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Women's Soccer Hosts Columbia in Ivy Home Opener Saturday
9/29/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University women's soccer, the No. 1 ranked team in the NCAA in shutouts, goals against average, and save percentage, hosts Columbia University in its Ivy League home opener on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Stevenson-Pincince Field.
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FACULTY & STAFF APPRECIATION DAY DOUBLEHEADER
Brown women's and men's soccer host Columbia in a doubleheader on Saturday with the women's team playing the Lions at 3:30 p.m. prior to a 7:00 p.m. kickoff for the men's side. The twin bill will serve as the two programs' Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day with Brown University faculty and staff receiving up to four free tickets to the games. All faculty and staff must pick up tickets in advance at the Brown athletics ticket office by Friday, Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. One ticket provides entry into both contests.
SERIES HISTORY
Brown and Columbia have met 29 times on the soccer pitch with the Bears holding a 13-9-7 lead in the all-time series. Last season, the Lions took the match-up, 1-0, with a goal in the 90th minute from Emma Anderson.
ETZEL TOPS NCAA LEADERBOARD
Sophomore goalkeeper Christine Etzel (Madison, Conn.) leads the NCAA in a trio of categories – save percentage (0.974), shutouts (eight), and goals-against average (0.103). She has posted eight shutouts in nine matches this season and has allowed just one goal in 870 minutes. Etzel leads the Ivy League in goals allowed, goals-against average, save percentage, and shutouts. She made a career-high nine saves in Brown's 2-0 (2OT) draw at Buffalo and turned aside a penalty kick in the team's 1-0 win at Lafayette.
Her eight shutouts this year rank in third place on Brown's single-season list, and her 12 career clean sheets rank in a tie for fourth in the Bears' career record book. Last season, she ranked second in the Ivy League in both total saves (75) and save percentage (83.3 percent), finishing the year with four shutouts and a 0.99 goals-against average.
NATIONAL TEAM LEADERS
As a team, Brown leads the nation in goals-against average (0.103), shutout percentage (0.889), and save percentage (0.974). The Bears' defensive unit has aided sophomore goalkeeper Christine Etzel (Madison, Conn.) with Brown's back four primarily composing junior Maclaine Lehan (Shrewsbury, Mass.), senior Sydney Calas (Bethesda, Md.), junior Katy Schmidt (Corvallis, Ore.), and sophomore Nicole Phillips (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.). Sophomore Megan Grant (Carlsbad, Calif.), freshman Abby Kaplan (Potomac, Md.), junior Sarah Cobb (North Tustin, Calif.), and freshman Terri Wilken (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) have all contributed to the team's defensive organization.
GOULD CONTINUES TO PACE THE ATTACK
Senior Carly Gould (Hampton Falls, N.H.) picked up where she left off last season, netting the Bears' first goal of 2016 against Rhode Island. She scored the game-winning goal in Brown's 1-0 win at Lafayette and leads Brown in both shots (23) and shots on goal (10). A two-time All-Ivy selection, Gould has played in 57 games with 53 starts and 13 goals in her career.
WARSHAUER RETURNS TO SCORING STAGE
Senior Ella Warshauer (Santa Monica, Calif.), making her first appearance since the 2014 season, scored the game-winning goal in Brown's 1-0 win at Central Connecticut State. The tally stood as Warshauer's second career goal as she also netted the game winner in Brown's 2-0 win over Quinnipiac on Oct. 7, 2014.
LEHAN ANCHORS BACK, ENTERS OFFENSIVE EQUATION
Junior Maclaine Lehan (Shrewsbury, Mass.) anchors the Bears' defensive unit from her center back position. Having missed just one game for Brown over her career, she has played every minute in all 41 games in which she has appeared. Lehan entered into the offensive equation for the first time in her career vs. URI, scoring a goal and adding an assist in the team's 3-0 season-opening win. She tallied an assist in Brown's 1-0 victory over Dartmouth in its Ivy opener.
MAHER, CARCHIO NET FIRST CAREER GOALS
Sophomore forward Kate Maher (Seattle, Wash.) netted her first career goal in the Bears' 1-0 win over Dartmouth in their Ivy League opener, capitalizing on a rebound after junior Maclaine Lehan (Shrewsbury, Mass.) drove a header on target off a corner kick from junior Sarah Cobb (North Tustin, Calif.).
Freshman midfielder Abby Carchio (Lakeville, Mass.) scored her first collegiate goal, netting the game winner in Brown's 1-0 win over Stony Brook. She scored in the 31st minute off a header via a corner kick from Cobb.
WALDMAN ON THE WING
Junior Mikela Waldman (San Francisco, Calif.) proved dangerous on the attack in Brown's 3-0 win over URI in the opener, playing in several threatening balls from the right wing. She posted two assists against the Rams, tying a career high and pushing her career assist total to seven.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
Columbia enters Saturday's tilt with a 4-4-2 overall record and a 1-0-0 Ivy League mark. Last weekend, the Lions defeated Cornell, 2-0, in their Ivy opener and topped Wagner, 4-0. Emma Anderson leads the team with 11 points on four goals and three assists while Madeline Linde and Natalie Neshat have each pocketed three goals. Sophie Whitehouse has played the majority of time in goal, posting a 2-4-1 record with thee shutouts.
UP NEXT
After hosting Columbia, Brown returns to the road to play at Ivy League foe Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 4:00 p.m. before competing in its final non-conference game of 2016 at Holy Cross on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS!
Tickets for all Brown women's soccer games can be purchased online, by calling the Brown Athletics Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773, or by walking up to the box office located in the Pizzitola Sports Center, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
