DePaul University Athletics
Women's Soccer Travels to Marquette
10/31/2002 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S SOCCER
CHICAGO – The DePaul Blue Demons wrap-up the regular season on the road when the take on the Marqutte Golden Eagles on Saturday night. The Blue Demons stand at 10-7-1 and 3-5-1 in Conference USA action while Marquette is 10-6-3 and 4-3-2. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Valley Fields in Milwaukee.
Double-Figures
With Wednesday’s win at Northern Illinois, the women’s soccer team became the first squad in the program’s seven-history to eclipse the 10-win plateau. Prior to this season, the team single-season record for victories was seven set by the 1999 squad.
Looking at the Blue Demons
DePaul enters the match at 10-7-1 overall and 3-5-1 in C-USA play... the Blue Demons have lost just once in their last five matches, posting a 3-1-1 record over that span… they are 7-2-0 in non-conference games… the victory over Louisville on Oct. 18 set a new program mark for single-season wins... the 1-0 loss at Southern Miss on Sept. 22 snapped a program-best five-match win streak... a year ago, the squad won five straight to start the season... the 1-0 victory at South Florida on Sept. 20 ended a 17-match conference winless streak for DePaul... during that span, they were 0-16-1... the Blue Demons have posted seven shutouts this season... Lindsey Deason, Erica Keppel, Lauren Geiger and Megan Pekala have combined for a 1.10 goals against average while making 77 saves... nine players have scored 29 goals... the Blue Demons have outscored their opponents, 29-20, while taking an average of 3.5 more shots per game... 20 goals was the team record for a season... Julianne Sitch leads the club with 21 points on eight goals and five assists... Margo Sackmaster is second with 15 points on six goals and three assists while Krissy Seberhagen has 10 points on four goals and a pair of assists... all four of Seberhagen's goals have been game-winners... Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman has four goals while Christy Young has found the net three times... Bren Sugarman, Lindsey Deason, Claire Sharkey and Amy Witt have one goal each... Stich leads the club with five assists while Amber Prindle and Sackmaster three assists each... the Blue Demons play their final four regular season matches on the road... head coach John Wilson is in his third season in Lincoln Park.
Updating the Recordbook
DePaul's 10 wins and 29 goals have set new single-season marks. The Blue Demons won seven matches in 1999 and scored 20 goals in 1999 and 2001. Their current goals against average of 1.10 betters the all-time mark of 1.66 set by the 1999 squad.
In the 5-0 win on Sept. 1 at IPFW, the Blue Demons tallied their largest margin of victory in the program's seven-year history. The previous high was a 4-0 win on Oct. 27, 1999 against Loyola-Chicago. The five scores also set a single-game record for the women's soccer program. The Blue Demons tied the previous record on Sept. 13 with the 4-0 victory against Drury.
Senior forward Christy Young became the program’s all-time career scoring leader with a goal at Valparaiso on Oct. 25. With 37 career points, she passed Jeannette Croce (1997-00) with 35 career points. Young, who holds the top spot with eight assists, has totaled 37 points and 14 goals. Her 14 scores also rank second to Croce on the career goal chart.
In just 18 collegiate matches, Julianne Sitch has already established herself in DePaul's seven-year old recordbook. Sitch is in the top five in career points and goals and in the top 10 in career assists. On the single-season chart, she set the new scoring record with her eighth goal and fifth assist of the season for 21 points. She topped the record set by Maria Martinez in 1997 with 15 points.
DePaul's five-match win streak in September equaled the program-best mark set at the beginning of last season.
Looking at the Golden Eagles
Marquette enters the weekend at 10-6-3 overall and 4-3-2 in C-USA play… the Golden Eagles are winless in their last three matches with a 2-1 loss at East Carolina, a 1-1 tie with UW-Milwaukee and a 3-2 defeat at Vanderbilt on Wednesday… since starting the season 9-2, Marquette is 1-4-3… Kate Gordon leads the club with 21 points on eight goals and five assists… 16 players have at least one goal or one assist… head coach Markus Roeders is in his seventh season in Milwaukee… the series: Saturday is the seventh all-time meeting between the Blue Demons and Golden Eagles… Marquette has won the previous six contests including last season’s 2-0 decision in Chicago.
Last Time Out – DePaul 4, Northern Illinois 1
The women's soccer team notched their 10th win of the season, a program first, on Wednesday with a 4-1 decision over Northern Illinois. Four different players scored for the Blue Demons as they improved to 10-7-1 on the season.
The Huskies got on the board first as Tiffany Anderson scored at 15:57 for the early 1-0 advantage. DePaul answered less than six minutes later as Claire Sharkey found the back of the net for her first goal of the season. Julianne Sitch started the scoring with a corner kick that Sharkey tapped into the net at 21:32.
The score remained at 1-1 for the first half. DePaul didn't waste any time as Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman scored the eventual game-winner at 46:12. Sharkey took a shot that hit the crossbar. Dotson-Newman was there and headed the rebound past Northern Illinois keeper Leigh Steigerwald.
Margo Sackmaster and Sitch sealed the win with a pair of goals in the final 20 minutes. Sackmaster gathered a rebound off a Sitch shot and knocked it in in the 81st minute. For Sackmaster, it was her sixth goal of year while Sitch was credited with her second assist of the match and fifth of the season. At 86:55, Sitch finished the scoring for the afternoon with her eighth goal of the season on a penalty kick.
With the victory, the 2002 squad becomes the first team in the program's seven-year history to win 10 matches.
