By: Bryan Shepherd, Assistant Sports Information Director
PHILIPPI, W.Va. -- The West Virginia State University women's soccer team will face the Alderson Broaddus Battlers today at the Multi-Sport Performance Stadium in Philippi. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 pm.
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Season At-A-Glance
WVSU: 7-3-1 (6-2-1 MEC)
AB: 1-8-1 (0-8-1 MEC)
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Last Contest (Oct. 13)
WVSU fell to West Liberty, 2-1
AB lost to West Virginia Wesleyan, 0-3
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Conference Rankings & Stats
WVSU: South Division, 2nd
AB: North Division, 6th
WVSU is ranked second in the conference in scoring offense (1.64), shutout percentage (0.455), total goals (18), and total points (49). The Yellow Jackets are ranked third in assists per game (1.18), points per game (4.45) and total assists (13).
AB is ranked third in saves per game (5.60). The Battlers are ranked ninth in assists per game (0.60) and total assists (6).
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Key Players
For West Virginia State:
Freshman goalkeeper
Laura Galindo has started all 11 matches this season. She has 35 saves on the season, facing 106 shots, and allowing 12 goals. She has two clean sheets on the season.
Leading scorer
Fran Soares-Cupertino has eight goals on the season off 21 shots on target. She shoots at a 0.190 percentage and drains 0.381 of her shots on goal. She is ranked second in the conference in goals per game (0.73) and is ranked 31
st in all of Division II in that category.
For Alderson Broaddus:
Goalkeeping duties have been split amongst freshman Olivia Kqira and freshman Cloie Mosesso. Kqira has started seven matches for the Battlers and Mosesso has started three. Kqira has allowed 16 goals on 85 shots and made 45 saves while Mosesso has allowed 11 goals on 48 shots with 11 saves.
The leading scorer for the Battlers is Diana Forero with two goals on the season. She has fired nine shots, six have been on target. Five other players have scored one goal each.
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