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USI hopes to set a record on the road (UPDATED)

Eagles finish regular season schedule this week

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Soccer hopes to set a new winning-streak record this weekend when it hits the road in the GLVC. The Screaming Eagles (9-4-2, 7-4-1 GLVC) are slated to visit the University of Missouri-St. Louis (7-6-2, 5-5-2 GLVC) Friday at 5 p.m. before concluding the regular season at Lindenwood University Sunday at noon.The USI-UMSL match will be played at the Lou Fusz Soccer Complex due to field conditions. 
 
Game coverage for 2021, including live stats, video stream, and audio broadcasts, can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
 
USI Women's Soccer Week 9 Notes:
 
Winning Streak Record on the line: After starting the GLVC season 0-4-1, the Eagles have won a school-record tying seven-straight matches. The streak matches the mark set by the 2018 squad that tied for the GLVC regular season championship.
 
USI in the GLVC: With two matches remaining in 2021, USI starts this week sixth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference standings with 1.83 point average (22 points). The Eagles, who started last week seventh in the league, are 0.09 points average behind fifth-place Lewis University and  0.17 behind fourth-place Truman State University. The top eight qualify for the GLVC Tournament slated to begin November 7 with the top four teams hosting first round matches. The GLVC Tournament semifinals and finals are slated for November 12 and 14.
 
USI sweeps homestand: USI swept the final regular season home with a 3-2 overtime win over Maryville University and a 3-1 victory versus Missouri University of Science & Technology.
 
For the season: Freshman midfielder Avery Schone (Galena, Ohio) took over the team lead in scoring last weekend with 12 points on five goals and two assists. Sophomore midfielder Jill DiTusa (St. Charles, Missouri) and sophomore forward Morgan Beyer (Rossford, Ohio) are tied for second on the team in scoring with 11 points each. DiTusa has five goals, which ties Schone for the team lead, and one assist, while Beyer has four goals abnd three assists. Beyer leads the team with three game-winning goals, while DiTusa has two.
 
Etienne between the posts: Sophomore goalkeeper Maya Etienne (Midland, Michigan) has a team-best five shutouts this season, raising her career total to 26 in two-plus seasons. She is two shutouts away of shattering the USI mark (27.5) that has been held by Angie Gries since 1999.
 
Schoenstein is second all-time at USI: Head Coach Eric Schoenstein is second all-time at USI with a 62-34-14 mark in five-plus years at the helm of the Eagles. He has led the Eagles to their only GLVC regular season and tournament championships, along with the program's second trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
 
UMSL in 2021: The Tritons of UMSL starts the week eighth in the GLVC, one point behind seventh place Missouri University of Science & Technology and five points behind sixth-place USI. UMSL has be .500 over the last five matches with a 2-2-1 mark.
 
USI versus UMSL: USI leads the all-time series with UMSL, 13-12-1, and has won four of the last six matches after last spring's 0-0 double overtime tie in Evansville. The tie in the spring broke USI's three-match winning streak over the Tritons.
 
Lindenwood in 2021: The Lions of Lindenwood are in the middle of a five-match losing streak as they enter the final weekend of the regular season. Lindenwood has had one win in the last eight matches.
 
USI versus Lindenwood: The Eagles lead the series with Lindenwood, 2-0-0, after a win last spring in Evansville, 1-0. USI took the first match between the two programs, 1-0, in 2019.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Morgan Beyer

#28 Morgan Beyer

F/M
5' 3"
Sophomore
Jill  DiTusa

#29 Jill DiTusa

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5' 5"
Sophomore
Maya Etienne

#32 Maya Etienne

GK
5' 7"
Sophomore
Avery Schone

#12 Avery Schone

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5' 5"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Morgan Beyer

#28 Morgan Beyer

5' 3"
Sophomore
F/M
Jill  DiTusa

#29 Jill DiTusa

5' 5"
Sophomore
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Maya Etienne

#32 Maya Etienne

5' 7"
Sophomore
GK
Avery Schone

#12 Avery Schone

5' 5"
Freshman
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