PREVIEW: Cougars Journey to Little Rock Sunday

Game 12 vs. Little Rock
Sunday, September 28, 12 pm
Little Rock, Ark. (Coleman Sports Complex)
Video: ESPN+  Live Stats: siuestats.statbroadcast.com

SIUE Cougars

Record: 1-8-2/0-1-1 Ohio Valley

Head Coach: Derek Burton

Goals P/G:    0.82

Goals Allowed P/G:    2.64

Shots/Opponent Shots:    72/202

Shots Per Game/Opponent:    6.5/18.4

Shots Percentage/Opponent:    .125/.144

Shots On Goal/Opponent:    37-72/99-202

Shots On Goal Perc./Opponent:     .514/.490

Goals Leaders:    Three Tied (2)

Assists Leader:    Anna Zichella (3)

Shots Leader:    Claire Nieroda (18)

Little Rock Trojans

Record: 2-3-4/0-0-2 OVC

Head Coach: Kelly Farrell

Goals P/G:    2.11

Goals Allowed P/G:    1.89

Shots/Opponent Shots:    142/106

Shots Per Game/Opponent:    15.8/11.8

Shots Percentage/Opponent:    .134/.160

Shots On Goal/Opponent:    54-142/57-106

Shots On Goal Perc./Opponent:     .380/.538

Goals Leaders:    Maria Schuller (6)

Assists Leader:    Maria Schuller (3)

Shots Leader:    Maria Schuller (32)

• This is the sixth all-time assembly between the Cougars and the Trojans. The collection is tied 1-1-3. Each of the final three conferences between the 2 faculties have resulted in a tie. The two groups cut up video games in 1990 and 1991.

• Sarah Bozeman recorded her first shutout as a Cougar Thursday in opposition to Tennessee Tech. She beforehand had one at Memphis.

• The OVC season options eight contests. SIUE has house OVC matches in opposition to Tennessee Tech (T, 0-0), Western Illinois (Oct. 5), Lindenwood (Oct. 9) and Southeast Missouri (Oct. 16). SIUE’s 4 highway contests embrace Eastern Illinois (L, 2-0), Little Rock (Sep. 28), Southern Indiana (Oct. 12) and UT Martin (Oct. 26).

• SIUE is tied for third in OVC scoring with 9 targets scored. Little Rock stands atop the OVC with 18 targets scored.

• Freshman Claire Nieroda is the workforce chief in photographs for the season with 18.

• SIUE is third in saves with 70. Bozeman leads SIUE with 59 saves and is ranked first within the OVC in complete saves.

• SIUE is ranked second within the OVC in shot accuracy at .514.

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• This is the 18th season for Head Coach Derek Burton, who took over the SIUE girls’s soccer program when it jumped to the Division I degree earlier than the 2008 season. Burton has led SIUE to 5 Ohio Valley Conference titles and 5 NCAA Tournament appearances (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021 and 2022).