PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Robert Morris University women's soccer team gets back into action this week with a two-game set Thursday at St. Bonaventure before retuning home for their home opener Sunday against Valparaiso at the North Athletic Complex.
Sunday's match is presented by Fox's Pizza, the official pizza of RMU Athletics.
Robert Morris (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Horizon League) vs. St. Bonaventure (0-1-1, 0-0-0 Atlantic 10)
Thursday, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. in Olean, N.Y.
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Robert Morris (1-1-0, 0-0-0 Horizon League) vs. Valparaiso (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MVC)
Sunday, August 29 at 1:00 p.m. in Moon Township, Pa.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Colonials earned a split on the road last weekend during their opening week of play, dropping a 3-1 contest at UMBC on Thursday before Kaoru Hayashi's overtime winner in the 95' secured a 2-1 overtime victory against Mount St. Mary's Saturday afternoon.
Hayashi finished the day with a goal and an assist as well as a team-high four shots on target.
CAREER FIRSTS
Opening weekend saw a number of significant milestones checked off for several Colonials players.
Freshmen Isabella Bohlen, Emily Rocco, Morgan Guelas, Kassidy Fischer, Kennedy Lazenby, Ally Krieger and and Cierra Gann all made their Colonial debuts last week against UMBC, with Rocco, Guelas, Bohlen and Gann all earning the start in their first game action.
Sophomore Haleigh Finale scored her first career goal in the loss to UMBC, while Rocco's career first opened up the scoring in the win over Mount. Bohlen also earned her first career win in goal for RMU, making five stops on the day against MSM Saturday.
STATS TO KNOW
Last week saw four different Colonials all get on the scoresheet in RMU's opening slate of action.
Hayashi, Finale, and Rocco all currently sit tied for the team lead in goals with one a piece, while Hayashi leads the squad in overall scoring with three points (1G, 1A). Courtney Hurey also picked up her first assist of the season against UMBC.
Hayashi, Finale and Lecuona sit in a three-way tie for total shots with eight each, with Hayashi's five shots on target pace RMU.
Bohlen has started both games in goal so far with a 1-1 record. Hayashi, Gann and Allie Ball are the only three players that have played all 185 minutes of game action so far for RMU.
SCOUTING THE BONNIES
Thursday will be just the third all-time meeting between the Colonials and the Bonnies in program history, and the first since a 0-0 tie back during the 2014 campaign.
St. Bonaventure has twice seen action already this season, kicking things off with a 0-0 draw against Canisius before dropping a 2-1 contest against Iona at home last Sunday.
The Bonnies went 0-8 during the spring season, playing a limited schedule consisting of three games against Duquesne, three against Dayton and two against St. Louis.
The Brown and White return 21 members of last season's roster and welcome 10 newcomers to the team for the 2021 season.
SCOUTING THE BEACONS
Valparaiso has faced off against Robert Morris just once before, a 4-2 win over the Colonials in Indiana during the 2018 season.
They currently sit a 1-1 on the season, dropping their season opener to Indiana 1-0 before managing a 3-1 victory over Ball State in their home opener last Sunday.
Preseason picks to finish fourth overall in the MVC preseason Coaches Poll, ValPo went 5-4-5 overall in the spring, their best overall mark since the 2014 campaign.
Valpo also placed three players on the preseason All-MVC teams, including First Team selections Nikki Coryell and Kiley Dugan, while Kelsie James earned a spot on the Honorable Mention preseason squad as well.
NEXT UP
The Colonials get ready for another home/road split next week when they travel to Loretto, Pa. for a showdown with Saint Francis University on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. before returning home to host Canisius at the NAC Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
