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Live Video vs. UMKCOREM, Utah--The Utah Valley University women's soccer team hosts first-year program Chicago State on Friday before welcoming WAC leader Missouri-Kansas City on Sunday. Utah Valley will celebrate senior night on Friday as seniors
Lexi Robison,
McKell Salmon Higgins and
Kim Stratford Gale will be honored.
Utah Valley is 10-5-2 overall and 5-2-0 in WAC play. The Wolverines swept a pair of WAC road games last week, defeating Texas-Pan American 5-0 before downing New Mexico State 1-0. UVU has won five of its last six matches.
Junior forward
Kali Stubbs and senior midfielder
Kim Stratford are tied for the team lead with five goals each. Stubbs also has four assists and is the team leader in points with 14. Stubbs also fronts the team with 32 shots (10 on goal). Junior keeper
Jessica Duffin is the WAC leader with seven shutouts. She holds a 0.86 goals against average as she has allowed only 15 goals this year.
HOME CROWD ADVANTAGEThe Wolverines rank No. 23 in the national in accumulated attendance this season. Through nine home games this year, Utah Valley has enjoyed 7,903 fans, an average of 878 a game. The results have had an impact, as the Wolverines are 6-1-2 at Clyde Field this year. UVU holds an all-time record of 50-30-8 on the home pitch. The Wolverines will play their final three regular season games of the season on the home pitch.
BREAKING RECORDSJunior goalkeeper
Jessica Duffin set the Utah Valley single season shutout record this season as she now has seven clean sheets, breaking the previous record of four shutouts in a single season set by
Lauren Sack (2010, 13),
Tasha Bell (2009) and Amberlee Nelseon (2003). As a team, Utah Valley has tied the single season shutout record with seven this year. The 2008 and 2010 teams also recorded seven clean sheets. The Wolverines are also just one victory away from tying the single season team wins record of 11, set in 2008.
LEADING THE WACDuffin leads the WAC with seven shutouts this season. She ranks second in the WAC with a goals against average of 0.86 and second in shutouts per game at 0.41. Junior forward
Kali Stubbs and senior midfielder
Kim Stratford are tied for second in the WAC with two game-winning goals each. As a team, UVU leads the league with 187 fouls this season.
WOLVERINES REMAIN IN NSCAA WEST DIVISION TOP-10 POLLUtah Valley appears in the NSCAA/Continental Tire West Division Top-10 Poll for the fifth time this season as the Wolverines are ranked No. 9 in the latest poll. Utah Valley made its debut at No. 6 in the Sept. 16 version of the poll for the first time in program history. WAC foe Seattle U is ranked No. 10 in the poll.
SPREADING THE WEALTHEleven different Utah Valley players have registered a goal this year and 12 different players have recorded an assist. Fifteen Wolverines have tallied at least one point this season.
ABOUT THE OPPOSITIONChicago State is in its first season of women's soccer. The team holds a 1-13-1 overall record and is 0-5-1 in WAC play. Freshman forward Jyllian Coggins has scored five of CSU's 10 goals this year. Freshman forward Sara Marcotte has two goals this year. The team dropped a pair of WAC home games last week, falling to Bakersfield, 3-1, before losing to Grand Canyon, 3-2.
Missouri-Kansas City is tied for first place in the WAC with 18 points and a perfect 6-0-0 record. Kansas City has lost just once since Sept. 5 -- a 1-0 setback at ninth-ranked Kansas -- and the 'Roos have outscored opponents by an aggregate margin of 22-4 during the current seven-game win streak. Freshman forward Kara Priest and senior forward Ellie Chadick lead the team in scoring with six and five goals, respectively. The team picked up a pair of shutout victories last week at home, defeating Grand Canyon 2-0 before downing Bakersfield 4-0.
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