ABILENE – Abilene Christian continues the Western Athletic Conference schedule this week with home contests on Thursday at 7 p.m. against Seattle and Sunday at 11 a.m. against Utah Valley.
The Wildcats are 7-4-1 this season and 2-1 in the WAC.
Thursday's contest is the Cats' Pink Game and Sunday is Kid's Day.
ACU Storylines
NO SHOT: Abilene Christian's defense has been phenomenal this season. ACU has seven shutouts and while only one of those has come in Western Athletic Conference action, the Cats have allowed only four shots on goal in three league games.
MULTIPLE MULTIPLES: Abilene Christian goal-scorers have had seven multi-goal games.
Chayse Thorn has five of those and
Taylor Denn and
Amelia Leggett have the other two. Thorn has the team's lone hat trick of the season – a three-goal outing against Prairie View A&M.
ZERO MULTIPLES: ACU has gotten assists this season from 10 players but none of those has had more than one assist in a game.
Chayse Thorn,
Taylor Denn,
Peyton Hill,
McCarly Holloman and
Lox Neves lead the team with two assists apiece.
SCORIN' THORN: Chayse Thorn leads the Wildcats with 12 goals this season. She is the first Wildcat to reach double figures since
Christina Arteaga had 12 in 2019. Thorn is only the fifth ACU player to accomplish the feat. Andrea Carpenter did it three times, Arteaga hit double figures twice and Ashley Holton and Krysta Grimm reached that level once each. Thorn is eighth in the NCAA in total goals.
CHICKEN DINNER:
Chayse Thorn has five game-winning goals this season. That mark leads the Wildcats and is fourth in the NCAA.
Amelia Leggett and
Peyton Hill have ACU's two other game-winners.
ALBA MYSELF: ACU has used three starters in goal this season but
Savanna Alba has had it all to herself in conference games. In those three games, Alba has a 0.67 goals allowed average and one shutout.
History with Seattle
Seattle leads the series, 1-0
Last game: Seattle won 2-0 last season
Scouting the Redhawks
- Seattle is 4-8-1 overall and 2-2 in the WAC after sweeping Texas-Rio Grande Valley and Stephen F. Austin last week in a pair of 2-0 wins.
- After being peppered with 45 shots in their first two WAC games, Seattle bounced back and held UTRGV and SFA to two shots last week.
- Jourdan Curran leads the Redhawks with three goals, followed by Kailee Wilson and Caroline Penner with two each.
- Kailee Wilson leads SU with three assists and seven points this season.
- Kassidy Kirgan enters the game with a goals-allowed average of 1.42 with four shutouts.
History with Utah Valley
UVU leads the series, 1-0
Last game: UVU won 4-1 in Abilene last season.
Scouting the Wolverines
- Utah Valley is 6-3-1 overall and 3-01 in the WAC after beating Stephen F. Austin 10-0 and Rio Grande Valley 4-1 last week. The Wolverines have scored 18 goals in the last four matches.
- Faith Webber is second in the NCAA with 14 goals this season and fourth with 31 points. She has four game-winning goals. Webber had one goal against ACU last season.
- Heather Stainbrook has five goals and five assists for the Wolverines this season. Stainbrook had two goals in the game at ACU last season.
- CJ Graham has a 0.68 goals allowed average in WAC games.
- Ruby Hladek is sixth in the NCAA with nine assists this season.
