Headlines

• Washburn heads home for a Senior Night Showdown with Emporia State on Oct. 28 before heading to Fort Hays State for its regular season finale Oct. 28.

• Washburn is 4-6-3 all time in senior night matches and 5-9-2 all-time in season finales. 

 Last time out

• Washburn concluded a pair of weekend matches last weekend by going 1-1 with a 1-0 loss to Missouri Western and 2-0 shutout over Northwest Missouri State.

• Last time Washburn matched up with Emporia State on Sept. 20 both teams went the distance in a double over time stalemate resulting in a 1-1 score.

• Washburn handed FHSU a 1-0  loss  earlier this season behind a match-winning goal from senior Lexi Barton on Sept. 23.

 'Bod's and Ends

•    Morgan El-Attrache is the Ichabods'  leading scorer thus far into the season with 11 points off of four goals and three assist.

•    Morgan El-Attrache also leads Washburn in the assist category with three.  

•  Kaitlin Minnich is the Ichabods primary goalkeeper with a GAA of 0.91 and 61 saves. Minnich has allowed 12 goals this season on 156 shots faced.

 Senior Sendoff 

• The Ichabods are led by five outstanding seniors in Lexi Barton, Cadence Bourne, Kate Combs, Michelle Keleher, and Sophia Sabala

• The senior class has appeared in a combined 255 matches, 11 goals, and 13 assist over four years.

• All five are four-year members of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll

Second Half Surge

 • The Ichabods have scored a total of 19 goals this season 11 of which came during the second period.

 Don't Call It a Comeback

• The Ichabods  have posted two come from behind wins after a late goal this season.

• Mackenzie Heiman scored her first goal of the season and first match-winning goal of her career in the 87th minute of the Ichabods 2-1 win over Missouri Southern.

• Morgan El-Attrache snagged the second and third goals of her career in Washburn's 2-1 win over Southwest Baptist. El-Attrache scored the match-winning goal at 90:33 in overtime, earning the first golden-goal of her career.

Spreading the Wealth

• 13 different Ichabods have scored goals this season and 20 have taken shots over the course of the season.

• The Ichabods scored 14 points in its home opener over Northwestern Oklahoma State for the third time in program history. Eight different players scored points during the match.

 Record Watch

• If the season were to end today Cadence Bourne would be sixth all-time in minutes played with 5,654 only 30 minutes away from fifth all-time.

• Bourne would also be tied for 10th all time in games started with 63 three matches behind seventh all-time.

• Morgan El-Attrache is tied for 10th place all-time in match-winning goals with three.

• Kaitlin Minnich is first all-time in save percentage posting a .822 and third all-time in GAA with .99.

 Scouting Report : Emporia State

• Emporia State enters its 6th season under head coach Bryan Sailer.

• The Hornets entered this season tabbed 9th in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll after finishing last season with a 9-8-1 overall record.

• ESU is 7-7-2 going into this weekends match after winning a pair of matches this weekend over Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State

• ESU is led in scoring by Tanna Benefiek with 9 points off of three goals and three assist. Yadira Rivera is the Hornets primary GK with a GAA of .70 and 63 saves.

Scouting Report: # 21 Fort Hays State

•  Fort Hays State enters its 6th season under Craig Shaw.

• The Tigers were tabbed 4th in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll after posting a 11-8-1 record last season.

• FHSU is 12-3-1 heading into this weekends matchup winning its last six matches

• Fort Hays State is led in scoring by Eden Stoddard with 15 points off of seven goals and one assist. Abbie Flax is the primary goalkeeper for the Tigers posting a GAA of .50 and 45 saves.

  About head coach Chris Jones

•    Chris Jones is 14-15-6  in his second season at Washburn and is only the second coach in the program's history since 2003.

•    Prior to taking the head coaching role at Washburn, Jones  was an assistant coach at Fort Hays State where the Tigers went 20-13-5 coaching 11 All-MIAA picks.

•    Prior to joining the Tigers, he was president and coach of the University of Oklahoma's men's club team.

 Washburn soccer history

• Washburn is 104-129-38 (.453) all-time entering its 14th season of action. 

• In MIAA play, the Ichabods are 67-84-23 (.451). 

• In home matches, the Ichabods are 55-52-17(.512).

• On the road, the Ichabods are 43-70-17 (.396).

• In matches on neutral sites, the Ichabods are 7-9-4 (.450). 

 Up next

•    Up next, Washburn will await it postseason seeding.With a win over Emporia State and Fort Hays State and if Northeastern State splits than the Ichabods will host a first round match in the postseason on Nov. 2.