SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V.- Winners of six in a row, the 17
th-ranked West Chester University women's soccer team (11-1-1, 9-1-1) will face a stiff test on Wednesday afternoon as the Golden Rams visit Shepherd (10-4-1, 7-4-1) for an important PSAC Eastern Division battle beginning at 2 p.m.
West Chester at Shepherd
Game Details: October 21 – 2 P.M. | Shepherd Soccer Complex (Shepherdstown, W.V.)
Series: 11-2-3
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Five Things to Know
- West Chester ran its winning streak to six and its scoring margin to 23-2 with a 4-0 win over Mansfield on Saturday afternoon at Mansfield. West Chester followed a familiar script on Saturday as Kaylee Nagle (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North), Adriana Ryder (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert), and Kianna Barber (Browns Mills, N.J./BCIT) scored in the first 31 minutes to give West Chester an early 3-0 lead before Katie Dougherty (Glenmoore, Pa./Downingtown West) added a goal of her own in the 65th minute.
- Barber's goal on Saturday afternoon was her fourth goal in three games and fifth game in a row with at least a point as the reigning Player of the Year is now first on the team in scoring with six goals and six assists for 18 points. Jordan Nguyen (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Central) is close behind with seven goals and two assists for 16 points, while the duo of Ryder and Lauren Reimold (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) have 11 (three goals/five assists) and 10 (four goals/two assists) points, respectively. In goal, Grace Keen (Lincoln University, Pa./Avon Grove) is 11-1-1 with a 0.35 goals-against average and a hand in eight shutouts in 13 starts.
- Shepherd halted a two-game winless streak on Saturday afternoon with a 7-0 win at Lackawanna, which came on the heels of a 4-0 loss to Millersville at home on Wednesday afternoon. Merritt Delk is first on the team in scoring with 12 goals and two assists for 26 points, while Reagan Ackermann has seven goals and four assists for 18 points. Aniyah Parker is close behind with five goals and five assists for 15 points. In goal, Alex Stuart is 6-3-1 with a 1.45 goals-against average and a hand in five shutouts. Kendall Wright is 4-1-0 in goal with a 0.67 goals-against average and three shutouts of her own.
- For fans following the journey of Bella Stankunas, whose story we told in this feature earlier this season, the US Women's Cerebral Palsy National Team is onto the IFCPF World Cup Semifinals on Wednesday at 2 p.m. against an opponent yet to be determined. Stankunas scored the eventual game-winning goal in the final game of group play for Team USA against Japan with a strike from the edge of the penalty area in the 21st minute. This match will be broadcast on the IFCPF YouTube Channel.
- West Chester improved to 11-2-3 against Shepherd with a dominant 3-1 win on Rockwell Field earlier this fall. In this matchup, West Chester got out to an early 2-0 lead after goals from Nagle and Nguyen in the first 29 minutes before Lauren Reimold (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) added an important insurance goal in the 47th minute to give West Chester, who finished the game with a 19-13 lead in shots, including a 9-7 lead in shots on goal, a 3-1 lead.
Extra Time…
- In the second batch of NCAA Power Index (NPI) Rankings released this week, West Chester slipped to third in the Atlantic Region as Kutztown climbed into second, while Fairmont State remained first. Slippery Rock and Gannon rounded out the top five, followed by Frostburg State, Shepherd, and Millersville to finish out the top eight. Full rankings available here.
Up Next
West Chester will return home on Saturday to host Shippensburg on Senior Day beginning at 12 p.m.
