Edinboro Debuts at Home vs. Notre Dame(Oh.)

Danielle Chatten

GAMEDAY CENTRAL – Notre Dame(Oh.) at Edinboro

Date: Saturday, September 7, 2019
Time: 1 p.m.
Site: Sox Harrison Stadium, Edinboro, Pa.
Records: Edinboro 0-1-0, 0-0-0 PSAC West I Notre Dame(Oh.) 0-1-0, 0-0-0 MEC
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Notre Dame Links: Roster I Schedule I Stats

AROUND THE LEAGUE

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SERIES HISTORY

All-Time Series: Edinboro leads 5-0-0
Last Meeting: August 30, 2018: Edinboro 1, Notre Dame(Oh.) 0
How It Happened: Edinboro opened the 2018 campaign with a 1-0 win at Notre Dame (Ohio). The Fighting Scots ended the Falcons nine-match home winning streak thanks to a goal by Danielle Chatten in the 54^th minute. Rebecca Manns assisted on the goal. Freshman Anna Voelker picked up the win in her first career collegiate game in goal, finishing with 6 saves. Edinboro held a 27-9 advantage in shots, with a 10-6 edge in shots on goal.

MATCH STORYLINES

Edinboro opened the 2019 campaign on Thursday with a 3-0 loss at Bloomsburg. The Huskies are the defending PSAC champions and came in ranked fifth in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll. The Notre dame(Oh.) match beings a string of three straight home contests for the Fighting Scots. Edinboro follows with Mercyhurst on Wednesday, September 11 and with Indiana(Pa.) on Saturday, September 14.
Bloomsburg held a 17-6 advantage in shots in Thursday's match. Anna Voelker finished with 6 saves in goal for the Fighting Scots.
Notre Dame(Oh.) comes off a 10-6-1 finish a year ago. Head coach Mike Shield, a 1998 graduate of Mercyhurst, is in his 17^th season and has a 165-103-20 record. The Falcons suffered a 1-0 loss to Gannon to open the 2019 season. The Lady Knights scored the lone goal a minute into the second half. Each team had six shots.
Edinboro posted a 6-11-0 finish a year ago while fielding a young squad. Head coach Gary Kagiavas welcomes back nine starters for his 24th season as head coach. Kagiavas has a 219-179-37 record, all as Edinboro's only head coach. The Fighting Scots have qualified for the PSAC Playoffs 11 times, with seven of those in the last nine years. With 219 wins, Kagiavas ranks 24^th among active Division II coaches in victories. In addition, he ranks second in wins among PSAC women's soccer coaches, exceeded only by West Chester's Betsy Anne Kempf-Townsley with 332 wins. He has been selected the PSAC Coach of the Year three times (2001, '05, '07)..
Edinboro returns its top four scorers, including leading scorer Danielle Chatten. The senior forward finished with 7 goals and an assist for 15 points. She enters her final season tied for 14^th in career points (44) and 14^th in career goals (17).
Brittnie Spithaler added 5 goals and 2 assists for 12 points, while Rebecca Manns had 3 goals and a team-leading 5 assists. The redshirt junior forward has led the team in assists each of her first two seasons and is tied for 15^th in career assists (11).
Junior Cameron Bujnoski earned third team United Soccer Coaches NCAA All-Atlantic Region honors. She was one of only three players to start all 17 matches while playing defender.
As a freshman, Anna Voelker started all 17 matches in goal, playing all 1544:45 minutes, which ranks eighth in a season. She finished with a 1.51 GAA and had 109 saves, which ranks second in a season.
Notre Dame returns most of its offensive output from a year ago with four of its top five scorers from 2018 coming back. The Falcons also return three of their four starting defenders as well as goalkeeper Kyra McDowell, who played every minute in the net in 2018 while recording eight shutouts. McDowell was named second team All-MEC in 2018 alongside Lauren Chaney, who also made the second team. Chaney is a two-time All-MEC player and will look to make it three in her senior season. New faces include Division I transfer Michelle Escobar. The midfielder comes to NDC after two seasons at Portland State where she played in 15 matches.
The PSAC will have a new look in 2019. With the addition of Shepherd to the conference from the Mountain East Conference, the league has been split into two divisions, with Edinboro in the Western Division.

UP NEXT

Edinboro plays the second of three straight home games, with local rival Mercyhurst visiting Sox Harrison Stadium for a 6 p.m. match on Wednesday, September 11. The Lakers were 8-9-1 a year ago and open the season on Sunday, September 8 at Lock Haven.

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Players Mentioned

#15 Cameron Bujnoski: D/MF; 5' 7"; Junior

#10 Danielle Chatten: F; 5' 7"; Senior

#13 Rebecca Manns: F; 5' 10"; Redshirt Junior

#26 Brittnie Spithaler: F; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#1 Anna Voelker: GK; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#15 Cameron Bujnoski
: 5' 7"; Junior
: D/MF

#10 Danielle Chatten
: 5' 7"; Senior
: F

#13 Rebecca Manns
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Junior
: F

#26 Brittnie Spithaler
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: F

#1 Anna Voelker
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: GK