Akron Hosts League-Leading Western Michigan

Thursday, October 23

Akron, Ohio

6:30 PM

University of Akron

Western Michigan

October 22 | Women's Soccer

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer team welcomes Mid-American Conference leading Western Michigan to FirstEnergy Stadium for a 6:30 p.m. tilt on Thursday (Oct. 23).

GAME INFO
Akron vs. Western Michigan | Oct. 23 | 6:30 PM | FirstEnergy Stadium | Live Stats | Live Video

PARKING UPDATE
Akron fans are asked to please park in Lots 6 (Along S. Union Street between InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field and Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex) and Lot 10 (Corner of Vine and Spicer Streets behind the Stile Athletics Field House). Overflow parking will be available in Lot 9. All other parking lots will require a university permit. If parking at metered spaces outside of these designated lots, meters must be paid in full and current.

HEAD COACHES
Western Michigan: Lewis Robinson (Davenport, 2008), Overall Record: 41-18-15 (Fourth Season), Record at Western Michigan: 41-18-15 (Fourth Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 82-91-16 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 4-8-3 (First Season)

SCOUTING WESTERN MICHIGAN
Western Michigan comes in action versus Akron at 11-3-1 on the campaign, including 7-1-1 in the Mid-American Conference following a 4-1 victory past Kent State on Sunday (Oct. 19).

The Broncos are led by senior Drew Martin, who owns team-high marks in assists (8), points (18), shots (31), shots on goal (20) and game-winners (2), while ranking second in goals (5). Freshman goalkeeper Reagan Sulaver has registered 46 saves and has posted a 0.75 goals against average on the strength of six shutouts.

Western Michigan is rated 14th in the NCAA in corner kicks (6.93), 18th in winning percentage (.767), 23rd in assists per contest (2.20), 28th in total assists (33), 34th in points per match (6.33), 39th in goal differential (18), 43rd in scoring offense (2.07) and 47th in total points (95). Individually, Sulaver is ranked 44th in goals against average (.745) and 46th in shutouts (6).

SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Western Michigan are meeting for the 24th time in program history with the Broncos leading the series, 20-1-2.

IN OUR LAST MEETING (OCT. 18, 2024 – KALAMAZOO, MICH.)
Akron fell 2-0 at Western Michigan as Zips' junior GK Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) pulled in a career-high 16 saves on Oct.18, 2024, in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Bower led Akron with 16 saves. The Zips registered two shots in the loss, two of them on goal. Akron faced 36 Western Michigan shots, 19 of them on goal.

SCOUTING AKRON
Akron dropped a 3-0 decision at Eastern Michigan on Sunday (Oct. 19) to fall to 4-8-3 on the campaign, including 1-6-2 in the Mid-American Conference.

Freshman Addison Hall (Manchester, Conn.) registered her team-leading fourth goal of the season against Central Michigan (Oct. 9), while senior Emma King (Akron, Ohio), junior Jordanne Oberhaus (Wadsworth, Ohio) and senior Kylie Schiemann (Geneva, Ohio) along with freshmen Fineen Cregan (Rochester, N.Y.), Luisa Fragnoli (Medina, Ohio) and Olivia Pilato (Rochester, N.Y.) have tallied three, three, one, one, one and one goal, respectively. King directs the squad in shots (29) and shots on goal (13). Cregan and Oberhaus own a team-best three assists apiece for Akron. Bower and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos (Avon, Ohio) own 37 and 30 saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting four shutouts and recording a 1.60 goals against average.

AKRON NOTES
• Akron is meeting Western Michigan for the 24th time in program history with the Broncos leading the series 20-1-2.
• 14 of the 23 matches between Akron and Western Michigan have resulted in a shutout.
• The Zips have posted their highest single-season goal (14) and point (47) totals since 2022, while recording its most assists (19) since the 2012 campaign.
• Addison Hall, Jordanne Oberhaus and Emma King have netted four, three and three goals, respectively, this season marking Akron's first trio to score three or more goals in a campaign since the 2019 season.
• King is approaching 100 career shots as a Zip as she enters play versus Western Michigan with 91 career shots, including 47 on goal. She is three shots away from equaling Sarah Sivic (2013-16) for 10th on the all-time shot list in program history.
• Sophomore Kailyn Biecker (Wadsworth, Ohio) has played every minute (1,350) for the Zips this season, while Luisa Fragnoli has appeared in more than 90 percent of the action for Akron having played in more than 1,227 minutes as a freshman.
• King is ranked ninth among active leaders in the MAC in career goals (13), shots (91) and points (32), while Sara Bower is rated fourth in career saves (143) and ninth in shutouts (5).
• Fragnoli has played 90 minutes in eight of nine league contests.
• Oberhaus has recorded a shot in a team-best seven of nine MAC games, including a season-best five shots at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19).
• Bower has posted four or more saves in five of the 11 games she has appeared in this season, while Vakos has pulled in four or more stops in four matches.
• Seven different Zips have scored a goal this season, including four newcomers.
• Eighteen Zips have registered a shot this season, including eight newcomers.
• Nine newcomers have appeared for the Zips this season.
• Six Zips have recorded two or more assists on the campaign for the first time since 2012.
• Ariana Vakos recorded a career-high eight saves at Buffalo (Oct. 2). Earlier this season she made her collegiate debut in the second half at West Virginia (Aug. 21) recording a pair of saves and later posted her first career shutout at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25).
• Oberhaus has registered career-high marks in goals (3), assists (3), points (9), shots (24), shots on goal (10) and game-winners (1) this season.
• Senior Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Ill.) and junior Lilly Touhey (Fishers, Ind.) have each garnered a career-high two assists on the campaign.
• Emma King ranks fourth in program history in points per game (.58) and in goals per tilt (.24), seventh in shots per contest (1.65), points (32) and in game-winning goals (4), eighth in career goals (13) and ninth in assists per match (.11) and in career assists (6).
• Bower ranks sixth in shutouts (5) and eighth in goals against average (1.85), career saves (143) and goalie victories (7).
• Oberhaus recorded her first career brace with a two-goal effort against Central Michigan (Oct. 9).
• Hall's two-goal effort versus Southern Indiana represented the first brace for an Akron freshman King netted a pair of tallies in a 5-0 win past Toledo on Oct. 23, 2022, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
• Akron leads in the conference in attendance, while ranking 69th nationally averaging 634 fans per contest.
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (13), assists (6), points (32), shots (91), shots on goal (47) and game-winners (4), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (143), goals against average (1.85) and save percentage (.719).
• The Zips rank fourth in the league in assists per game (1.267).
• King is rated seventh in the MAC in game-winners (2), while Bower is ninth in in saves per game (3.36) and 10th in shutouts (3).
• In league-only games, Akron is ranked fifth in the MAC in assists (1.22). Individually, Oberhaus is eighth in league in goals (3) and goals per match (.333) and ninth in points (7), while Vakos is rated third in save percentage (.844), sixth in saves per game (3.38) and seventh in goals against average (.886).
• For the first time in program history Akron earned a result in its first two road Mid-American Conference games registering a 1-1 draw at Ohio (Sept. 21) and a 0-0 tie at Northern Illinois (Sept. 25).
• Cregan posted a league-high two assists in Akron's 5-3 win over Southern Indiana (Aug. 24).
• Akron registered single-game MAC-leading marks in goals (5) versus Southern Indiana (Aug. 24) and in assists (7) against Central Michigan (Oct. 9).

FOUR ZIPS HONORED ON SENIOR DAY
The Zips' contest versus Green Bay on Aug. 31 marked Senior Day for four Zips as seniors Rielly Chesna, Kaylen Goddard (Mechanicsville, Md.), Emma King and Kylie Schiemann were honored in pregame ceremonies.

In her first season at Akron, Chesna has appeared in 13 games, including 12 starts, for the Zips, en route to registering a pair of assists on one shot, while sparking the squad to a trio of shutouts.

Goddard has appeared in 57 contests, including 44 starts, en route to recording 12 shots, with three shots coming on goal, and leading Akron to 13 shutouts over her career.

King has appeared in 55 contests, including 48 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 13 goals, six assists, 32 points and four game-winners fueled by 91 shots, including 47 on goal.

Schiemann has appeared in 46 contests as a Zip, including 19 starts, en route to registering a goal and an assist on the strength of 17 shots, with nine shots falling on frame.

UP NEXT
Akron visits Bowling Green for a 1 p.m. tilt on Sunday (Oct. 26).