2014 WOMEN’S SOCCER GAME NOTES #9 4-TIME SOCON TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS THE WILDCATS (4-9-1, 1-2 A10) AT GEORGE WASH. (8-3-1, 1-1-1 A10) & VCU (6-4-3, 2-1 A10) 2014 Oct. 17-19, 2014 u 3:30/3:30 p.m. u Washington, D.C./Richmond, Va. u Matches #15-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Records: Davidson (4-9-1) fell its in its lone game Coaches: Davidson's Greg Ashton is in his 11th last week, dropping a hard-fought 1-0 decision. season with an overall mark of 176-97-28 (105-89- Aug. 22 Winthrop W, 2-0 GW (8-3-1) scored a 2-1 A-10 win over UMass at 26 at DC). The Colonials’ Sarah Barnes enters her 24 No. 5 Virginia Tech L, 0-4 home last week in the first of five straight home third season for GW. She helped them reach the 29 UAB L, 0-1 contests. The VCU Rams (6-4-3) earned a 3-0 A-10 Tournament for the first time in 11 years. 31 Army W, 3-1 shutout win at home in the start of a four-game VCU’s Lindsey Vanderspiegel enters her second Sept. 5 at East Carolina L, 0-2 homestand. year after a two-year stay at Georgia Southern. 7 at Coastal Carolina W, 2-0 11 at Liberty L, 0-1 DAVIDSON CLOSES OUT ROAD GAMES WITH VISITS TO 14 Georgia State T, 0-0 A-10 FOES GEORGE WASHINGTON AND VCU THIS WEEKEND 18 William & Mary L, 0-2 21 at Charlotte L, 0-2 The Matchup Davidson (4-9-1, 1-2 A-10) takes to the road for the last time in the regular season, playing at George 28 at North Florida L, 1-2 (2OT) Washington and VCU this weekend. Oct. 3 at St. Bonaventure * W, 2-0 5 at Duquesne * L, 0-1 (2OT) The All-Time Series/Last Meeting 11 Richmond * 7:00 The Wildcats and the Colonials have faced each other once, back in 2011 with Davidson taking a 4-2 17 at George Washington * 3:30 decision on GW’s home field. As far as the game at VCU, it will be the first between both schools. 19 at VCU * 3:30 Scouting the Wildcats 25 Saint Louis * 7:00 Davidson (4-9-1, 1-2 A-10) dropped its second straight 1-0 decision, falling at home to Richmond 31 Rhode Island * 7:30 Saturday evening ... just six days earlier, the Wildcats had fallen 1-0 in double-overtime at Duquesne ... Nov. 2 Massachusetts * 7:00 Davidson wraps up a stretch this weekend of playing six games out of seven in a row on the road ... leading the offense is Stephanie Piperno (3 goals, 1 assist) and Vicky Bruce (1 goal, team-best 3 assists) 2014 A tlAntic 10 t ournAment with seven points each ... in the first meeting in 2011 vs. GW, Piperno scored two of Davidson’s four 7-9 A-10 Tournament TBD goals in the win ... Rachel Locke, who ranks third all-time in the Wildcat record books in both saves 1 (309) and shutouts (18), remains atop the league with 75 saves ... she is fifth with four shutouts and (hosted by Dayton) carries a 1.17 goals against average into the weekend ... the senior has 23 career wins ... Davidson is 2-5 on the road this year ... head coach Greg Ashton won his 176th career game, 105th at Davidson, in a Boldface type denotes home match road victory at the Bonnies, Oct. 3 ... he is 14 wins away from becoming the program’s all-time win - *Asterisk denotes A-10 opponent ningest coach ... Davidson is playing its first year in the Atlantic 10 after a 20-year run in the SoCon 2 Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Hosts) (116-58-30, three regular season titles and four tournament titles) ... the Wildcats return 16 letterwin - All Times are Eastern Standard ners, including eight starters ... the ‘Cats were picked to finish 12th in their first year in the A-10. Scouting the Colonials George Washington (8-3-1, 1-1-1 A-10) picked up its first Atlantic 10 win with a 2-1 home victory last Saturday against Massachusetts ... GW remains perfect at home with a 5-0 record ... it also earned a tie against Fordham, Oct. 5, on the road ... scoring goals in the win Saturday was MacKenzie Cowley and Lina Proska ... Cowley also had an assist, while Kristi Abbate earned assists on both games ... Cowley has six goals and two assists for a team-best 14 points ... Abbate has eight points, four of them on assists ... between the pipes, Miranda Horn has started all 11 games she has played in ... she carries a 0.85 goals against average (2nd in A-10) to go with 48 saves and three shutouts ... GW has scored 21 goals, while giving up just 10 in 12 games ... the Colonials were picked to finish seventh in the presea - son A-10 poll after going 3-3-2 last season in conference play (7-6-5 overall) ... Abbate and Alex Brothers were each named to the preseason all-league team ... GW return 24 letterwinners. Scouting the Rams Virginia Commonwealth (6-4-3, 2-1 A-10) won its third game in the last four with a 3-0 shutout of Rhode Island last Sunday ... VCU sits in a tie for third in the league standings ... three different Rams scored in the win vs. URI, while Emma Kruse earned 2014 STATISTICAL COMPARISONS her sixth shutout ... she is tied for tops in the A-10 in shutouts ... Maren Johansen paces the offense with 16 Davidson Category George Wash. / VCU points and seven goals ... VCU as a team has scored 4-9-1 Overall Record 8-3-1 / 6-4-3 1 9 goals in 13 games ... Kruse has a 1.39 goals against 10-125 Goals-Shot Attempts 21-153 /19-150 a verage to go with 46 saves, as she has started all 13 0.71 Goals Scored Average 1.75 /1.46 games between the pipes ... the Rams were picked .080 Shot Percentage .137 /.127 third in the preseason league poll .. Johansen was a 45-125 Shots On Goal-Attempts 76-153 /60-150 preseason all-conference pick ... head coach Lindsey Vanderspiegel was at Georgia Southern prior to com - .360 Shots On Goal Percentage .497 /.400 ing to VCU last year. 8.9 Shots Per Game 12.8 /11.5 8 Assists 15 /11 Next on the Schedule 47 Corner Kicks 38 /79 Davidson starts a three-game homestand, Oct. 25, 2-2 Penalty Kicks 0-0 /3-3 against Saint Louis at 7 p.m. Davidson Sports Information / P.O. Box 7158 / Davidson, NC 28035 704-894-2635 / 704-894-2636 Fax 2014 WOMEN’S SOCCER NUMeRICAL RoSTeR No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 0 Rachel Locke GK 5-9 Sr. Carlsbad, Calif. (La Jolla Country Day) 1 Becca Ravitz GK 6-0 Fr. Skillman, N.J. (Montgomery) 2 Jenni Isaac MF/F 5-8 Jr. Bridgewater, Conn. (Shepaug Valley) 3 Maddie Fisher D/MF 5-8 Jr. Idianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) 4 Vicky Bruce MF 5-4 Jr. Cornelius, N.C. (Cannon) 5 Zoe Hayes D 5-10 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. (Westmisters Schools) 6 Dani Johnson D 5-6 Jr. Norfolk, Va. (Norfolk Academy) 7 Becca Fisher MF/F 5-8 Sr. Fredericksburg, Va. (James Monroe) 8 Kate Joss F 5-7 So. Louisville, Ky. (Christian Academy) 9 Ashley Finke F 5-6 So. Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Latin 11 Stephanie Piperno MF/F 5-4 Sr. Harwinton, Conn. (Westminster) 12 Natalie Spach MF 5-5 Jr. Seattle, Wash. (Lakeside) 13 Madison See F/D 5-7 Jr. Midland, Ga. (Columbus) 14 Garrett Barnes D/MF 5-5 Fr. Montgomery, Ala. (Montgomery Acad.) 15 Erin Gross MF Fr. Boca Raton, Fla. ( West Boca Raton Comm. School) 16 Rachel Western D 5-6 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (The Lovett School) 17 Maggie Boyd F/MF 5-5 So. Laytonsville, Md. (Our Lady of Counsel) 18 Charlotte Scott MF 5-9 Indianapolis, Ind. 19 Katie Im F 5-3 Fr. Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Palm Harbor Univ.) 20 Adelaide Cummings MF 5-5 So. Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Country Day) 22 Sarah Tuggle MF/F 5-3 Jr. Simpsonville, S.C. (Mauldin) 23 Rachel Stelter D/MF 5-8 Sr. The Woodlands, Texas (John Cooper Schl.) 24 Kennedy Jones F 5-5 Fr. Washington, D.C. (National Cathedral Schl.) 25 Lauren Grace Himes D 5-10 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (The Harpeth Hall School) WOMEN’S SOCCER COACHING AND STAFF GEOGRAPHICAL ROSTER NAMe PoSITIoN YeAR ALMA MATeR Alabama (1) North Carolina (3) Greg Ashton Head Coach 11th UTSA - Garrett Barnes - Ashley Finke Adam Denton Assistant Coach 2nd Wingate - Adelaide Brian Wheeler Athletic Trainer 8th Flordia State California (1) Cummings - Rachel Locke - Vicky Bruce Connecticut (2) New Jersey (1) ROSTER BY CLASS - Stephanie Piperno - Becca Ravitz - Jenni Isaac Seniors (5) Adelaide Cummings Becca Fisher South Carolina (1) Florida (2) - Sarah Tuggle Zoe Hayes Freshmen (8) - Erin Gross Rachel Locke Garrett Barnes - Katie Im Stephanie Piperno Lauren Grace Himes Tennessee (1) Rachel Stelter Erin Gross - Lauren Grace Georgia (3) Himes Katie Im - Madison See Juniors (6) Kennedy Jones - Zoe Hayes Vicky Bruce Becca Ravitz - Rachael Western Maddie Fisher Charlotte Scott Texas (1) - Rachel Stelter Jenni Isaac Rachael Western Indiana (2) Dani Johnson - Maddie Fisher Virginia (2) Madison See - Charlotte Scott Sarah Tuggle - Becca Fisher - Dani Johnson Kentucky (1) Sophomore (4) - Kate Joss Ashley Finke Washington, D.C.