Oct. 24, 2000

Women's Soccer Team Hosts Indianapolis and Northern Kentucky

DATES: October 28-29, 2000

TIMES: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, 11:00 a.m. Sunday (CDT)

LOCATION: Truman Soccer Park, Kirksville, Mo.

GAME 1: Truman State University Bulldogs (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association/NCAA Division II) vs. University of Indianapolis Greyhounds (Great Lakes Valley/NCAA Div. II), 12:30 p.m. Sat.

GAME 2: Truman vs. Northern Kentucky University Norse (GLV/NCAA Div. II), 11:00 a.m. Sun.

TRUMAN: The Bulldog has not been scored on in 13.5 hours of play. Meanwhile, their offense has scored 24 goals in those same 13.5 hours. Truman's wins last week improved its MIAA record to 3-0. Freshman Stephanie Cepicky (St. Louis/Lindbergh) has seven team-leading goals. Junior goalkeeper Emily Huyck (Omaha, Neb./Westside) has 81 saves.

TRUMAN vs. MISSOURI SOUTHERN: The Bulldogs exploded on the net firing 33 shots in the game. Credit must be given to Moe Ybarra, Missouri Southern's goalkeeper, who made 12 saves. But the day belonged to the 'Dogs. Junior Melissa Miller (Olathe, Kan./Olathe South) assisted senior Niki Taylor (Crestwood, Mo./Lindbergh) to start the scoring off. In the second period junior Nicole Thorpe (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) found Cepicky who then found the net. Sophomore Jessica Pohren (Omaha, Neb. Duchesne) served one up to Miller to put the game out of reach in the 64th minute. Huyck posted only two saves and the 'Dog defense allowed a mere two shots.

TRUMAN vs. MISSOURI-ROLLA: Truman's second game of the weekend moved a little slower than the first. Rolla muscled Truman with a strength of defense rarely seen by the Bulldogs. The first period wound down with a 0-0 tie. However, in the opening minutes of the second period, Pohren fired a shot at the UMR goalkeeper. The shot was blocked, but Cepicky was there blast the rebound into the net. Rolla had an opportunity to score, but Huyck came far out of the net grabbing an incredible save that could have pushed the game into overtime. Huyck posted four saves total.

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS: Indianapolis has a 9-9 overall record. It posted wins over Grand Valley State (Mich.) 3-1, St. Cloud State (Minn.) 5-2, Quincy (Ill.) 4-3, Bellarmine (Ky.) 2-0, Northwood (Texas) 2-1, Kentucky Wesleyan 3-1, Lewis (Ill.) 3-1, Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne 4-0, and Saint Joseph's (Ind.) 3-2. They owe losses to Minnesota-Duluth 2-1, Indiana State 4-3, Saginaw Valley (Mich.) 3-1, Minnesota State-Mankato 4-3, Missouri-St. Louis 2-1, Northern Kentucky 1-0, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 3-1, Southern Indiana 1-0, and Wisconsin Parkside 2-1. Laura Gregory has 11 team-leading goals. Goalkeeper Jennifer Penner has 38 saves.

Northern Kentucky, currently ranked 12th (Div. II) in the nation, is at the tail end of a powerful 14-1-2 season. They have posted wins over Minnesota State 7-1, Nebraska-Omaha 4-0, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 2-0, Wheeling Jesuit (W.Va.) 3-1, Mercyhurst (Pa.) 6-2, Missouri-St. Louis 2-0, Quincy (Ill.) 4-0, Kentucky Wesleyan 5-1, Indianapolis 1-0, Bellarmine (Ky.) 7-0, Southern Indiana 2-0, Wisconsin-Parkside 3-0, Saint Joseph's (Ind.) 1-0, and Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne 8-0. They tied against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1-1, Lewis (Ill.) 1-1, and owe a loss to Missouri-Rolla, 5-3. Tricia Ruark has nine team leading goals. She is one of six players to have five or more goals. Goalkeeper Lauren Piening has 38 saves in 17 games. She has posted five shutouts and averages 0.56 ga/gp.

SERIES RECORD: Indianapolis has a history of being tough for the Bulldogs. Indianapolis won the last meeting 2-0 dropping Truman's series record to 0-3. Northern Kentucky is also a historically challenging team and leads the series 2-0. Northern Kentucky squeaked by the Bulldogs in the home opener last season, 1-0.

HEAD COACH MIKE CANNON: Truman head coach Mike Cannon is in his eighth season with the Bulldogs. He is the winningest coach in Truman history and was ranked 17th by percentage and 20th by victories among NCAA Division II active coaches with a 76-40-13 (.640) all-time record at the start of the 2000 campaign. He is now 88-43-13 (.660) during his collegiate career at Truman.

TRUMAN IN THE MIAA: The Bulldogs' conference-leading defense has helped them to the best record in the MIAA. Truman moved up to second in team offense with 2.13 g/gp. Miller is fourth in scoring with 1.07 pts/gp and Cepicky is sixth with 1.00. Miller, Adams, and Pohren are all on the top 10 assists list. Cepicky is fourth in the goals-per-game category averaging 0.47 and Miller is seventh with 0.33.

Last week Huyck was named the MIAA player of the week. Against Missouri-Rolla she came out of the net easily 20 yards to stuff a shot that could have sent the game into overtime. She is averaging 0.71 goals-per-game and has 81 saves. Huyck has posted eight shutouts on the season.

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