MISSOURI S&T WOMEN'S SOCCER MATCH DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	BROADCAST	LIVE STATS
Friday, Oct. 5	Missouri-St. Louis	5 p.m.	Rolla, Mo.	GLVC Network	Live Stats
Sunday, Oct. 7	Truman State	12 p.m.	Kirksville, Mo.	GLVC Network	Live Stats
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2018 Record: Missouri S&T currently sports a 2-6-1 record overall and is 1-4-1 in the GLVC.  The Miners suffered a pair of conference home setbacks this past weekend (Sept. 28 and 30) at the S&T Soccer Field in Rolla, Mo.  S&T dropped a 1-0 decision to William Jewell last Friday (Sept. 28) and then was tagged with a 4-1 loss by Rockhurst this past Sunday (Sept. 30).  The Miners, who are 1-3-1 in their last five appearances to date, are 0-4-1 at home, 1-2-0 on the road, and 1-0-0 in neutral site matchups this fall.
 
S&T Head Coach – Joe McCauley (Louisville, 1992), Ninth season, 40-87-13 (.332).  McCauley, who's currently in his ninth season at Missouri S&T this fall after arriving prior to the 2010 season, led the Miners to a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Tournament appearances and a GLVC Tourney Championship match outing in 2014.  He guided the 2014 S&T squad to its first conference title match following a tourney opening-round win at Bellarmine and a victory in. penalty kick shootout over defending champion Quincy.  Prior to S&T, McCauley served six seasons (2004-09) as the head coach at NCAA Division II Eckerd College after spending five seasons (1998-02) as the goalkeeper coach at NCAA Division I Northern Illinois where he assisted in guiding the Huskies to a 1998 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship title.  McCauley coached at fellow Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) foe Bellarmine (Ky.) from 1991-97, which included taking over as the Knights' head coach in 1992.  McCauley began his coaching career in 1990 at NCAA-I Louisville instructing the Cardinal goalkeepers.       
 
This Week's Opponents
     *Missouri-St. Louis: The Tritons, who are coached by fifth-year head coach Wendy Dillinger, are currently 2-7-0 overall and 1-5-0 in the GLVC this fall.  UMSL lost its fourth match in a row this past Sunday (Sept. 30) as the Tritons came out on the short end of a 2-1 league home decision to Lewis at UMSL's Don Dallas Soccer Field in St. Louis, Mo.  UMSL, which lost 2-0 at home to Truman State last Friday (Sept. 28) in GLVC competition, is 1-3-0 on the road and 1-4-0 at home this season.  A season ago, the Tritons finished at 5-7-4 overall and 4-7-3 in league play/.  All-Time Series – S&T trails 27-9-1 -- 4-14-1 Home, 5-11-0 Away, 0-2-0 Neutral; Last Meeting - W 2-1 (10/15/17 at Missouri S&T) 

     *Truman State: The Bulldogs improved their record to 8-2-0 overall and 4-2-0 in the GLVC this season with a 2-1 overtime conference home victory over Maryville this last Sunday (Sept. 30) at TSU's Bulldog Soccer Park in Kirksville, Mo., in what represented their second win in a row.  Truman State, which posted a 2-0 league road triumph at Missouri-St. Louis this last Friday (Sept. 28) at UMSL's Don Dallas Soccer Field in St. Louis, Mo., is 4-1 both at home and on the road this season to date.  The Bulldogs, who are under the guidance of 26th-year head coach Mike Cannon, go up against Drury this Friday (Oct. 5) at DU's Curry Sports Complex/Harrison Stadium in Springfield, Mo.  TSU completed the 2017 campaign at 6-6-5 overall, which included a 6-5-4 conference mark.  All-Time Series – S&T trails 25-5-2 -- 1-15-0 Home, 4-10-2 Away, 1-0-0 Neutral; Last Meeting - L 2-1 (9/24/17 at Missouri S&T) 
 
All-Time Record: The 2018 campaign represents S&T's 37th season of intercollegiate women's soccer competition since the program's inception in 1982.  The Miners have presently amassed a 221-360-47 record (.389) to date.  S&T has recorded six 10 or more victories in a season – 10-5 (1983), 12-7 (1986), 12-6-2 (1994), 15-3-1 (1997), 10-7 (1998), and 10-7-1 (1999). 
  
Miner Notes: Missouri S&T is outshooting the opposition by 16 shots (66-50) in the second half this season and is averaging 7.3 shots in second 45 minutes of a match to date this fall... Junior defender Chayse Richardson (Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville) scored her first goal of this season in the Miners' 4-1 conference home loss to Rockhurst last Sunday (Sept. 30) and has accumulated eight career points (2-4=8) in 39 contests.  Richardson tallied a goal with four assists for six points in 16 matches last season and has two points (1-0=2) in nine outings to date this campaign ... Senior midfielders Morgan Sikora (Highland, Ill./Highland) and Mikaela Mockenhaupt (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) presently lead S&T this season with eight shots on goal apiece.  The pair have combined to account for 35.6 percent (16-45) of the team's output this fall ... Junior forward Kayla Foster's (Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page) 20 shots in nine contests this season exceeds her 15 total in 14 S&T encounters a season ago.        
 
NCAA II Statistics: Both the NCAA Division II 2018 team and individual national statistical leaders is available at this link - NCAA Statistics. 

2018 GLVC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll: S&T was tabbed 14th in the 2018 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Coaches Preseason Poll as the Miners earned 14 points.  McKendree was picked to win the conference with 159 points and six first-place votes while Quincy garnered five first-place votes and garnered 151 points.  Bellarmine, which placed third, received the remaining three first-place votes and totaled 149 points.   Maryville (130 pts.) and Truman State (117 pts.) rounded out the top five, respectively.  Claiming the sixth-place spot was Rockhurst, which received 106 points, followed by Southern Indiana (103 pts.), Indianapolis (81 pts.), Illinois Springfield (68 pts.), and Lewis (56 pts.).  Missouri-St. Louis (52 pts.), Drury (50 pts.), and William Jewell (38 pts.) occupied places 11th through 13th.  The 14 league coaches weren't allowed to vote for their own teams.  

2018 S&T Roster: Missouri S&T's 2018 active roster consists of seven seniors, 11 juniors, seven sophomores, and four freshmen.  Twelve of the 29 student-athletes play at the defender position while nine others are midfielders, five goalkeepers, and three forwards.  Ten individuals hail from the state of Illinois while eight are from Missouri.  
  
2018 S&T Captains: Serving as S&T's captains for the 2018 season are junior midfielder Morgan Sikora (Highland, Ill./Highland), Taylor Vollmer (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West), and Mikaela Mockenhaupt (Oswego, Ill./Oswego).  
 
2017 Record: S&T concluded the 2017 season at 2-13-1 overall, which included a 2-11-1 GLVC mark.

GLVC Standings/Schedule: Fans can view the complete 2018 GLVC Women's Soccer Standings at this link - GLVC Standings.  The composite 2018 conference women's soccer schedule can be accessed at this link - GLVC Schedule and the GLVC statistics at this link - GLVC Statistics.

Follow The GLVC: Fans can follow @GLVCsports on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook using hashtag #GLVCvb.  Complete coverage of all conference matches throughout the 2018 season can be accessed on GLVCSN.com.

Up Next: Missouri S&T will make its final 2018 regular-season home appearances next weekend, Oct. 12 and 14, with two GLVC outings at the S&T Soccer Field in Rolla.  The Miners start their final home stand Friday, Oct. 12, with the McKendree Bearcats providing the opposition in a 5 p.m. (CT) match and then square off against the Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars Sunday, Oct. 14, with first touch at 12 p.m. (CT).