NOTES: Women' Soccer Wraps Up Season Road Slate This Weekend

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The final road weekend is upon Truman Women's Soccer as they will travel to Missouri S&T on Friday and Maryville University on Sunday before finishing up the regular season with four straight home matches.

The Bulldogs held serve in their two previous home dates with a 2-1 win over Drury last Friday and a 4-0 victory over Southwest Baptist on Sunday. Chance Douglass scored twice and added an assist to earn the Great Lakes Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. Douglass had the game-winning goal that broke a 1-1 tie against Drury then assisted on the first goal and scored the insurance goal against the Bearcats.

The wins kept Truman in the eighth spot in the GLVC standings with a 5-4 conference mark. Rockhurst leads the league at 8-1 followed by McKendree at 7-1-1, Maryville is third at 6-2-1 and Southern Indiana is fourth at 6-3.

Among the six matches left for Truman, three are against teams below them in the standings (Missouri S&T/Lindenwood/Missouri-St. Louis) while three are ahead (McKendree/Maryville/Southern Indiana).

Paige Peterson and Anna Meyer led the team with three goals each with Douglass third with her two goals. Beth Hopwood has played every second in goal for Truman again this season and has allowed 10 goals on 75 shots for a 0.87 goals-against average and a .867 save percentage.

Missouri S&T comes in with a 4-4-1 conference mark after tying Lindenwood 2-2 and defeating UMSL in overtime 1-0 in their last two matches. Kayla Foster leads the team with four goals on the season and Kristin Steins has played the bulk of the time in net with 10 goals allowed and 47 saves made.

Truman had a 15-match winning streak stopped in Kirksville last season when the Miners stunned the Bulldogs 1-0. Foster scored the lone goal in the final minute of the first half and Steins stopped all five Truman shots on goal to earn the shutout. All-time, Truman leads the series 25-7-2.

Maryville is 2-2 in their last four matches and split last weekend's encounters against UMSL and Lindenwood. They defeated the Tritons 1-0 behind a goal from Amanda Kaltwasser but were blanked against the Lions 2-0.

The potent offense has scored 18 goals this season, fourth among GLVC schools, with Alex Johnson leading the Saints with six. Elyse Waterhouse has allowed eight goals on 38 shots on goal this year.

Last year in Kirksville, Johnson scored seven minutes into the match but Paige Peterson tied the contest 12 minutes later. The teams' played extra time with Amelia Coyne scoring her first goal of the season in overtime for the golden goal and 2-1 win. Beth Hopwood made four saves for Truman and Waterhouse made five for the Saints. Truman leads the all-time series 7-4-1.

Truman will get two of the top teams in the conference when they return home October 25 and 27. The Bulldogs will host Southern Indiana and McKendree, both at 2:30 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#20 Amelia Coyne: F; 5' 7"; Senior

#12 Chance Douglass: F; 5' 6"; Junior

#0 Beth Hopwood: GK; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#13 Anna Meyer: M; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#15 Paige Peterson: M; 5' 7"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#20 Amelia Coyne
: 5' 7"; Senior
: F

#12 Chance Douglass
: 5' 6"; Junior
: F

#0 Beth Hopwood
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: GK

#13 Anna Meyer
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: M

#15 Paige Peterson
: 5' 7"; Junior
: M