By: John Kean, Sports Information Director
ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's women's soccer team looks to extend its unbeaten streak to four games on Friday as it will close out its three-game homestand with a visit from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The Miners and Tritons will face off at 5 p.m. at Allgood-Bailey Stadium.
The Miners, 1-5-4 overall and 1-4-2 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, played to a pair of 1-1 ties last weekend in the first two games of the homestand. S&T tied Southwest Baptist, getting a goal from
Ashley Haag (Keller, TX/Keller Central) in that draw, then got a late first half goal from
Paige VanDaele (Cottleville, MO/Francis Howell Central) to get a tie with Drury on Sunday.
Sydney Gratz (Geneva, IL/Geneva) continues to lead the Miners in goals with two and is tied with
Andersyn Foster (Belleville, IL/Althoff Catholic) – who assisted on Haag's goal Friday – in scoring with four points.
Danielle Hopkins (Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley) has a goal and an assist this year, while
Lauren Bulcroft (Claremore, OK/Verdigris) has also scored for S&T this season.
In 887 minutes of playing time this season,
Viktoria Johnson (Granite City, IL/Granite City) has recorded a goals against average of 1.62 and has been credited with 33 saves.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT: Missouri-St. Louis got a 2-1 win over Southwest Baptist Sunday and is at the .500 mark on the season heading into Friday's contest. UMSL is 5-5-1 overall and 3-3-1 in the GLVC for 10 points, which has the Tritons in a tie with Lewis for fourth in the GLVC standings.
Jalyn Richardson leads the Tritons with four goals on the year, while Candice Parziani and Maya Ware have tallied two goals apiece for a team that ranks third in the GLVC in goals scored with 15. Mark Kate Neal and Paige Schwartz have shared the goalkeeping duties and have a combined 1.18 goals against average for the year.