth on the career shutouts list at Truman with 33.5 in her 58 games in between the pipes for the Bulldogs.

The seven goals allowed in a season matched the school record set back in 1999 only with two more games played last season.

The 16 shutouts did establish a new school mark besting the previous total of 15, set in both 2001 and 2004. It was the 18^th time out of 29 years of Truman Women's Soccer that the team notched over 10 shutouts in a season.

Senior keeper Katie Mattingly was the GLVC Defensive Player of the Year last season and will take sole possession of fourth place with her next game in goal (59) on the Truman career keeper list. She is ranked fourth in career shutouts with 33.5 and fourth in minutes played at 5,229.

The offense returns three of their four players that accumulated over 10 points last season including leader sophomore Hanna Burke and senior Kelsey Murphy. Burke scored six times and added three assists for 15 points while Murphy had an even ledger of four goals and four assists for 12 points.

POLLING…The Bulldog Women check in at 11^th in the preseason United Soccer Coaches Division II poll. Truman was also selected first in the Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason coaches' poll picking up 187 total points and five first-place votes.

RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE…Mattingly, Laura Ney and Caity Schmitt all return as first team all-GLVC members from a year ago. Casey Maloney was a third team selection. Stephanie Williams (second team), Megan Whitehead (second team) and Megan Caserly (third team) were senior all-conference members last year. In addition, Head Coach Mike Cannon garnered his first GLVC Coach of the Year award and the Midwest Coach of the Year honor. Cannon was a eight-time MIAA Coach of the Year from 1999-2009.

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 jump into conference action with a split home weekend on September 8 & 10. Truman will be at rival Quincy for a 5 p.m. match against the Lady Hawks then come home for the first time for a 2:30 p.m. match against Illinois Springfield.

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Players Mentioned

#2 Casey Maloney: D; 5' 3"; Senior

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

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

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

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

Players Mentioned

#2 Casey Maloney
: 5' 3"; Senior
: D

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

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

#22 Hanna Burke
: 5' 7"; 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

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