MISSOURI S&T WOMEN'S SOCCER: MATCH DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	BROADCAST	LIVE STATS
Sunday, Sept. 2	Christian Brothers	12 p.m.	Rolla, Mo.	GLVC Network	Live Stats
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2018 Record: S&T is currently 0-0 overall and 0-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) to date.  The Miners are 0-0 at home, 0-0 on the road, and 0-0 at home.
 
S&T Head Coach – Joe McCauley (Louisville, 1992), Ninth season, 38-81-12 (.336).  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 Opponent
     *Christian Brothers: The Lady Buccaneers, under 14th-year head coach Kieron Heblich, open their 2018 season this Friday (Aug. 31) versus Drury in Springfield, Mo.  A season ago, CBU registered a 10-7-1 overall record and finished 8-5-1 in the Gulf South Conference (GSC).   All-Time Series – Tied at 1-1; Last Meeting - L 2-1 (9/3 at CBU) 
 
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 219-354-46 record (.391) 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: Senior midfielder Taylor Vollmer's (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) six points (2-2=6) in 16 matches last season represented a career single-season best, surpassing her two points (0-2=2) in 15 2016 season contests....S&T returns all of its top seven points leaders from a season ago in junior forward Kayla Foster (Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page) (3-=6), Taylor Vollmer (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) (2-2=6), junior defender Chayse Richardson (Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville) (1-4=6), senior midfielder Mikaela Mockenhaupt (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) (2-0=4), senior defender Carli Tastad (Millstadt, Ill./Belleville West) (1-1=3), junior defender-midfielder Julia Crets (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North) (0-1=1), and senior midfielder Morgan Sikora (Highland, Ill./Highland) (0-1=1).  

Season Openers: S&T is 11-23-2 (.333) in season-opening matches dating back to 1982.  The Miners dropped a 2-1 decision at Christian Brothers in last season's (9/3) opener.  S&T's most recent season-opening victory occurred in 2012 (8/31) when the Miners tallied a 1-0 decision over Wayne (Neb.) State.

Home Openers: The Miners have compiled a 15-20-1 (.431) record in their home openers since 1982, which includes a 3-2  home-opening setback to Indianapolis last season (9/8).  The last home-opening triumph for S&T was in 2012 (9/14) when the Miners posted a 2-0 win versus Saint Joseph's (Ind.).   
 
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 travels to St. Charles, Mo., next weekend, Sept. 7 and 9, for a pair of non-conference matches at Lindenwood University's Harlen C. Hunter Stadium.  The Miners take on the Emporia (Kan.) State Hornets Friday, Sept. 7, at 2:30 p.m. (CT) before squaring off against the Lindenwood Lions on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 11 a.m. (CT).