Women's Soccer | 8/19/2017 12:34:00 PM

Milwaukee Panthers (0-0-1, 0-0-0 Horizon League) at Robert Morris Colonials (0-1-0, 0-0-0 NEC)
Sunday, August 20, 2017 // 12:00 p.m. // Moon Township, Pa. – North Athletic Complex
Live Video: NEC Front Row // Live Stats: RMUColonials.com

NOTES: Milwaukee @ Robert Morris (8.20.17)

Musket Shots
> Robert Morris dropped its season opener at Ohio this past Friday, falling 2-0 after giving up a pair of second half goals
> Freshman goalkeeper Sydney Bruckner made eight saves in her collegiate debut, which marks the most stops for a Colonial rookie goalkeeper since Sept. 21, 2012, when Chelsea de Jager made nine in a 1-1 draw against LIU Brooklyn
> The Colonials return six seniors and seven of their top 10 scorers from 2016, including senior midfielder Kasia Bak (2g, 4a, 8p) and junior forward Jane Schleicher (3g, 1a, 7p), who respectively paced the team in points and goals
> Senior defender Kayla Kelley is the only player in program history to be named to three All-NEC Teams, as she gained First and Rookie Team honors in 2014 and Second Team plaudits in 2015
> RMU was selected to finish sixth in the NEC Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Monday, August 14th

History vs. Milwaukee
Overall: 0-0-0 | Home: 0-0-0 | Away: 0-0-0
Last Meeting: N/A
First Meeting: N/A
> Robert Morris has never faced Milwaukee in its history
> The Panthers are the only new opponent on the Colonials' schedule for the 2017 season

Scouting Milwaukee
> The Panthers began their 2017 campaign with a scoreless draw at Akron …Mallory Geurts made six saves in 120 minutes, while Lourde Onwuemeka and McKaela Schmelzer each generated three shots on goal
> Milwaukee is coming off a 13-5-2 season, winning the Horizon League regular season crown with an 8-1-0 mark in conference … The Panthers fell to Northern Kentucky, 3-2, in the Horizon League championship game
> Senior midfielder Anna Smalley returns for the Panthers after leading the team with 11 goals and 26 points a season ago … Redshirt senior goalkeeper Mallory Geurts also comes back to Milwaukee after opening her career at Wisconsin-Parkside; Geurts started all but one match in 2016, posting a 0.75 goals against average and .827 save percentage

Colonial Trends
> RMU has lost two of its last three matches against new opponents, all of which coming in the 2015 season
> The Colonials were victorious in its previous overtime fixture
> Kayla Kelley has played the full 90 minutes in each of the last nine games
> Samantha Lackner has played the full 90 minutes in each of the last eight games

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