FAYETTE, Iowa - Upper Iowa women's soccer (0-10-3, 0-10-1 GLVC) heads into the final stretch of the season with a road game Wednesday at Quincy's (Ill.) (5-3-6, 5-2-4 GLVC) Legends Stadium at 3 p.m. The Peacocks will then have their home finale on Saturday with Senior Day vs. UIndy (2-10, 2-9 GLVC) at noon.
The Peacocks will honor six seniors on Saturday: Giovanna Alexa Garcia, Jessica Ancheta, Stephany Castillo, Haylie Hutchinson, Melanie Mejia and Meghan Zwicker.
LIVE OPTIONS
Fans unable to attend the games this weekend can stay connected with a pair of live options available at UIUPeacocks.com/Live, featuring access to live stats and a pay-per-view webcast through GLVCSN. Fans can also refer to the links attached to this story for all live options.
In addition to GLVCSN.com, viewers can catch the Peacocks on the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile app, as well as the GLVCSN app on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV.
DIGITAL GAMEDAY PROGRAMS
Fans can access the interactive and digital gameday program any time at UIUPeacocks.com/Programs. The digital programs are available to fans at our games and to those watching at home. QR Codes will be located around the stadium to scan with your cell phone's camera, which will link you directly to that game's specific digital gameday program.
LAST TIME OUT
Peacock women's soccer played two home games this past week, falling to Truman State (Mo.) (5-4-4, 4-3-3 GLVC) by a score of 2-0 and Drury (Mo.) (3-5-6, 3-3-4 GLVC) by a score of 5-0.
Freshman Suzette Orta started both games at goalkeeper and totaled 18 saves over the week, with nine in each game. Those nine saves in each game were both a career-high for the young keeper.
Ancheta led UIU in shots with four and two shots on goal. She had three shots with two on goal vs. Drury, marking a season-high for the senior. Alexa Garcia totaled three shots on the week with two on goal against Truman State. Castillo and Zwicker both played all 180 minutes on the week.
STATISTICS SUMMARY
Freshman Maryn Hudson leads the Peacocks with three goals this season. She has nine shots with six shots on goal. Haylie Hutchinson has a goal and a team-high two assists. Alexa Garcia has posted a goal and an assist this season, while adding a team-high 11 shots with seven on goal.
Sophomore Avery Harding has made a team-high nine starts in the net this season. She's amassed 84 saves (9.33/game) with a 78.5% save percentage on 218 shots faced. Harding leads the GLVC in saves per game.
Orta has played in five games with three starts this season. She's totaled 29 saves, faced 84 shots and has a 70.7% save percentage this season.
Zwicker has played the most minutes for the team this season, and she has added two shots with one on goal. Castillo has played 974 minutes, and Taylor Marie Inocelda-Bihag has played 918 minutes this season.
AROUND THE GLVC
Missouri-St. Louis (10-1-2, 9-0-1 GLVC) became the first team to clinch a GLVC Tournament berth with 2-0 wins over Lincoln (Mo.) (3-8-1, 2-7-1 GLVC) and Rockhurst (Mo.) (8-3-2, 6-3-1 GLVC) this past week. The Tritons have won a league-high seven straight games.
McKendree (Ill.) (12-2, 8-2 GLVC), who was ranked No. 16 in the Coaches' Poll last week, lost to Missouri S&T (8-3-2, 7-2-2 GLVC) by a score of 3-2. The Bearcats are second in the GLVC rankings with 24 points, and the Miners are third with 23 points.
McKendree is the conference's leader in team goals with 42, putting them at three goals per game. The Bearcats have three of the top four goal scorers in the conference in Maddie Mauch (14 goals), Aubrey Andrews (10 goals) and Lyla Karolczak (six goals). Mauch has also added six assists for a GLVC-high 34 points.
Missouri-St. Louis has allowed the fewest goals this season at 11 (0.85 per game) with a GLVC-best 80.7% save percentage. UMSL goalie Allyssa Wolf has only allowed five goals herself and has an 87.2% save percentage.
ABOUT THE HAWKS
After a loss to UMSL and two straight ties, the Hawks got back in the win column with a 3-1 victory over Southwest Baptist (Mo.) (5-7-2, 3-6-1 GLVC) on Saturday. Quincy is currently tied with Rockhurst for fifth in the GLVC with 19 points.
Quincy has two of the top three shot takers in the GLVC with senior forward Rebecca Rheinheimer (54 shots) and senior midfielder Jessie Newton (44 shots). Rheinheimer has knocked in 10 goals this season, tying for second in the GLVC. Newton has posted a league-high 12 assists, six more than the next-most in the conference.
Sophomore goalkeeper Devin Tracy has started 11 games in goal this season with 40 saves and four shutouts. Senior Libby Kamp has started the last three games for the Hawks, allowing just two goals with eight saves and a shutout.
Taylor Reis is in his second season as the head coach of Quincy, posting a 15-6-12 record over the past two seasons entering Wednesday's matchup.
ABOUT THE GREYHOUNDS
UIndy picked up a Senior Day win over Lincoln (Mo.) on Sunday by a score of 3-0. That snapped a seven-match losing streak for the Greyhounds. UIndy does not have a match on Wednesday before making the trip to Fayette.
Senior midfielder Emily DeWitt has a team-high two goals this season. Sophomore Mia Bajic, sophomore Ella Higbie, sophomore Kate O'Neill and junior Nicole Schroeder each have a goal and an assist this season.
Samarah Arendsen has started seven games in the net during her senior campaign. She's made 42 saves (six per game) with a 67.7% save percentage and a shutout. Junior Samaya Hogg has appeared in seven games with five starts and has made 34 saves this season.
Nick Smith is in his first season as the head coach of the Greyhound program. He was previously at Concordia University in Nebraska for three seasons, compiling a 40-13-9 record there as the head coach.
