First touch

• The Washburn Ichabod soccer team will travel for the second time in a week to St. Joseph, Mo., on Wednesday to take on Missouri Western in a match which was canceled because of lightning after leading 1-0 at the half. 

• The original match was scheduled for Oct. 11 in Spratt Stadium.

• On Sunday, the Ichabods will take on Lindenwood traveling to St. Charles, Mo., for the first time to face the Lions.

• The Lions are tied on top of the MIAA standings with 13 points along with Central Missouri who also has 13 points.

• The Ichabods (6-5-1, 3-2-1 MIAA) ran their unbeaten streak to four matches after defeating Northwest Missouri 3-0 last time out on Oct. 13.

• As of Oct. 15, the Ichabods are currently in a two-way tie for fifth place in the MIAA standings. The top six teams in the final standings will advance to the MIAA Postseason Tournament.

• The four-game unbeaten streak is the longest for the Ichabods since a four-game unbeaten streak including a  three-game winning streak from Sept. 18 to Sept. 30 during the 2010 season when they went 3-0-1.

• Washburn's six wins this season is one more than the number of wins the Ichabods had during the 2012 (4) and 2011 (1) seasons combined.

• Washburn has recorded five shutouts this season (all by Tori Fuglister) … that's the most since the 2008 season when Washburn recorded eight shutouts.

Story lines

• Kate Combs, Brianna Ament and Danielle Curtis lead Washburn with three goals each.

• Combs leads the team with eight points.

• Devon Schmitz, Bailey Wobig, Lara Doescher and Whitney Skinner have two goals each.

• Caysie Beetley has a team-high four assists and a goal this season for six points … she had a goal against Missouri Western wiped out because of the cancelation of the match.

• Tori Fuglister has played all 1118:44 in goal this season allowing 11 goals and a 0.88 goal against average recording 52 saves with a .825 save percentage.

• Of the 22 goals scored by the Ichabods this season, seven have been recorded by freshmen.

• Six of the seniors (Taylor Mayhew, Caysie Beetley, Rachel Hansen, Danielle Curtis, Megan Buckley, and Kelsey Ewert) have been part of the program for  four years.

• Senior Lara Doescher has been a two-year member of the team and her sister Kaitlyn Doescher will play her final season at Washburn after transferring from St. Louis.

• One senior (Brianna Ament) has been a five-year member of the team after taking a medical redshirt in 2009. ?

What's in a name

• Starting this season all of the women's athletic teams will be called Ichabods.

• All women's teams prior to the 2013-14 school year can and will be referenced to as Lady Blues.

• Name change was made to have a unified athletic department and to have a graphical representation of the sports teams at Washburn.

• 'Bods is allowable on second reference

• Lady Ichabods or Lady 'Bods should never be used.

Noting Missouri Western

• Missouri Western is 2-9-1 overall this season and 0-5-0 in MIAA play.

• The Griffons are winless in their last seven matches going 0-7-1.

• Their last win was a 1-0 victory against Wayne State.

• Tara Russell has four of the Griffons' six goals this season.

• Ashley Juravich has the other two goals.

• Sarah Lyle is 2-6-1 in net with two shutouts with a 1.95 goal against average.

Series history with Missouri Western

• The Ichabods lead the all-time series 10-5-0.

• Washburn snapped a three-game winning streak by the Griffons with a 2-0 win in Topeka last season on Oct. 5.

• Washburn is 4-3 in matches played in St. Joseph.

• The Ichabods have outscored the Griffons 37 to 11 in the 15 meetings.

Noting Lindenwood

• The Lions are 7-4-1 overall and 4-0-1 sitting on top of the MIAA standings with 13 points.

• Kat Roe leads the team with five goals and an assist.

• Bailey Tracy has a 0.71 goal against average allowing only nine goals this season.

Series history with Lindenwood

• Washburn won the only meeting in the series 3-2 in Topeka on Oct. 14, 2012.

Last time out for Washburn

(10/13/2013) TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod soccer team ran its unbeaten streak to four with a 3-0 win over Northwest Missouri on Sunday in Yager Stadium. 

Washburn had a 1-0 lead at the halftime break when they scored the first goal of the match off a corner kick from Kaitlyn Doescher to Lara Doescher who scored from 5-yards out recording her first goal of the season in the 26th minute.

The Ichabods added to their score in the 56th minute when Caysie Beetley found a streaking Kate Combs down the field for a break away goal when Combs scored from 18-yards out on her third goal of the season putting Washburn up 2-0.

Washburn wrapped up the scoring when Katilyn Doescher scored her first goal of the season off an assist from Brianna Ament from the corner of the penalty box after sending the ball over the keeper's outstretched hands into the back of the net.

Tori Fuglister recorded her fifth shutout of the season recording four saves facing 12 shots. Washburn outshot the Bearcats 16 to 12 in the match.

Beetley led the Ichabods with four shots including two on goal. Jordan Albright had three shots with two on goal to lead the Bearcats.

Washburn Soccer history

• Washburn is 87-93-30 (.492) all-time in its 11th season of action. 

• In MIAA play, the Ichabods are 59-59-20 (.500). 

• In home matches, the Ichabods are 45-34-14 (.554).

• On the road, the Ichabods are 35-52-12 (.416).

• In matches on neutral sites, the Ichabods are 7-7-4 (.500). 

Blue Notes

• Caysie Beetley has moved into the top 10 all-time at Washburn on the career point chart with 29 points with 10 goals and nine assists in 49 matches played.

• With two more goals Beetley can move into a tie for ninth.

• Brianna Ament's two match-winning goals is tied for 10th at Washburn.

• Beetley's 124 shots is fifth on the all-time shot list at Washburn.

• Tori Fuglister's 192 career saves is third on the career list at Washburn.

• The seven career shutouts by Fuglister is tied for third at Washburn.

Quick kicks

• Washburn is now 50-9-4 when leading at the half.

Up next

The Ichabods will take on Emporia State on Oct. 23 in a non-conference match up. Washburn will then honor its seniors on Oct. 25 against Missouri Southern before wrapping up the regular season with road contests at Central Oklahoma on Nov. 1 and Northeastern State on Nov. 3. The MIAA postseason tournament starts on Nov. 7 and the top six teams in the final conference standings will advance to postseason play.