Women’s Soccer Heads West to Face Loyola Chicago

September 28, 2024

PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle women's soccer team will look to notch its second conference win of the season on Sunday as the Explorers face the Loyola Chicago Ramblers. The game will kick at 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN+.

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SCOUTING THE EXPLORERS

After dropping its conference opener at Rhode Island, La Salle has built momentum in the right direction with a draw against Saint Joseph's last Sunday and a 2-0 victory over Davidson on Thursday.
Haley Gschrey scored her seventh goal of the season, one short of her team-leading total from last season. Freshman Alexis Garcia netted the first goal of her collegiate career for the second score of the evening.
Michela Auguadro recorded the 19^th shutout of her career on Thursday. She stands alone in pursuit of the all-time career shutout record (23).
The Explorers are tied for fourth in the Atlantic-10 in goals (22) and goals per game (2.0). La Salle has also been moving the ball effectively, with its 24 assists ranking tied for third in the conference.
Gschrey is tied for fourth in the Atlantic-10 in goals (7). She is just one behind the conference leaders. Ricshya Walker also checks in the top ten, with her five tied for eighth.
Gschrey and Justyce Hollenbach are tied for the team lead in assists (4) and are fifth in the conference in the category.
The Explorers are led by head coach Paul Royal, who enters his 22^nd season at the helm. Royal is one of the top coaches in the Atlantic 10, earning five trips to the NCAA Tournament during his tenure and has sent 16 players to the professional ranks. He was voted A-10 Coach of the Year for the fifth time last season.
Royal has amassed 217 wins in his head coaching career. He ranks 18^th among active D1 coaches in wins at a single institution.

SCOUTING THE RAMBLERS

Loyola is 6-2-3 on the season. The only two losses of the season have come at the hands of Big Ten foes Wisconsin and No. 5 Michigan State. The squad has 1-0-2 record in A-10 play, drawing its last two games at Fordham and Saint Louis.
Eight players have scored for the Ramblers. Taylor Harrison and Emily Rossi are tied for the team lead with three goals each.
Angela Staveskie is in her first season guiding the Ramblers as interim head coach. She spent three years on staff as the goalkeepers coach before this season.

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