DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's soccer team (4-2-1) will host Xavier (4-4-0) this Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Baujan Field.
• Admission is free.
• The match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
• Special edition T-shirt for the first 100 students.
• Team posters and thunder sticks for the first 100 fans.
• Dayton Flyer vuvuzelas for the first 25 fans.
THE SERIES
• Dayton is 25-10-2 all-time vs. Xavier. The last time these two teams met was Sept. 17, 2017 which ended in a 1-0 overtime victory for the Flyers.
Jordan Pauley scored in the 98th minute to end the match.
FLYER QUICK HITS
• The Flyers are 3-0-0 on the road this season, and 1-2-1 in home matches. Both of the losses have come against nationally-ranked opponents: Louisville is currently receiving votes and Butler is ranked No. 23. Both of those were 1-0 losses on own goals.
• Six different Flyers have scored goals this season: led by junior
Micayla Livingston with four, freshman
Izzy Greene with two, and one each for senior
Keagin Collie, sophomores
Morgan Henderson and
Kara Camarco, and freshman
Hannah Osland.
• Junior
Micayla Livingston is UD's top returning scorer after notching seven goals and five assists last year.
• Senior defender
Nadia Pestell led the Flyers with six assists last season.
• Senior goalkeeper
Kaelyn Johns has started 68 matches in her career and has 292 career saves. Her 16 career shutouts are fourth all-time at UD.
• UD has 11 freshmen on its roster this season.
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Keagin Collie will miss the Xavier match; she received a red card in the FGCU match.
• Head coach
Eric Golz is in his second season at the helm of the Flyers. He previously served as an assistant at UD in 2011.
SCOUTING XAVIER
• Xavier finished 8-8-4 overall and 4-3-2 in the Big East in 2017. The Musketeers were picked to finish seventh in the Big East after finishing fifth last year. They currently sit in seventh with a 4-4 record.
• Xavier finished above .500 last year for the first time since 2013 and above .500 in conference play for first time since 2005.
• Samantha Dewey, the team's leading goal scorer with two goals and two assists, was named Preseason All-Big East team for the second year.
• Xavier has had a tough schedule early, with four straight road losses including 3-0 to No. 13 Tennessee and 3-0 to No. 17 West Virginia. They have remained undefeated at home, but are 1-4 on the road. The Musketeers are currently on a two-match win streak with victories over Bowling Green, a 1-0 double overtime win, and Akron, a 3-0 home win.
JOHNS ONE OF TOP IN THE NATION
• UD senior goalkeeper
Kaelyn Johns is ranked 11th in the nation in career saves (292) amongst current active goalkeepers.
• Johns is ranked fourth in the nation in career minutes played (6,185).
FLYERS RANKED NO. 10
Dayton is ranked No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches' Week Four East Regional Poll, The Flyers have been ranked for four consecutive weeks, and as high as No. 6.
BELIEVIN' IN BAUJAN
• The Flyers are 225-68-22 all-time in games played n their home field, Baujan Field. In the last six years, Dayton is 69-16-7 at home.
HOME SWEET HOME
• Dayton has 10 home matches on its home Baujan Field this season.
• Baujan Field will be the site of the 2018 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship semifinals on Nov. 2 and the final on Nov. 4.
FLYERS PICKED 7TH IN A-10 POLL
• The Dayton women's soccer team was selected to finish seventh in the 2018 Atlantic 10 standings in a vote by the league's 14 head coaches.
PAULEY'S FIRST GOAL IS GOLDEN
• Sophomore
Jordan Pauley scored a golden goal in the 98th minute to lift Dayton to a 1-0 overtime road victory over Xavier (Sept. 17, 2017). It was her first collegiate goal.
#PREPARETOFLY
• Follow the Dayton women's soccer team via its social media accounts. Like the Flyers' Facebook page and follow on Twitter at @DaytonWSoccer. Check out photos on Instagram at
@DaytonWSoccer.
