PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Robert Morris University women's soccer team takes on Detroit Mercy this week in a road matchup on Wednesday afternoon.
Robert Morris (1-5-0, 1-5-0 Horizon League) vs. Detroit Mercy (1-4-1, 1-4-1 Horizon League)
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.
LIVE STATS
CATCHING UP
The Colonials are coming off of a 4-0 loss on at home against Wright State at SouthPointe last Thursday.
KNOW BOBBY MO
- The Colonials are coming off of a 4-0 home loss to Wright State.
- Robert Morris has never faced Detroit Mercy in regular season action. They squared off against the Titans in exhibition play a year ago, playing to a 0-0 draw.
- Including their exhibition against Saint Francis, RMU has scored nine goals this season, led by Kaoru Hayashi with two. Haleigh Finale, Sheridan Reid, Gabriella Lecuona, Kayla Veloso-Lima, Ylexus Gilliland, Brittany O'Connell and Sofie Lien Fagereng each have one apiece.
- Sheridan Reid leads RMU in conference scoring with four points (1G, 2A) following her two-assist performance against the Mastodons.
- Sixteen Colonials saw game action for Robert Morris last week against WSU. Gilliland and Rachel Fullmer led RMU with two shots apiece.
- Hayashi leads RMU in total shots for the season with 15.
- Head Coach Chris Shaw earned his first official career win at RMU earlier this year against PFW.
- RMU sports a balanced roster in terms of class distribution, consisting on five freshman, seven sophomores, seven total juniors and three seniors.
- Shaw takes over in his first year at the helm of Robert Morris in 2021. Shaw spent the last six years as the head coach at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), compiling an overall record of 66-48-9 (.573), the winningest coach in program history.
- The Colonials will play their 2021 home schedule away from campus in 2021, hosting games at the indoor facilities of the SouthPoint Fieldhouse.
- Amongst their new Horizon League foes, the Colonials have never faced Detroit Mercy before, though they did face off against the Titans in pre-season play a year ago. Youngstown State has been a familiar opponent for RMU as the two squads have squared off 38 times overall and at least once in each of the previous nine seasons.
SCOUTING THE TITANS
Detroit Mercy sits at 1-4-1 on the season and is in the midst of a five-game winless streak, going 0-4-1 since earning their lone win of the year over Youngstown State back on February 10.
The Titans have scored just four goals this season and have conceded 12. Freshman forward Erica Toupin is one of four Titans with a goal, and she leads the squad in points with three.
NEXT UP
RMU closes out the home portion of their 2021 schedule next Tuesday when they host Cleveland State at 1:00 p.m. at SouthPointe.
