Weekly Match Notes
Match 1 • Lady Blues (0-0-0) at Drury (0-0-0)
Date: Friday, Aug. 31
Location: Springfield, Mo.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Pitch: Harrison Stadium
Live Stats:
www.sidearmstats.com/drury/wsoc
Web site: drurypanthers.com
Series Record: first meeting
Match 2 • Lady Blues vs Missouri S&T
Date: Sunday, Sept. 2
Location: Springfield, Mo.
Time: 12 p.m.
Pitch: Harrison Stadium
Live Stats:
www.sidearmstats.com/drury/wsoc
Web site: http://www.minerathletics.com
Series Record: MS&T leads 2-1-1
Last Meeting: WU 1-0, 10/31/2004
Scene Setter
The Washburn Lady Blues soccer team will open the 2012 campaign spending a weekend in Springfield, Mo., where they will face host squad Drury and former MIAA member Missouri S&T. Washburn will take on Drury on Aug. 31 while they will battle the Lady Miners for the first time since the 2004 season when Missouri S&T (formerly Missouri-Rolla) was a member of the MIAA. The Lady Blues are aiming to rebound from a 1-14-3 season in 2011.
Story Lines
• Washburn is led by seniors
Leah Talley,
Tia Stovall and
Lindsey Lambert.
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Tia Stovall was a second team all-MIAA pick for the third season in a row.
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Leah Talley was an honorable mention all-MIAA pick in 2011 and 2010 after earning second team all-MIAA honors as a freshman.
• Washburn head coach
Tim Collins is 1-2-1 against Missouri S&T as the Lady Blues' head coach.
• The Lady Blues are 4-4-1 in their first match of the season in the program's history.
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Tia Stovall is the most-experienced Lady Blue returning having played in 55 matches starting 45 in her career.
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Leah Talley has made 42 starts playing in 54 matches.
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Lindsey Lambert has also played in 54 matches making four starts.
• The Lady Blues were limited to a program-low nine goals in 2011.
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Leah Talley has 30 career points, which is eighth all-time at Washburn.
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Tia Stovall has 26 career points, which is tied for 10th all-time for the Lady Blues.
About Drury
The Drury women's soccer squad has been picked to finish seventh in the Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason poll and will face Washburn in its first match of the season. Head coach Alf Bilbao's Panthers are coming off an 8-8-2 season that included a 4-1-1 mark in their final six games of 2011. Drury returns four of its top six scorers from last season in sophomore Emily Cline (six goals, six assists), sophomore Shelby Hatz (three goals), junior Lindsey Sprouse (three goals, one assist) and junior Kara Steiner (three goals, three assists).
Series history with Drury
The meeting on Aug. 31 will be the first between the Lady Blues and the Panthers.
About Missouri S&T
The Missouri S&T women's soccer team has been picked to finish 11th in the Great Lakes Valley Conference's pre-season coaches poll as announced by the conference. S&T returns 17 letterwinners but just six starters from last year's squad that finished 5-9-2 overall and 5-9-1 in league play.
Series history with Missouri S&T
The Lady Miners lead the all-time series 2-1-1 and the two schools have not met since the Lady Blues won 1-0 on Oct. 31, 2004 in Topeka. MS&T has outscored the Lady Blues 4-3 in the four matches the teams have played.
H: 1-1-0, A: 0-1-1, N: 0-0-0 • Goals: WU 3, MST 4
09/05/2003 Rolla, Mo. L 0-1 200
10/26/2003 Topeka L 0-1 (2ot) 150
10/01/2004 Rolla, Mo. T 2-2 (2ot) 76
10/31/2004 Topeka W 1-0 300
Last Meeting with the Lady Miners
(Oct. 31, 2004) – TOPEKA, Kan. -- Jenna Lawless scored the match winner on an assist from Lauren Schwindt in the 79th minute as the Lady Blues picked up a 1-0 Halloween Day win. The win lifted the Lady Blues to 5-9-3 on the season and 3-6-2 in the MIAA. Jenna Hatlestad picked up the win in net for the Lady Blues collecting four saves. Washburn outshot the Lady Miners 13 to 8 and 7 to 4 in shots on goal.
Lady Blues Soccer History
• Washburn is 77-74-29 (.508) all-time in its tenth season of action.
• In MIAA play, the Lady Blues are 54-51-20 (.512).
• In home matches, the Lady Blues are 37-26-13 (.572).
• On the road, the Lady Blues are 33-42-12 (.448).
• In matches on neutral sites, the Lady Blues are 7-6-4 (.529).
Up Next
The Lady Blues will continue their road trip to open the season as they will travel to face Colorado Christian on Sept. 7 in Lakewood, Colo., and then face Colorado Mines on Sept. 9 in Golden, Colo. Washburn will have its home and MIAA opener on Sept. 14 when the Lady Blues will face Emporia State in Yager Stadium at 6 p.m.
