MISSOURI S&T WOMEN'S SOCCER MATCH DAY INFORMATION
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	BROADCAST	LIVE STATS
Friday, Sept. 21	Southern Indiana	5 p.m.	Rolla, Mo.	GLVC Network	Live Stats
Sunday, Sept. 23	Drury	Noon	Springfield, Mo.	GLVC Network	Live Stats
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2018 Record: Missouri S&T is currently 1-4-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the GLVC this season.  This past week, the Miners were dealt a 4-0 conference-opening home loss by Bellarmine last Friday (Sept. 14) at the S&T Soccer Field in Rolla before coming out on the short end of a 1-0 league road decision to Quincy Sunday (Sept. 16) at QU's Legends Stadium in Quincy, Ill.  S&T is 0-2 both at home and on the road while the Miners sport a 1-0 mark in neutral site matchups.
 
S&T Head Coach – Joe McCauley (Louisville, 1992), Ninth season, 39-85-12 (.301).  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
     *Southern Indiana: The Screaming Eagles are presently 2-3-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the GLVC this season following a 2-0 conference road loss to Truman State last Sunday (Sept. 16) at TSU's Bulldog Soccer Park in Kirksville, Mo.  USI recorded a 3-1 league home triumph over Drury last Friday (Sept. 14) at Strassweg Field in Evansville, Ind.  The Screaming Eagles, who are under the direction of third-year head coach Eric Schoenstein, are 1-2-0 on the road, 1-1-0 at home, and 0-0-1 in neutral site contests this campaign and have won two of its last three outings to date.  USI posted an 8-5-5 overall record for the 2017 season, which included a 6-4-4 GLVC mark.  All-Time Series – S&T trails 11-7-0 -- 5-3-0 Home, 2-8-0 Away, 0-0-0 Neutral; Last Meeting - L 3-1 (10/22/17 at Southern Indiana) 

     *Drury: The Panthers, under 13th-year head coach Alf Bilbao, sport a 0-5-1 overall record and are 0-2-0 in GLVC play this season.  DU, which is 0-1-1 at home, 0-3-0 on the road, and 0-1-0 at neutral sites to date this campaign, suffered a 1-0 conference road setback to Missouri-St. Louis last Sunday (Sept. 16) at UMSL's Don Dallas Field in St. Louis, Mo., after falling 3-1 to Southern Indiana this past Friday (Sept. 14) in GLVC play at USI's Strassweg Field in Evansville, Ind.  The Panthers play four of their next five contests at home, beginning this Friday (Sept. 21) against Maryville before taking on Missouri S&T Sunday (Sept. 23) at DU's Harrison Stadium/Curry Sports Complex in Springfield, Mo.  Last season, Drury registered a 7-8-2 overall record and was 5-8-1 in conference match play.  All-Time Series – S&T trails 10-4-5 -- 4-3-2 Home, 0-7-2 Away, 0-0-1 Neutral; Last Meeting - L 2-0 (10/6/17 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 220-358-46 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: Senior midfielder Mikaela Mockenhaupt (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) leads S&T in both shots on goal (six) and total shots (13) in five matches this season.  Her team-high three shots at Quincy last Sunday (Sept. 16) represents her fourth multi-shot match performance of the 2018 season ... The Miners presently hold a 20-19 edge in corner kicks this season, which includes a 14-9 first-half advantage...S&T has out shot its opponent by a 61-50 margin to date this campaign and leads 38-21 in second-half attempts ... S&T's current top two shots leaders this season, Mikaela Mockenhaupt (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) (13 total) and junior forward Kayla Foster (Sand Springs, Okla./Charles Page) (11 total) have combined to generate 39.3 percent (24-61) of the squad's output ... Senior midfielder Taylor Vollmer (Belleville, Ill./Belleville West) (1-2=4) is two points shy of tying her career single-season best six points (2-2=6) set in 16 2017 season matches ... Senior midfielder Morgan Sikora's (Highland, Ill./Highland) four points (0-4=4) in five outings this season is a personal career season best, surpassing her two points (1-0=1) in 17 contests as a freshman in 2015.  Sikora accumulated three points (1-1=3) in a combined 47 appearances during her initital three (2015-17) seasons at S&T.     
 
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: The Miners will play five of their next six GLVC matches at home, starting next Friday, Sept. 28, versus the William Jewell Cardinals.  The contest is set for a 5 p.m. (CT) start at the S&T Soccer Field in Rolla.  S&T returns to its home pitch Sunday, Sept. 30, as the Miners go up against the Rockhurst Hawks in a noon (CT) matchup at the S&T Soccer Field.