Women's Soccer | October 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA — The La Salle women's soccer team will look to extend its winning streak to eight straight games on Thursday night when it hosts Loyola Chicago in its final home game of the regular season at McCarthy Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.`
The game will be televised on ESPN+. In addition, Explorers fans can follow the team on X
@LaSalle_WSOC and Instagram
@lasalle_wsoc.
SCOUTING THE EXPLORERS
- The Explorers (9-5-2, 7-1 A-10) are on their longest unbeaten streak since 2017 after posting a 4-1 victory over previously unbeaten Duquesne on Sunday afternoon on the road. In that game, Ricshya Walker and Haley Gschrey each scored a goal in the first half and Alyssa Gargiulo netted a pair of goals in the second half.
- The Explorers are second in the A-10 with 21 points, trailing by only one point to No. 22 Saint Louis (7-0-1, 22 points).
- The Explorers look to win their second game against the Ramblers. The Explorers topped the Ramblers, 3-2, in 2007, but fell to them last season by a 1-0 count. Both games took place in Chicago.
- Gschrey leads the Explorers in points (13) and goals (six). The junior forward are tied for fourth in the A-10 in goals.
- Elizabeth Estrada is tied for ninth in the A-10 in assists with four. The sophomore is only three assists behind four others for the conference lead.
- Walker leads the team with 35 shots and 17 shots on goal. The sophomore forward ranks seventh in the A-10 in shots per game at 2.33.
- Junior Michela Auguadro leads the team in saves with 51 in 14 games of action. The junior goalkeeper has posted five shutout victories in net, with her five clean sheets good for sixth in the A-10.
- La Salle is led by Paul Royal, who is in his 21st season at the helm. Royal has a 208-158-39 record for the Explorers.
SCOUTING THE RAMBLERS
- Loyola Chicago (7-7-2, 3-3-2 A-10) enter the contest eighth in the conference standings with 11 points after dropping a 2-0 contest to unbeaten Dayton on Sunday.
- The Ramblers are led by Taylor Harrison and Zoe Hevey. Harrison ranks first on the team in goals (seven) and points (14). Hevey paces the Ramblers in assists (six), shots (49) and shots on goal (28).
- Loyola Chicago is coached by Barry Bimbi, who is in his 13th season as the head coach for the Ramblers. Bimbi the all-time winningest coach at Loyola Chicago with a 113-97-31 record.
