WICHITA, Kan. — The Newman women's soccer team continues their four game road trip Thursday and Saturday, their longest road trip of the season. The Jets will travel down south to face conference foes Texas A&M International and St. Mary's in Heartland Conference.
SCOUTING NEWMAN
The Jets (5-1-0, 1-1-0 Heartland) started their road trip off with a bang on Thursday at Oklahoma Christian with a 6-0 shutout victory extending their best start in program history to 5-0-0 on the year. Newman got things going quick scoring four goals in the first half taking full control into the locker room. Junior Kennedy Weaver put on a strong second half scoring two goals knotting her first collegiate hat trick.
Against Lubbock Christian the Jets saw their best start in school history come to an end falling 2-1. The Jets jumped out front early on Grace Linton's fourth goal on the year. Lubbock Christian despite being outshot and down at the half scored two goals in less than five minutes apart. The Jets were outshot 14-9 in the match and outshot 8-1 in the second half.
Leaders
Colleen Howland – 6 GP, 5g, 2ast, 12 pts, 10 shots, 6 SOG, 3 GWG
Vanessa Ortiz – 6 GP, 5g, 1ast, 11 pts, 13 shots, 7 SOG
Grace Linton – 6 GP, 4g, 2ast, 10 pts, 18 shots, 8 SOG, 2 GWG
Jackie Lari – 6 GP, 6 GS, 495:00 min, 5 GA, 0.91 GAA, 17 saves
SCOUTING THE Dustdevils
Texas A&M International (1-3-0, 0-2-0 Heartland) had a rough last week dropping both conference road contests against Dallas Baptist University 4-0 and St. Edward's University 1-0. The Dustdevils head into the contest on Thursday night having lost their last 3 games while being outscored in those contests 8-1.
SCOUTING THE RATTLERS
St. Mary's (1-2-1, 0-2-0 Heartland) struggled last week on the road as they dropped both games to St. Edward's 2-0 and to Dallas Baptist University 3-0. The Rattlers were unable to find the back of the net in both contests, but some of that could have been due to not playing a game in 12 days, as their previous two scheduled games were cancelled. The Rattlers will take on Rogers State on Thursday before the Jets come to town on Saturday.
Leaders
Victoria Villasenor – 4 GP, 1g, 1ast, 3 pts, 3 shots, 2 SOG
Leah Whitaker – 4 GP, 1g, 2 pts, 2 shots, 2 SOG
Alexia Maldonado – 4 GP, 1g, 2 pts, 9 shots, 5 SOG
Morgan Cave – 4 GP, 1g, 2 pts, 2 shots, 1 SOG, 1 GWG
Cameron Koerner - 4 GP, 3 GS, 315:12, 5 GA, 1.43 GAA, 22 saves
NOTES
- Despite the minor hiccup last week, the Jets will look to get back to the offensive side of things where they rank in top 25 in scoring.
- Newman comes into this week tied for 9th in scoring with 18 goals thru six games.
- Newman is outscoring opponents 18-5, averaging 3 goals a game which is 17th best in the country, while opponents are averaging 0.83 goals a game. The Jets are tied for 21st in assists per game with a 2.33 assists per contest.
- Texas A&M International and St. Mary's have both been unable to score in their last two matches being outscored for a combined 10-0.
COVERAGE
Both games this weekend will feature live video and statistics, available at www.newmanjets.com.
