ABILENE – Abilene Christian hosts Prairie View A&M at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
The Wildcats are 4-2-1 on the season after back-to-back losses at Texas Tech and Baylor.
In their other five matches this season, ACU has not allowed a goal.
ACU Storylines
LAST MEETING: The Wildcats scored a 5-0 win over Prairie View in Abilene last season.
Chayse Thorn had a goal and an assist and
Jordan Michie scored a goal as well.
Macie Stephens had two assists and
Taylor Denn and
Hannah Vetromile had one assist apiece.
STINGY: ACU's five shutouts this season set a school record for most consecutive shutouts to start a season. Last year's squad had five for the season. The school record is 13 shutouts set by the 2018 Wildcats, who reached the NCAA Tournament.
HONOR ROLL: ACU has had two players – the first two in three years of WAC membership – earn WAC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
McCarly Holloman won the award in week one, followed by
Macie Stephens in week two.
MULTIS: Chayse Thorn has three multi-goal games this season, including a hat trick against Texas-Permian Basin. She had two goals each against Texas Southern and Nicholls.
Taylor Denn also has a multi-goal game this season, recording a brace against UTPB.
SCORING: Six Wildcats have put the ball in the net this season, led by
Chayse Thorn with seven goals.
Taylor Denn has two.
Jordan Michie,
Georgia Guenther,
Peyton Hill and
Hannah Vetromile have one apiece. Thorn is tied for the WAC lead in goals, goals per game and points per game.
ASSISTS: Eight different Cats have one assist each this season.
Jazilyn Torres,
Lox Neves,
Macie Stephens,
Hannah Martin,
McCarly Holloman,
Taylor Denn,
Chayse Thorn and
Jordan Michie have had the assists this season.
THAT BACK LINE: With five shutouts the back row has been tremendous this season.
Macie Stephens,
McCarly Holloman and
Georgia Guenther have been the primary starting defenders.
IN GOAL: Lili Ross has started all seven games in goal this season. She carries a 1.93 GAA and has 21 saves on the season. Ross has one solo shutout and has combined for four others.
History with Prairie View
ACU leads the series 2-0
Last game: ACU 5, PVAMU 0, 2022 in Abilene
First game: ACU 5, PVAMU 0, 2016 in Abilene
Scouting the Panthers
- Prairie View is 0-4 after a 4-0 home loss to Rio Grande Valley on Friday.
- Kamara Bradley has had a foot in both Panther goals this season, scoring one and getting the assist on the other
- Natalie Allgeier has one goal for PVAMU.
