Ivy League play opens up with a battle between the two conference favourites, and an Australian will be right amongst it as Erin Gordon and Harvard face 2023 regular season champions Brown in their league opener. However, Brown have dropped a few results to sit 3-2-3, whilst Harvard remain undefeated at 4-0-4 following a draw away to nationally ranked Santa Clara last week. Erin Gordon has played a massive part in helping the Crimson retained that 0 in the loss column, having played all bar 24 minutes across eight games as part of a defence that has conceded just six goals to this point. In a league season that sees each team only play seven games, a win in this game will swing the momentum massively in the prevailing team’s favour.
Meanwhile, in the Ohio Valley Conference, a battle of in-form Aussies awaits as Little Rock take on Morehead State. Both teams had a successful opening weekend of league play, with Morehead State particularly impressive in dispatching of Eastern Illinois 5-1. Freshman Lilly Bailey made three saves in that game, but has been in outstanding form over the last few games, whilst sophomore defender Natasha Tanner has forced her way into the starting lineup of late. On the other side, however, will be Candice Kilderry. Not only has the sophomore scored three goals over the last two weeks, she also picked up the most recent Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts filling in as part of the backline for the Trojans. Hopefully, this game sees Kilderry move back to a more advanced position and a more direct battle between the Victorian and the Eagles’ Western Australian duo.
Mercedes McNabb is also in elite goalscoring form, banging home a hat-trick in UNC Asheville’s 7-2 win over South Carolina State, and the timing couldn’t have been better as the star freshman and fellow Aussie, Jasmine Barry, take on Eve Tiktikakis and Charleston Southern to open Big South play. UNC Asheville were tipped to finish sixth in the league this year, whilst Charleston Southern were picked to finish fourth, and it certainly has been the Buccaneers with the superior non-conference record. Tiktikakis made her third appearance of the season in a midweek win over Winthrop, and hopefully a fourth comes in this game as Charleston Southern look to shut down McNabb and the UNC Asheville attack.
Both Incarnate Word and Northwestern State are sitting at or just above .500 as Montanna Mathews and Caitlin Le Roux prepare to face off in Southland Conference play. Northwestern State were once the dominant force in the league, and will be hungry to return to that level after being supplanted by Lamar in recent years, although the Demons have been picked to finish fourth in the league in 2024. Incarnate Word, on the other hand, will be looking to make a mockery of the preseason rankings after being tabbed to finish 10th in the 11-team league. The Cardinals certainly have a far better non-conference record than many teams picked to finish above them; the challenge now is to turn that non-conference form into a solid league record, and that starts with this weekend’s games. With Mathews starting in five of her seven appearances for UIW this year, and Le Roux coming off the bench for Northwestern State in all eight games, we should see the Aussies on both sides get playing time in this one.
A-SUN play is already in its second week, and both Teagan Douglas’ Bellarmine outfit and Camila Madriz Figueroa’s Stetson side find themselves slightly behind the eight-ball after the opening weekend’s results. However, despite falling to two defeats, Stetson’s non-conference record of 5-3 should at least give them confidence that they know how to get the job done. However, Bellarmine are still looking for their first win, with four of their six losses coming by a single goal alongside two draws. However, one shining light for the Knights has been Teagan Douglas, who remains a crucial part of the starting eleven. The sophomore has played all bar six minutes of the season to this point, picking up exactly where she left off in 2023. On the other side, we are still yet to see Camila Madriz Figueroa take to the pitch for Stetson, but each day is one day closer to the Venezuelan Under 20s national team representative making her collegiate debut.
Katie Godden has chipped in an assist for Oregon State in each of the last two games, and this upturn in form could not have come at a better time as the Beavers open their West Coast Conference campaign against defending champions Gonzaga. Although the Zags have been tipped to finish fifth in the league this year, they remain a tough opponent. Oregon State, on the other hand, have been picked to finish eighth in the 11-team league. Despite this, hosting a team tipped to finish just above them is an ideal opportunity to pick up a win that could flip the script in terms of their season projections.
Full Schedule
NCAA Division I
Alabama State (Grace Norbury, Madison Chambers)
This week: v Ark.-Pine Bluff – 9:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Grambling – 4:00am, Monday 30 September
Bellarmine (Teagan Douglas)
This week: v Stetson – 9:00am, Friday 27 September; v FGCU – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Charleston Southern (Eve Tiktikakis)
This week: @ UNC Asheville – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
Coastal Carolina (Tahlia Voskanian)
This week: v James Madison – 9:00am, Friday 27 September; @ Ga. Southern – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Dartmouth (Kate Ryan)
This week: v Yale – 9:00am, Sunday 29 September
Denver (Isabella Chidiac)
This week: @ Kansas City – 10:00am, Friday 27 September; v North Dakota – 5:00am, Monday 30 September
Detroit Mercy (Chantelle Symes)
This week: @ Green Bay – 10:00am, Friday 27 September; @ Milwaukee – 4:00am, Monday 30 September
Fresno State (Shivani Battaglia)
This week: v Boise St. – 12:00pm, Friday 27 September; v Utah St. – 5:00am, Monday 30 September
Harvard (Erin Gordon)
This week: @ Brown – 9:00am, Sunday 29 September
High Point (Meg Roden)
This week: @ Winthrop – 7:00am, Sunday 29 September
Incarnate Word (Montanna Mathews)
This week: v Southeastern La. – 10:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Northwestern St. – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Little Rock (Candice Kilderry)
This week: @ SIUE – 10:00am, Friday 27 September; @ Morehead St. – 2:00am, Monday 30 September
Long Island (Izzy Stein)
This week: @ Le Moyne – 6:00am, Monday 30 September
Loyola Maryland (Ava Blizzard)
This week: @ Lafayette – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
Maine (Grace Wilson, Lara Kirkby)
This week: @ Vermont – 1:00am, Monday 30 September
Massachusetts (Hannah Peric)
This week: v Fordham – 6:00am, Friday 27 September; v Rhode Island – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Mississippi Valley State (Jacquelline Kambere)
This week: v Texas Southern – 8:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Prairie View – 4:00am, Monday 30 September
Morehead State (Lilly Bailey, Natasha Tanner)
This week: @ Western Ill. – 6:00am, Friday 27 September; v Little Rock – 2:00am, Monday 30 September
Northwestern State (Caitlin Le Roux)
This week: @ UIW – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Old Dominion (Alice Thompson)
This week: v ULM – 10:00am, Friday 27 September; @ James Madison – 8:00am, Monday 30 September
Oregon State (Katie Godden)
This week: v Gonzaga – 5:00am, Sunday 29 September
Pacific (Libby Davy)
This week: v LMU (CA) – 12:00pm, Sunday 29 September
Purdue (Zoe Karipidis)
This week: @ Washington – 12:00pm, Friday 27 September; @ Oregon – 6:00am, Monday 30 September
Rider (Eloise Jones)
This week: @ Canisius – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Saint Francis (Claire Scarpin, Aimee Benton)
This week: v Stonehill – 3:00am, Friday 27 September; @ Delaware St. – 4:00am, Monday 30 September
Saint Peter’s (Sophie Cook, Wilma Thodhlana)
This week: v Quinnipiac – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
Santa Clara (Holly Furphy)
This week: @ San Francisco – 11:00am, Sunday 29 September
Seton Hall (Grace Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell)
This week: @ Georgetown – 6:00am, Friday 27 September; @ St. John’s (NY) – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Siena (Iona Snape)
This week: v Fairfield – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Southern (Yazmin Baird-Watson)
This week: No games.
Stetson (Camila Madriz Figueroa)
This week: @ Bellarmine – 9:00am, Friday 27 September; @ Eastern Ky. – 2:00am, Monday 30 September
Tarleton State (Adelaide Wyrzynski)
This week: v Utah Valley – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Molly Arens, Emma Bates)
This week: v McNeese – 10:00am, Saturday 28 September
Towson (Courtney Butlion)
This week: v Northeastern – 6:00am, Friday 27 September; @ Hofstra – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
UAB (Abbey Burns)
This week: @ Rice – 9:05am, Friday 27 September; v Fla. Atlantic – 10:00am, Monday 30 September
UMBC (Annie Grove)
This week: @ Mercyhurst – 3:00am, Friday 27 September; @ UMass Lowell – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
UNC Asheville (Mercedes McNabb, Jasmine Barry)
This week: v Charleston So. – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
VCU (Greta Kraszula)
This week: @ Saint Joseph’s – 9:00am, Friday 27 September; v St. Bonaventure – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
NCAA Division II
American International (Eloise Paine)
This week: No games.
Barton (Brigitte Sander)
This week: @ Young Harris – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
Cal Poly Pomona (Georgia Rink)
This week: @ CSUSB – 7:00am, Sunday 29 September
Cal State Dominguez Hills (Katie McDermott)
This week: @ Cal State LA – 12:00pm, Sunday 29 September
Caldwell (Liz Warne)
This week: v Goldey-Beacom – 1:00am, Sunday 29 September
Carson-Newman (Amber Wilkinson)
This week: v Newberry – 9:30am, Sunday 29 September
Catawba (Ashley Hughes)
This week: v Limestone – 5:30am, Sunday 29 September
Charleston (WV) (Ciara Casamento, Kate Duffy)
This week: @ West Virginia St. – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Concord (Caitlin Webster, Holly Gray)
This week: @ Glenville St. – 8:00am, Monday 30 September
Drury (Keva Culkin)
This week: @ McKendree – 8:00am, Saturday 28 September; @ Maryville (MO) – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Felician (Ruby Samild)
This week: @ Wilmington (DE) – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Fort Lewis (Renee Junna)
This week: v CSU Pueblo – 11:00am, Saturday 28 September
Francis Marion (Ashley Jordan)
This week: v Shaw – 7:00am, Sunday 29 September
Franklin Pierce (Erin Keyt)
This week: @ Pace – 8:00am, Sunday 29 September
Gannon (Paige Taylor)
This week: @ California (PA) – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Glenville State (Summer McShane-Cale)
This week: v Concord – 8:00am, Monday 30 September
Lincoln Memorial (Jade Brown)
This week: @ Coker – 6:00am, Sunday 29 September
Mississippi College (Erin Stamatopoulos)
This week: v Union (TN) – 4:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Christian Brothers – 4:00am, Monday 30 September
Oklahoma Christian (Layla Lopez, Chloe Walker)
This week: v Tex. Permian Basin – 9:00am, Sunday 29 September
Seton Hill (Maddie Teakle)
This week: No games.
Southern New Hampshire (Imogen Noon)
This week: v Assumption – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Thomas Jefferson (Liv Riddel)
This week: v Bridgeport – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
UNC Pembroke (Sarah Bonifant)
This week: @ Shorter – 1:00am, Sunday 29 September
USC Beaufort (Alice Webster)
This week: v North Georgia – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
UT-Tyler (Mackenzee Stokes)
This week: @ Midwestern St. – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
UTPB (Lara Brewis)
This week: @ Okla. Christian – 9:00am, Sunday 29 September
Valdosta State (Sienna Havill)
This week: v Lee – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
West Virginia State (Emma Farrelly)
This week: v Charleston (WV) – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Wingate (Sophie MacAlpine)
This week: @ Lenoir-Rhyne – 9:30am, Sunday 29 September
NCAA Division III
Bethany College (Gabby Hicks)
This week: v Waynesburg – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Dean College (Miro McIntyre Clere)
This week: @ Regis (MA) – 3:30am, Sunday 29 September
Lesley (Maya Spatafore)
This week: @ Me.-Farmington – 5:30am, Saturday 28 September; @ Maine Maritime – 5:30am, Sunday 29 September
Millikin University (Lila Castillo Burgess)
This week: @ Carthage – 6:00am, Sunday 29 September
Monmouth College (Brontë De Zwart)
This week: v Lawrence – 4:30am, Sunday 29 September
SUNY Oneonta (Lisa Schinckel)
This week: @ Oswego St. – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
Southern Maine (Kayla O’Connor)
This week: v UMass Dartmouth – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
NAIA
Briar Cliff (IA) (Tamzin Hilton)
This week: @ Concordia (Neb.) – 8:30am, Sunday 29 September
Corban (Ava Hayes)
This week: v Oregon Tech – 5:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Southern Oregon – 5:00am, Sunday 29 September
Cumberlands (Ky.) (Georgia Martell)
This week: @ Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
Jamestown (N.D.) (Olivia Cullen, Gaby Sarkis)
This week: v University of Minnesota-Crookston – 3:00am, Monday 30 September
Keiser (Fla.) (Zara Board, Georgia Little, Zoe Edwards)
This week: v St. Thomas (Fla.) – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
Midway (Holly Johnstone)
This week: v WVU Tech (WV) – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
Reinhardt (Ga.) (Riley Welsh)
This week: @ Kentucky Christian – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
Rio Grande (Saskia Vos)
This week: @ IU Kokomo – 9:00am, Friday 27 September; v Shawnee State – 7:00am, Sunday 29 September
Rocky Mountain (MT) (Piper Adams-Jones, Georgia Dean, Tara Appleby, Ellen Gaudry)
This week: v College of Idaho – 6:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Eastern Oregon – 5:00am, Monday 30 September
Science and Arts (Emali Goulas)
This week: v Nelson (Texas) – 7:00am, Sunday 29 September
St. Andrews (NC) (Charlotte Weinand)
This week: v Truett-McConnell – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
St. Thomas (Fla.) (D’arne Boato)
This week: @ Keiser (Fla.) – 2:00am, Sunday 29 September
Webber International (FL) (Claudia Vincent)
This week: No games.
Xavier (La.) (Amelia Suma)
This week: v North American – 4:00am, Sunday 29 September
NJCAA Division I
Barton (Mary Kahraman)
This week: v Dodge City – 6:00am, Sunday 29 September
Dodge City (Jada Lamond)
This week: @ Barton – 6:00am, Sunday 29 September
Eastern Florida State (Aimee Longhurst)
This week: @ Miami Dade – 7:00am, Saturday 28 September
LSU Eunice (Gabby Stone)
This week: @ Angelina – 8:00am, Saturday 28 September
Laramie County (Giselle Heck)
This week: @ Otero – 7:00am, Saturday 28 September; @ Trinidad State – 5:00am, Sunday 29 September
Monroe College (Emily Mackie)
This week: No games.
Murray State (Sofia Lopez, Kellie McMahon)
This week: No games.
Seminole State (OK) (Sophia Doumos)
This week: v Connors State – 5:00am, Monday 30 September
Seward County (Ryshelle Taylor)
This week: @ Kansas City Kansas – 8:00am, Sunday 29 September; @ Metropolitan – 6:00am, Monday 30 September
Tyler (Ella Palframan, Anna Powell, Sienna Powell, Layne Chapman)
This week: v Paris – 8:00am, Saturday 28 September
Western Wyoming (Isabelle Kenna)
This week: v Northeastern – 9:00am, Saturday 28 September; v Lamar – 3:00am, Sunday 29 September
NJCAA Division II
Heartland (Morgan Stanton)
This week: No games.
Johnson County (Sophia Abbott, Montana-Rose Currey)
This week: @ Highland (KS) – 7:00am, Monday 30 September
Mineral Area (Thea Draganova)
This week: No games.
Northeast (Samantha Bayer, Amelia Bingley, Helena Chetcuti, Talia Sanders)
This week: v Marshalltown – 6:30am, Sunday 29 September
3C2A
Feather River (Lillian Pettersen)
This week: No games.
USports Canada
UNBC (Scarlet Thomas)
This week: @ UBC Okanagan – 10am, Saturday 28 September; @ Thompson Rivers – 10am, Sunday 29 September
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