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ABILENE – Abilene Christian attempts to right the ship on Sunday, taking on Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches at 1 p.m.
After a tough 1-0 loss on Thursday at Texas-Rio Grande Valley, the Wildcats look to even their Western Athletic Conference record at 1-1. ACU is 5-4-1 on the season.
SFA is 1-8-1 overall and 0-0-1 in the WAC after playing to a 1-1 tie at SFA on Thursday.
ACU Storylines
CLEAN SHEETS: Abilene Christian has six shutouts this season in its nine games. One of those was a 1-0 win at Lamar.
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 four multi-goal games this season, including a hat trick against Texas-Permian Basin. She had two goals each against Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern and Nicholls. Taylor
Denn also has a multi-goal game this season, recording a brace against
UTPB and
Amelia Leggett came off of the bench on Thursday for a brace against Prairie View A&M.
SCORING: Seven Wildcats have put the ball in the net this season, led by
Chayse Thorn with nine goals. Taylor
Denn has three.
Amelia Leggett and
Peyton Hill have two apiece. Jordan
Michie,
Georgia Guenther,
Peyton Hill and Hannah
Vetromile have one apiece. Thorn is second in the league in goals and tied for the lead in goals per game. She leads the league with 2.22 points per game.
ASSISTS: Nine different Cats have one assist each this season.
Chayse Thorn and
Taylor Denn have two each.
Jazilyn Torres,
Lox Neves,
Macie Stephens,
Hannah Martin,
McCarly Holloman,
Peyton Hill and Jordan
Michie have had the assists this season.
KEEPERS: ACU has five combined shutouts this season. Lili Ross has the lone solo shutout and has combined on four others. Savanna Alba and Julia Herges have collaborated on three ACU shutouts apiece.
STINGY: ACU's first five shutouts this season set a school record for most consecutive shutouts to start a season. ACU has six clean sheets on the 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.
History with SFA
SFA leads the all-time series 7-5-2
Last Meeting: SFA 4, ACU 1 in Abilene in 2022
Scouting the Jacks
- In last season's 4-1 win over the Wildcats, SFA got a goal and two assists from Morgan Donohue, a goal and an assist from Lily Hargrove and a goal from Jayme Bailey. All three are back this season.
- Jayme Bailey leads SFA with two goals and five points.
- Morgan Donohue and Caelyn January have one goal apiece for the Jacks.
- Ava Shannon leads SFA with two assists.
- Lydia Sattler is the primary keeper for SFA. She carries a 3.11 GAA and a 58 percent save percentage.
