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Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer: Mount Union Begins OAC Action Against Capital Saturday

ALLIANCE, Ohio-- No. 7 Mount Union travels to Columbus to take on defending Ohio Athletic Conference champions, Capital in a women's soccer matchup Saturday at 4:00 pm. 

There will be LIVE STATS of the game available for the game at http://athletics.capital.edu/sports/wsoc/live-stats and LIVE VIDEO available for the game at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/capital/

SCOUTING MOUNT UNION

The Purple Raiders are 7-2 on the season and ranked No. 7 in the Great Lakes Region after defeating Geneva (Pa.) 3-0 last weekend. 

Mount Union is led in scoring by junior Kelsey Malenic (Poland/Poland Seminary) with five goals and ranked fourth in the conference in scoring. Freshman Katie Goedecke (Cuyahoga Falls/St. Vincent-St. Mary) leads the team with three assists on the season and is ranked fifth in the conference.

Senior goal keeper Maria Favorite (Chesterland/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) leads the Raiders in the net posting 51 saves in 782:44 minutes of play which is fourth in the OAC in saves.

SCOUTING CAPITAL

The Crusaders are 7-3 overall after defeating Ohio Wesleyan 2-1 in double overtime.

Becca Cartmill leads Capital with 14 points on the season (5G, 4A) while Kim Leitch has six starts in the net with 34 saves in 542:51 minutes of play.

THE SERIES

It is the 25th meeting between the two teams with Capital leading the series 12-8-3.

UP NEXT

Mount Union returns home to take on Marietta in an OAC matchup Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 7 pm.

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Players Mentioned

Maria Favorite

#42 Maria Favorite

GK
5' 2"
Senior
Katie Goedecke

#10 Katie Goedecke

F
5' 2"
Freshman
Kelsey Malenic

#2 Kelsey Malenic

F
5' 4"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Maria Favorite

#42 Maria Favorite

5' 2"
Senior
GK
Katie Goedecke

#10 Katie Goedecke

5' 2"
Freshman
F
Kelsey Malenic

#2 Kelsey Malenic

5' 4"
Junior
F