Moon Township, Pa. – The Robert Morris University women's soccer team returns to action on Thursday, August 25 when it hosts Mount St. Mary's before closing the week with its fourth-straight home match against UMass.

Robert Morris (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Horizon League) vs Mount St. Mary's (0-0-1, 0-0-0 MAAC)

Thursday, August 25 at 4:00 p.m. in Moon Township, Pa.
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Robert Morris (2-0-0, 0-0-0 Horizon League) vs UMass (1-1-0, 0-0-0 A10)

Sunday, August 28 at 1:00 p.m. in Moon Township, Pa.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Colonials earned a clean sweep during their opening week of play, capturing a 2-0 victory over VMI on Thursday before earning a 2-1 win over Saint Francis on Sunday afternoon. Robert Morris secures back-to-back victories to begin the year for the first time since 2013.

CAREER FIRSTS
The opening weekend saw a number of milestones marked for several Colonial players.

Freshman Emerson Johngarlo, Cali Laymon, Malia Kearns, Elisa Corvalan, Taylor Day, Paloma Swankler, and Renae Mohrbacher all made their Colonial debuts in the home opener against VMI, with Emerson, Laymon, Kearns, and Covalan earning their first collegiate starts. Meanwhile, Mohrbacher made her first collegiate start against Saint Francis on Sunday afternoon.

STATS TO KNOW
Last weeks sweep saw four different Colonials find the back of the net in their first action of the year.

Seniors Sheridan Reid and Gabriella Lecuona each recorded their first goals of the season in the home opener against VMI. Junior Haleigh Finale collected her first assist of the season and Mohrbacher tallied her first collegiate assists on Thursday.

Senior Kayla Veloso-Lima and Finale both recorded goals against Saint Francis, while Mohrbacher collected her second-straight assist in two games. Freshman Malia Kearns also got on the stat sheet with her first collegiate assist against The Red Flash.

Finale paces the Colonials with nine shots, while also leading the way with three points. Lecuona, Mohrbacher, Reid, and Veloso-Lima are all tied for second with two points apiece.

SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS
Thursday will be the 16^th meeting between the Colonials and Mountaineers as Robert Morris leads the series with a 11-3-1 record, dating back to 2006. The Colonials captured the road win a season ago with a 2-1 win in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Mount St. Mary's has seen action once this season, by opening the year with a 1-1 draw against Western Carolina, before their second contest was canceled due to weather.

The Mountaineers will be under new leadership this year as Melissa Sherwood became the eighth head coach in Mount history, after serving as the associate head coach at Northwestern State. Sherwood will feature a young squad as she brings in 15 newcomers, comprised of 10 freshman and five transfers.

Mount St. Mary's was selected to finish ninth in the 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll.

SCOUTING THE MINUTEWOMEN
For the first time in program history, Robert Morris and the University of Massachusetts will square off on Sunday afternoon.

UMass was selected to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Preseason Poll after finishing 11-6-4 overall with a 5-3-2 mark in conference play a season ago. The 11 wins marks the third time in four years that the Minutewomen have won 10 or more games, while also reaching the A-10 Championship game in 2021.

Massachusetts currently sits 1-1 this season, winning their season opener over Albany, 1-0 before dropping a 2-1 decision at Fairfield on Sunday. Graduate student Lauren Bonavita and senior Ella Curry pace the Minutewomen each with a goal this season, while junior goalkeeper Megan Olszewski has tallied nine saves.

QUOTABLES
 "We are excited about the upcoming weekend. The Mount is an opponent we are familiar with as a former conference foe," head coach Chris Shaw said. "UMass is a team we have not played previously. Both opponents will provide some stiff competition and we are looking to improve on our previous outings as we continue to gel as a unit and get our young team more experience against outside competition."  

NEXT UP
The Colonials hit the road for the first-time next Thursday when they travel to Washington, D.C. to take on Howard at 7 p.m.