NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State women's soccer team is scheduled to open the fall 2021 campaign at Eastern Michigan on Thursday, exactly three years since the teams most recently met.
WHEN: Thursday, August 19 at 2:00 p.m. CT
WHERE: Ypsilanti, Mich., Scicluna Field
OPPONENT: Eastern Michigan (ISU leads all-time series, which began in 2005, 4-2-2)
LIVE STATS: https://emueagles.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/summary
The Redbirds have already played a pair of exhibition matches, recording an undisclosed result against Butler before falling, 4-2, at SIUE. Fifth-year senior Natalie Vaughn-Low and senior Shaina Dudas scored at SIUE. The team then fell to Drake in exhibition play, 1-0, after the Bulldogs netted the game-winner with just 50 seconds to play.
Illinois State is coming off a 4-7-1 spring season in which five players earned All-MVC accolades. In addition to being named All-MVC First Team, fifth-year senior Ashley Santos was also named a CoSIDA Academic All-American, MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team.
In all, the Redbirds return 24 student-athletes from the spring 2021 team while adding five freshmen and one transfer to the roster. Santos and junior Michaela Kirschten were named Preseason All-MVC as the team was predicted to finish second in the MVC standings.
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Ashley Santos and Michaela Kirschten have been named Preseason All-MVC! We were picked to finish second in the MVC!
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— Illinois State Soccer (@Redbird_Soccer) August 17, 2021
Eastern Michigan finished 6-3 in the spring 2021 campaign, outscoring its opponents, 17-13, while outshooting them, 126-123. Sabrina McNeill led EMU's six goal scorers by scoring seven goals in the spring 2021 season while goalkeeper Chelsea Abbotts recorded two shutouts.
The teams most recently met on 8/19/2018, a 1-0 victory for the Redbirds in Normal. ISU holds a five-match unbeaten streak (3-0-2, W1) against EMU, not having lost against the Eagles since 8/27/2010
After Eastern Michigan, ISU is scheduled to host Illinois on Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
For all latest on Illinois State soccer, stay tuned at GoRedbirds.com and follow the team at @Redbird_Soccer (Twitter, Facebook) and @RedbirdSoccer on Instagram.
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