RIVER FOREST, Ill. -- Looking to close out a busy opening week with a win, the Concordia-Chicago women's soccer team will play host to Monmouth College tomorrow afternoon inside Concordia Stadium.
Downloadable game programs, with team rosters and game notes can be found here.Â
Setting the Scene... Kicking off the year 0-2-1, CUC will take on the Scots at 4 p.m. tomorrow as part of their pediatric cancer research match. The Cougars will dawn gold shoe laces during the contest, as a means to raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research through the Go 4 The Goal Foundation. Cougar fans are kindly asked to wear gold to the game as well as visitÂ
go4thegoal.org to learn more
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Last Time Out... CUC last took to the pitch on Monday, Sept. 2 against Lake Forest College. While the Foresters tabbed the first goal of the match, junior
Samantha Goodlett equalized the game with a header-goal off a beautiful cross from classmate
Cecilia Kochanek. Although the Cougars tied up the match with nearly 35 minutes to go, Lake Forest would score once more to run away with the 2-1 victory.Â
Scouting the Scots... Monmouth is off to a 1-0-1 start this season, including a commanding 5-0 win over fellow NACC opponent, Rockford University, and a double overtime 1-1 draw against Central College. Offensively, six different Scots have tallied one goal this year, while Jacie Reis is the only one with both a goal and an assist. In net, Kensey Arlt has seen 155 minutes of action with five saves and just one goal allowed. Monmouth and CUC last battled in 2018, where the Scots went away with a 6-2 victory.Â
Twice is Nice... Juniors
Esmeralda Torres and
Samantha Goodlett have begun the 2019 campaign as Concordia's leading scorers. With two goals each, both Torres and Goodlett tallied their goals in back-to-back contests. While Torres netted goals against Webster and Greenville, Goodlett also scored against the Panthers and then again on Monday against Lake Forest.Â
Inside the Posts... The freshmen duo of
Kassie Silenzi and
Aleksia Vranjes have held down the net for CUC early on this season. With 131 and 159 minutes in net, respectively, Silenzi and Vranjes have combined for 10 saves and a .556 save percentage. In the draw against Greenville on Saturday, Silenzi had a stellar second half in goal as she stopped four shots in 65 minutes to help the Cougars earn their first result of the season.
Concordia-Chicago will take to the pitch at 4 p.m. tomorrow afternoon with live coverage available at
cucougars.com/coverage and up-to-date Twitter coverage
@CUCWSOC.Â
