Eagles Return to Scicluna Field to Host Loyola Chicago

Soccer vs. Loyola Chicago
Date	Sunday, Sept. 22 - 1 p.m.
Venue	Ypsilanti, Mich. - Scicluna Field
Preview Info	EMU Notes
Live Stats	EMUEagles.com
Twitter	@EMU Soccer \| @EMUAthletics

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University soccer team returns home to Scicluna Field after a month on road, taking on Loyola Chicago at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. Live stats will be available to follow. The link can be found on the schedule page of EMUEagles.com. Additionally, the action on the pitch will be live tweeted from the team's account, @EMUSoccer.

SERIES HISTORY: The Eagles are 1-0-1 all-time against the Ramblers. The two sides last met on Sept. 4, 2016 at Scicluna Field. The contest resulted in a 1-1 tie. The other meeting occurred Aug. 30, 2015, when the Eagles took a 1-0 win at Loyola Soccer Park.

SCOUTING THE RAMBLERS: Loyola Chicago comes to Ypsilanti carrying a 3-4-1 record. The Ramblers have captured wins over South Dakota, Missouri, and Northern Illinois.
    Aleksa Tataryn leads the offense with four of the Ramblers' nine goals, while Megan Nemec leads the team with nine points from three goals and three assists.
    The Ramblers have had two MVC Defensive Players of the Week in the last two weeks in senior Madison Laudeman and freshman Grace Droessler.

ROAD WARRIORS: Eastern Michigan played six consecutive road games for the third time in the team's 25-year history. After first completing the road swing in 2001, the Eagles repeated the feat a decade later in 2011.
    The longest road swing the Green and White have taken occurred in 2008 for a seven-game non-conference road slate.

ALL BUT 11: Junior Tessa Osborne (Mentor, Ohio-Lake Catholic) has played all but 11 minutes of EMU's matches this season. Of the seven contests, Osborne has played six entire ones. Aug. 29, 2019 at Michigan State is the lone 79-minute match. Osborne leads the Eagles in minutes played and is the only one to have played more than x complete games.

ONE SHOT A GAME: Junior Lindsey Shira (New Baltimore, Mich.-Anchor Bay) has recorded one shot in every match so far for the Eagles, the only member of the team to do so. Sept. 7, 2019 at Creighton, Shira's shot resulted in her second career goal and first since Sept. 22, 2017 at Ohio. In addition to the goal, Shira tallied an assist during the match for a career-high three points.

110 MINUTES WITHOUT A GOAL: Eastern Michigan and Youngstown State ended in a 0-0 tie after two overtime periods Sept. 13, 2019. This is the first scoreless draw for the Eagles since October 16, 2016 against Kent State. This was the 19th time in 25 seasons that Eastern has ended in a scoreless tie.

MCNEILL CHASING 40: With her Sept. 8 goal at Creighton, Sabrina McNeill (Whitby, Ontario-Henry Street) is one point shy of 40 career points. With 14 career goals and 11 career assists, the redshirt junior forward is six goals shy of 20 career goals.

GOAL SCORING DEBUT: Freshman Amanda Cripps (Bradford, Ontario-Trinity Catholic) became the first freshman to score for Eastern Michigan in her collegiate debut since Angela Vultaggio Aug. 19, 2011 in a 2-2 2OT draw with Pittsburgh.

EYEING THE RECORD BOOKS: Redshirt senior Kristin Hullibarger (Brooklin, Ontario-Donald A. Wilson) moved into a tie for 11th in career points after scoring during EMU's Aug. 22 2-2 (2OT) draw with Oakland. Her 43 points are tied with Paige Sheridan. In addition, Hullibager's 18 career goals rank ninth all-time in program history.

SUPER SENIORS: Returning for their redshirt senior seasons, Hullibarger and Peyton Davis (North Ridgeville, Ohio-Holy Name) look to leave their mark on EMU soccer. Hullibarger led the Eagles with eight goals and 21 points during the 2018 season and grabbed Second Team All-MAC honors. Hullibarger's 18 career goals to date ranks ninth all-time in program history.
Davis returns for her final season after sitting out the 2018 season due to injury. In the season prior, she led the team with five goals and 12 points while earning Second Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC honors.

OFFENSIVE POWER: Of the 27 goals scored by Eastern Michigan in 2018, 26 were scored by returning members to the 2019 roster (Hullibarger (8), McNeill (7), Olson (3), Kerr (2), Frantz (1), Osborne (1), Cobetto (1), Frederick (1), Tausend (1), Chatzis (1)).

STARTING LINES: Eastern Michigan returns five of the six players who started all 21 matches during the 2018 season (Frederick, Hullibarger, McNeill, Osborne, Shira).

CONFERENCE VARIETY: EMU's 2019 schedule features seven different conferences. In addition to the MAC, the Eagles will take on teams from the A10, ACC, BIG Ten, Horizon, and MVC during non-conference play.

IRONMAN OF THE MAC: Scott Hall enters his 21st season at the helm of Eastern Michigan's soccer program. Hall is the longest tenured coach in the MAC, and his three MAC Regular Season titles are tied for the most in conference history. Hall has compiled a 191-167-53 career record and 118-79-27 mark in MAC play.

MAC PRESEASON POLL: The Eagles were selected to finish seventh in the Mid-American Conference in 2019 after finishing the 2018 campaign with an overall record of 10-11, 5-6 in the MAC. The Eagles return 23 of 26 members from the 2018 squad.

2019 MAC Preseason Poll
1. Bowling Green
2. Ball State
3. Kent State
4. Buffalo
5. Ohio
6. Western Michigan
7. Eastern Michigan
8. Central Michigan
9. Akron
10. Toldeo
11. Miami
12. Northern Illinois

OH, CANADA!: The 2019 Eastern Michigan roster features 11 Canadian players. The 11 members tie the 2018 roster record for most Canadian members of the team.

ON THE HORIZON: The Eagles begin MAC play on the road, taking on Miami Friday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. and Ball State Sunday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m.

FOLLOW THE ACTION: Stay connected with the Eagles all season long by following @EMUSoccer and @EMUAthletics on Twitter for all of the latest EMU soccer updates. Be sure to use the hashtag #EMUEagles.

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Players Mentioned

Amanda Cripps

Peyton Davis

Kristin Hullibarger

Sabrina McNeill

Tessa Osborne

Lindsey Shira

Angela Vultaggio

Eastern Michigan Athletics