The University of Akron Athletics
Wednesday, October 29
Akron, Ohio
3:00 PM
University of Akron
vs
Toledo
Akron Culminates Campaign Hosting Toledo
October 28 | Women's Soccer
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer team culminates its campaign welcoming Toledo to FirstEnergy Stadium for a 3 p.m. match on Wednesday (Oct. 29).
GAME INFO
Akron vs. Toledo | Oct. 29 | 3:00 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
Toledo: Mark Batman (Wilmington, 2000), Overall Record: 269-114-53 (22nd Season), Record at Toledo: 17-23-13 (Second Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 82-92-17 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 4-9-4 (First Season)
SCOUTING TOLEDO
Toledo enters play against Akron at 4-7-6 on the campaign, including 1-6-4 in the Mid-American Conference following a 3-1 setback versus Buffalo on Sunday (Oct. 26).
The Rockets are led by sophomore Morgan Spitler, who owns team-high marks goals (5) and points (10), while senior Kaema Amachree paces the squad in shots (33) and shots on goal (17). Senior goalkeeper Agnes Stenlund has registered 61 saves and has posted a 1.07 goals against average on the strength of four shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Toledo are meeting for the 24th time in program history with the Rockets leading the series, 16-5-2.
IN OUR LAST MEETING (SEPT. 29, 2024 – TOLEDO, OHIO)
Akron fell 1-0 on the road against Toledo on Sept. 29, 2024.
Akron and Toledo battled through scoreless first half before the Rockets scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 48th minute. Penelope Cuirinier led Akron with two saves.
The Zips registered seven shots on the afternoon, four of them on goal. Akron faced nine Toledo shots, four of them on net.
SCOUTING AKRON
Akron garnered a 1-1 draw at Bowling Green on Sunday (Oct. 26) to improve to 4-9-4 on the campaign, including 1-7-3 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 seniors Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Ill.) and 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, one and one goal, respectively. King directs the squad in shots (31) and shots on goal (13). Cregan and Oberhaus own a team-best three assists apiece for Akron. Junior GK Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos (Avon, Ohio) own 41 and 33 saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting four shutouts and recording a 1.65 goals against average.
AKRON NOTES
• Akron is meeting Toledo for the 24th time in program history with the Rockets leading the series 16-5-2.
• 15 of the 23 matches between Akron and Toledo have resulted in a shutout with the Zips posting four victories.
• The last six contests between the schools have ended in a shutout with each side owning three wins.
• Akron is 3-0-1 in its last four home meetings with the Rockets.
• The Zips have posted their highest single-season goal (15) and point (50) totals since 2022, while recording its most assists (20) since the 2012 campaign.
• Addison Hall leads Mid-American Conference freshmen in goals (2), points (5), shots on goal (7) and games played (11) in league-only contests, while rating third in assists (1) and sixth in shots (9).
• 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 Toledo with 93 career shots, including 47 on goal. She is one shot 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 (1,530) for the Zips this season, while Luisa Fragnoli has appeared in nearly 92 percent (.919) of the action for Akron having played in more than 1,407 minutes as a freshman.
• King is ranked ninth among active leaders in the MAC in career goals (13) and points (32) and 10th in shots (93), while Sara Bower is rated fourth in career saves (147) and ninth in shutouts (5).
• Fragnoli has played 90 minutes in 10 of 11 league contests.
• Oberhaus has recorded a shot in a team-best nine of 11 MAC games, including a season-best five shots at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19).
• Bower has posted four or more saves in six of the 13 games she has appeared in this season, while Vakos has pulled in four or more stops in four matches.
• Eight different Zips have scored a goal this season, including five 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 (26), shots on goal (11) and game-winners (1) this season.
• Rielly Chesna 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 (.56), sixth in goals per tilt (.23), seventh in shots per contest (1.63), 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 (1.83), career saves (147) 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 623 fans per contest.
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (13), assists (6), points (32), shots (93), shots on goal (47) and game-winners (4), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (147), goals against average (1.83) and save percentage (.717).
• The Zips rank fifth in the league in assists per game (1.176).
• King is rated eighth in the MAC in game-winners (2), while Bower is 10th in in saves per game (3.15) and in shutouts (3).
• In league-only games, Akron is ranked fifth in the MAC in assists (1.09). Individually, Oberhaus is seventh goals per match (.273) and ninth in league in goals (3), while Vakos is rated fifth in save percentage (.811), seventh in saves per game (3.33) and ninth in goals against average (1.14).
• 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 15 games, including 14 starts, for the Zips, en route to registering a goal and a pair of assists on two shots, with one on goal, while sparking the squad to a trio of shutouts.
Goddard has appeared in 59 contests, including 46 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 57 contests, including 50 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 13 goals, six assists, 32 points and four game-winners fueled by 93 shots, including 47 on goal.
Schiemann has appeared in 47 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.
GAME INFO
Akron vs. Toledo | Oct. 29 | 3:00 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
Toledo: Mark Batman (Wilmington, 2000), Overall Record: 269-114-53 (22nd Season), Record at Toledo: 17-23-13 (Second Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 82-92-17 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 4-9-4 (First Season)
SCOUTING TOLEDO
Toledo enters play against Akron at 4-7-6 on the campaign, including 1-6-4 in the Mid-American Conference following a 3-1 setback versus Buffalo on Sunday (Oct. 26).
The Rockets are led by sophomore Morgan Spitler, who owns team-high marks goals (5) and points (10), while senior Kaema Amachree paces the squad in shots (33) and shots on goal (17). Senior goalkeeper Agnes Stenlund has registered 61 saves and has posted a 1.07 goals against average on the strength of four shutouts.
SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Toledo are meeting for the 24th time in program history with the Rockets leading the series, 16-5-2.
IN OUR LAST MEETING (SEPT. 29, 2024 – TOLEDO, OHIO)
Akron fell 1-0 on the road against Toledo on Sept. 29, 2024.
Akron and Toledo battled through scoreless first half before the Rockets scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 48th minute. Penelope Cuirinier led Akron with two saves.
The Zips registered seven shots on the afternoon, four of them on goal. Akron faced nine Toledo shots, four of them on net.
SCOUTING AKRON
Akron garnered a 1-1 draw at Bowling Green on Sunday (Oct. 26) to improve to 4-9-4 on the campaign, including 1-7-3 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 seniors Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Ill.) and 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, one and one goal, respectively. King directs the squad in shots (31) and shots on goal (13). Cregan and Oberhaus own a team-best three assists apiece for Akron. Junior GK Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos (Avon, Ohio) own 41 and 33 saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting four shutouts and recording a 1.65 goals against average.
AKRON NOTES
• Akron is meeting Toledo for the 24th time in program history with the Rockets leading the series 16-5-2.
• 15 of the 23 matches between Akron and Toledo have resulted in a shutout with the Zips posting four victories.
• The last six contests between the schools have ended in a shutout with each side owning three wins.
• Akron is 3-0-1 in its last four home meetings with the Rockets.
• The Zips have posted their highest single-season goal (15) and point (50) totals since 2022, while recording its most assists (20) since the 2012 campaign.
• Addison Hall leads Mid-American Conference freshmen in goals (2), points (5), shots on goal (7) and games played (11) in league-only contests, while rating third in assists (1) and sixth in shots (9).
• 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 Toledo with 93 career shots, including 47 on goal. She is one shot 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 (1,530) for the Zips this season, while Luisa Fragnoli has appeared in nearly 92 percent (.919) of the action for Akron having played in more than 1,407 minutes as a freshman.
• King is ranked ninth among active leaders in the MAC in career goals (13) and points (32) and 10th in shots (93), while Sara Bower is rated fourth in career saves (147) and ninth in shutouts (5).
• Fragnoli has played 90 minutes in 10 of 11 league contests.
• Oberhaus has recorded a shot in a team-best nine of 11 MAC games, including a season-best five shots at Eastern Michigan (Oct. 19).
• Bower has posted four or more saves in six of the 13 games she has appeared in this season, while Vakos has pulled in four or more stops in four matches.
• Eight different Zips have scored a goal this season, including five 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 (26), shots on goal (11) and game-winners (1) this season.
• Rielly Chesna 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 (.56), sixth in goals per tilt (.23), seventh in shots per contest (1.63), 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 (1.83), career saves (147) 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 623 fans per contest.
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (13), assists (6), points (32), shots (93), shots on goal (47) and game-winners (4), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (147), goals against average (1.83) and save percentage (.717).
• The Zips rank fifth in the league in assists per game (1.176).
• King is rated eighth in the MAC in game-winners (2), while Bower is 10th in in saves per game (3.15) and in shutouts (3).
• In league-only games, Akron is ranked fifth in the MAC in assists (1.09). Individually, Oberhaus is seventh goals per match (.273) and ninth in league in goals (3), while Vakos is rated fifth in save percentage (.811), seventh in saves per game (3.33) and ninth in goals against average (1.14).
• 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 15 games, including 14 starts, for the Zips, en route to registering a goal and a pair of assists on two shots, with one on goal, while sparking the squad to a trio of shutouts.
Goddard has appeared in 59 contests, including 46 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 57 contests, including 50 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 13 goals, six assists, 32 points and four game-winners fueled by 93 shots, including 47 on goal.
Schiemann has appeared in 47 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.
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