Women's Soccer | 10/31/2017 9:14:00 PM
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Entering the Sun Belt Tournament as the No. 2 seed, the Texas State soccer team will face No. 7 Coastal Carolina in the quarterfinal match. The contest will kickoff at 4 p.m. at the Foley Sports Tourism Complex.
The Bobcats concluded the regular season with a 10-5-1 record and 8-2-0 in conference play while the Chanticleers are 9-7-1 overall and 4-5-1 in the SBC.
Leading the way for TXST are five first team all-conference selections.
Rachel Grout leads the team with eight goals and 19 points. Her and
Kassi Hormuth have both been credited with a team-high six assists. Hormuth, the SBC Offensive Player of the Year, has scored six goals with five coming against conference opponents.
Kaylee Davis, the league's Newcomer of the Year, has added seven goals and two assists, all coming during Sun Belt play.
A leader among the backline is
Chandler Cooney. She has started 52 consecutive match and paces the Bobcats with 1,425 minutes
In goal,
Heather Martin has posted a 0.99 GAA, 54 saves and an .818 save percentage. During conference play, she decreased her GAA to 0.79, increased her save percentage to .846 and made 44 saves.
Second team all-conference selection
Jordan Kondikoff has added four assists while being a disruptive force to opposing team's offenses at the defensive midfield position.
Renny Moore has scored three times this year while
Sydney Kammer and
Alyssa Phelan have netted two goals. Both of Phelan's goals have been match-winners and she has added three assists.
Scouting Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina enters the tournament having lost three consecutive matches. Two of those contests came on the road including a 1-0 loss in the regular season finale at Appalachian State. The last time the Chanticleers have won was a 3-1 match against Georgia State on Oct. 5.
When playing away from Conway, South Carolina, CCU is 3-5-1 with one victory coming in Sun Belt action. That win came at Louisiana by the score of 3-0.
Daniella Famili, an All-SBC second team selection, leads the team in goals (9), assists (5), shots (46) and shots on goal (32). Kayla Christian has added four goals and an assist.
Putting the ball into the back of the net twice has been Mackenzie Gibbs, Brooke Horist and Elisabeth Rockhill, who is second on the team with three assists.
Rylee Atteberry has started every match between the posts for the Chanticleers. She has given up 21 goals for a 1.24 GAA. Her 71 saves are tied for the third most in the conference and she is sixth with a .722 save percentage.
Series vs. Chanticleers
Texas State has dropped the two previous meetings in the all-time series to CCU. Both matches ended with a 1-0 score line. This season, the Chanticleers scored exactly 10 minutes into the contest. That would be the Bobcats allowed for 30 days and 560:55 minutes on the pitch. The first meet on Oct. 2, 2016 at the Bobcat Soccer Complex saw CCU score on a controversial penalty kick that was awarded halfway through the 13th minute.
The match will be streamed on ESPN3 and live stats will also be available.
Goals2Cure
This season head coach
Kat Conner and the soccer team are raising funds in support of women fighting ovarian cancer through the
Goals2CureTM initiative. The players and staff are collecting pledges for each goal scored this season. Donations will go directly to benefit a scholarship program through the Texas Oncology Foundation.
Pledges can be made at
PledgeIt.org/goals2cure.
For more information on the Texas State soccer team, visit the official website of Texas State Athletics at
www.txstatebobcats.com, like on Facebook at Texas State Soccer and follow on Instagram and Twitter at @TxStateSoccer.
