2021 WSOC Notes
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MARQUETTE HOSTS NOTRE DAME SUNDAY QUICK FACTS Golden Eagles face Fighting Irish for first time since 2012 Location/Facility ......................Milwaukee, Wis./Valley Fields Head Coach ....................Frank Pelaez (UNC Asheville, ‘92) The Marquette University women’s soccer team Starker Doesn’t Waste Time ........................................................7-4-0, 4-4-0 (BIG EAST) (100) returns to action after a nineday break Freshman Maggie Starker was one of four new Affiliation/Conference ..................NCAA Division I/BIG EAST to host Notre Dame (101) at 12 p.m. CT on comers to make their respective collegiate Nickname........................................................Golden Eagles NCAA Appearances (Last)......................................13 (2016) Sunday, August 29 at Valley Fields in nonconfer debuts in the season opener. Conference Regular Season Titles (Last) ..............10 (2016) ence action. The Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, native quickly Following Sunday’s action, the team will head to illustrated her ability to collect points, finishing 2021 SCHEDULE Utah for a twogame road trip. Marquette takes with an assist and the gamewinning goal in 39 Date Opponent Location Time/Result on BYU (Sept. 2) and Utah State (Sept. 5) before minutes off the bench. Starker concluded her Aug. 19 Central Michigan Valley Fields W, 4-3 opening a fourgame homestand against UIC on prep career with 206 total points (73 G, 60 A). Aug. 29 Notre Dame Valley Fields 12 p.m. Sept. 9. Sept. 2 at BYU Provo, UT 8 p.m. Sept. 5 at Utah State Logan, UT 1 p.m. Wealth Of Experience Returns Sept. 9 UIC Valley Fields 7 p.m. Former League Rival Returns The Golden Eagles return 24 letterwinners and Sept. 12 Univ. of St. Thomas Valley Fields 1 p.m. The Golden Eagles and Fighting Irish have met on nine total starters (goalkeepers Lauren Schill and Sept. 17 North Dakota State Valley Fields 7 p.m. 10 occasions all time, with all but one coming Mikki Easter shared time in net) from last sea Sept. 23 Butler * Valley Fields 7 p.m. when both were members of the BIG EAST son’s squad that finished 640, 440 BIG EAST in Sept. 26 at Villanova * Villanova, PA 12 p.m. Conference. the shortened spring season. Sept. 30 at Creighton * Omaha, NE 7 p.m. Oct. 3 Seton Hall * Valley Fields 12 p.m. UND owns a 730 advantage in the series, but Included in that group is each of the team’s top Oct 7 at UConn * Storrs, CT 6 p.m. Oct. 10 at Providence * Providence, RI 12 p.m. the most recent matchup was a 10 decision for eight scorers from 2020, led by redshirt fresh Oct. 14 St. John’s * Valley Fields 7 p.m. Marquette in the league tournament semifinals man forward Elsi Twombly, who led the roster Oct. 17 at Xavier * Cincinnati, OH 12 p.m. in 2012. Marquette concluded the year 1823 with a trio of goals and eight points. She netted Oct. 21 Georgetown * Valley Fields 7 p.m. that season, including a 901 mark in confer a goal in each of her first collegiate matches and Oct. 28 DePaul * Valley Fields 7 p.m. ence action, and earned a divisional title en was tabbed to the BIG EAST AllFreshman Team. BIG EAST Tournament route to the conference championship. Oct. 31-Nov. 7 TBA TBA Redshirt junior Katrina Wetherell was named All All times CT and subject to change / *BIG EAST match Notre Dame 3-7 BIG EAST Second Team and has started in 43 of Sept. 27, ’96 L 0-5 Notre Dame, Ind. her 47 career appearances. Sept. 30, ’05 W 4-1 Milwaukee MEDIA INFORMATION Nov. 4, ’05 ^ L 0-3 Milwaukee A total of six players own at least 40 career Nov. 3, ‘06 ^ L 0-2 Storrs, Conn. Women’s Soccer Contact:................Scott Kuykendall appearances in the Blue & Gold, led by senior Oct. 5, ‘08 L 1-3 Notre Dame, Ind. Email:[email protected] Kylie Sprecher’s 66 matches (52 starting assign Nov. 7, ‘08 ^ L 0-2 Notre Dame, Ind. Kuykendall Phone: ..(414) 288-4794 (o)/807-3490 (c) ments). Midfielder Maddie Monticello is right Nov. 8, ‘09 ^ L 1-2 Storrs, Conn. Website: .........................................GoMarquette.com Sept. 25, 11 W 3-2 OT Milwaukee behind with 61 games overall and has made 43 MU Twitter: ............................................@muathletics Oct. 30, 11^ L 0-1 Milwaukee starts. WSOC Social Media.................................@MarquetteWSOC Nov. 2, ‘12^ W 1-0 Hartford, Conn. In net, redshirt freshmen Lauren Schill and Mikki Please contact Scott Kuykendall to arrange an inter- Wetherell Matches Season High Easter split time in 2020. Schill made seven Entering the 2021 campaign, redshirt junior starts and Easter had five of her own, with the view with team personnel. Interviews will be sched- Katrina Wetherell was in possession of five duo combining for a 0.98 goalsagainstaverage uled over Zoom or in person, including postgame career goals in 46 appearances. and a total of 43 saves and four shutouts. availabilities. The Peoria, Arizona, native, who hadn’t netted News & Notes MU players will not disclose their phone numbers so more than two goals in any of her previous three aAfter wearing No. 7 as a freshman in 2020, for please do not request that information. Players have seasons, found the back of the next twice in the ward Elsi Twombly will wear No. 22 this year. been asked to politely decline interviews that have not seasonopening 43 win over Central Michigan. aRedshirt sophomore Josie Kelderman suffered been cleared with the MU Communications Office. Minutes after checking into the game she put a right knee injury in the exhibition at Wisconsin home a pass from freshman Maggie Starker for a and will miss the entire 2021 campaign. 20 advantage and just 13 minutes later convert ed on a penalty kick for a 30 lead. Keep up with the Marquette University women's soccer team through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteWSOC) and Instagram (@MarquetteWSOC) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteWSOC). 2021 NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Elig. Pos. Ht. Hometown High School/Last College 16 Grace Allen . 0 Lauren Schill R-Fr. GK 5-9 Pewaukee, Wis. Pewaukee 7 Hailey Block . 00 Chloe Olson Fr. GK 5-6 Minneapolis, Minn. South 15 Alyssa Bombacino . .BOMB-buh-see-NO 1 Mikki Easter R-Fr. GK 5-8 Culpeper, Va. Eastern View 26 Sammi Bugay . .boo-GAY 2 Caitlin Cunningham R-Fr. DMF 5-8 Arlington, Va. Washington-Liberty 13 Madison Burrier . .burr-E-urr 4 Bonnie Lacey R-So. D 5-7 Sheboygan, Wis. Sheboygan North 19 Alex Campana . .cam-PAN-uh 5 Mae Sinclair R-Fr. MF/F 5-7 Rubicon, Wis. Arrowhead 25 Caroline Cline . 6 Mia Haertle Fr. MF 5-4 Waukesha, Wis. Kettle Moraine 2 Caitlin Cunningham . 7 Hailey Block R-So. MF 5-5 Grafton, Wis. Grafton/Southeast Missouri 1 Mikki Easter . 8 Kylie Sprecher G-Sr. F 5-8 Menomonee Falls, Wis. Menomonee Falls 17 Elaina Eckert . 9 Macey Shock R-Jr. F 5-8 Dublin, Ohio The Wellington School 10 Kate Gibson . 10 Kate Gibson Fr. F 5-8 Kansas City, Mo. St. Teresa’s Academy 6 Mia Haertle . .ME-yah HER-till 11 Julia O’Neill Fr. MF 5-5 Smithton, Ill. Althoff Catholic 23 Rachel Johnson . 12 Maddie Tabor R-Fr. MF 5-7 Brookfield, Wis. Brookfield East 14 Josie Kelderman . .JOE-zee KELL-der-min 13 Madison Burrier R-Jr. MF 5-9 Dublin, Ohio Dublin Jerome 30 Aeryn Kennedy . .erin 14 Josie Kelderman R-So. MF/D 5-6 Glendale, Wis. Nicolet 4 Bonnie Lacey . 15 Alyssa Bombacino R-Jr. MF/F 5-7 Naperville, Ill. Neuqua Valley 31 Alexa Maletis . .muh-LEE-tiss 16 Grace Allen R-Fr. MF/D 5-6 Pittsford, N.Y. Pittsford Sutherland 20 Maddie Monticello . .MONT-ih-SELL-oh 17 Elaina Eckert G-Sr. MF/F 5-4 Warren, Mich. Marian 27 Carina Murphy . 19 Alex Campana R-So. MF/F 5-8 Natick, Mass. Natick 00 Chloe Olson . 20 Maddie Monticello G-Sr. M 5-6 Chicago, Ill. Lane Tech 11 Julia O’Neill . 21 Emma Tabor R-Fr. D 5-7 Brookfield, Wis. Brookfield East 0 Lauren Schill . 22 Elsi Twombly R-Fr. MF/F 5-10 Appleton, Wis. Kimberly 9 Macey Shock . 23 Rachel Johnson R-Jr. MF 5-8 Omaha, Neb. Marian 5 Mae Sinclair . 24 Katrina Wetherell R-Jr. MF 5-8 Peoria, Ariz. Kellis 8 Kylie Sprecher . .SPRECK-er 25 Caroline Cline Fr. D 5-11 Indianapolis, Ind. Cathedral 28 Maggie Starker . 26 Sammi Bugay R-So. MF 5-7 West Lafayette, Ind. William Henry Harrison 21 Emma Tabor . .TAY-ber 27 Carina Murphy Fr. MF 5-4 Germantown, Wis. Germantown 12 Maddie Tabor . .TAY-ber 28 Maggie Starker Fr. F 5-6 Whitefish Bay, Wis. Whitefish Bay 22 Elsi Twombly . .ELL-see TWAHM-blee 29 Alexa Maletis R-Fr. F 5-5 Sunnyvale, Calif. Homestead 24 Katrina Wetherell . 30 Aeryn Kennedy R-Fr. D/MF 5-8 Camdenton, Mo. Camdenton HC Frank Pelaez . .puh-LEZ Head Coach: Frank Pelaez, second season (UNC Asheville, 1992) AC Steve Bode . .BOW-dee Assistant Coach: Steve Bode (UW-Milwaukee, 2008) AC Erin Scott . Assistant Coach: Erin Scott (Campbell, 2019) Athletic Trainer: Kenny Wilka Student-athlete pronunciations (audio) of their own names available by clicking on the icon next to name on GoMarquette.com roster HEAD COACH FRANK PELAEZ ASST. COACH STEVE BODE Second Year • Cartagena, Colombia • UNC Asheville (1992) • Former MU men’s assistant coach from 2008-15 • Named fourth head women’s soccer coach in program history in December 2019.