Cyclones To Face Saint Louis, SIUE On The Road

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State soccer team (2-4) begins a four-match road string this weekend as the Cyclones travel to take on Saint Louis (3-3) and SIU-Edwardsville (1-2-1). Iowa State will meet the SLU Billikens on Friday at 7 p.m. at Hermann Stadium in St. Louis, Mo., before traveling east to Edwardsville, Ill., to battle the Cougars on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Korte Stadium.

The Iowa State at Saint Louis match will be live streamed by ESPN+ here, while the match at SIUE will be live streamed here.

CYCLONE HEADLINES
1. The Cyclones are looking to build on a 1-0 victory over Omaha in their last outing. Iowa State racked up a season-high 26 shot attempts, to just eight for Omaha, and earned a 12-0 advantage over the Mavericks in corner kicks. Freshman Mira Emma scored the game-winner on a header in the 72nd minute of the match for her first career goal.

2. Emma's header came off a beautiful feed into the box by fellow freshman Claudia Najera, who sent the ball in after making a run to the end line out wide to the left. It was the first assist of Najera's collegiate career. The native of St. Charles, Ill. has started four of six matches this season at midfield.

3. The offensive prowess of Tony Minatta's freshman class has been on display early in 2019. Including ISU's two exhibition matches, freshmen have accounted for eight of Iowa State's 10 goals. Emma and redshirt freshman Kenady Adams are Iowa State's points leaders with three each. Freshmen have delivered three of ISU's four regular season goals, and account for all four assists.

4. Junior goalkeeper Dayja Schwichtenberg tallied her second shutout of the season vs. Omaha, and the sixth of her career. Schwichtenberg gathered in a career-high nine saves vs. Purdue and now leads the Big 12 with 25 saves in six matches.

5. Schwichtenberg, a native of Medina, Minn., spent all 1,875 available minutes between the posts last season for Iowa State and was the Big 12's regular season leader in saves (100) and saves per game (5.26). She now has four shutouts in her last eight regular season appearances after ending 2018 by holding Oklahoma State and Kansas State scoreless in back-to-back matches.

6. The center back position once again looks to be a strength for the Cyclones in 2019. Sophomore Taylor Bee and senior Carly Langhurst have impressed with their play early on, serving as anchors for the ISU defense. Bee and Langhurst are the lone field players to play all 540 available minutes so far this season.

7. The Cyclones are scheduled to play five matches this season against teams currently ranked in the United Soccer Coaches top-25 poll, four of which will be road contests for Iowa State. The last time the Cyclones faced more than five ranked teams in the same season was 2008.

8. Senior Hannah Cade delivered a go-ahead goal in ISU's home-opener vs. Purdue. The native of Lakeville, Minn., placed a beautiful strike into the upper left corner of the net in the 15th minute for her first goal of the season. The Boilermakers rallied with a pair of second-half goals to eek out the 2-1 victory. Cade's goal was the first surrendered by Purdue this season.

9. Freshman Abbey Van Wyngarden scored the first goal of her career at Iowa. The native of West Des Moines, Iowa, delivered a rocket from well beyond the 18-yard box to tie the match at 1-1 in the 84th minute. The goal was assisted by fellow freshman Eva Steckelberg.

10. UCLA was Iowa State's first opponent ranked in the top-5 of the United Soccer Coaches Poll since Oct. 18, 2015, when the Cyclones faced No. 3 West Virginia. UCLA was also the highest-ranked non-conference foe Iowa State has faced since playing No. 3 Stanford on Sep. 15, 2013.

11. The 2019 Cyclones are a young squad, with 21 of 31 players on the roster being underclassmen, including 11 true freshmen. Thus far, six different freshmen have seen 190+ minutes of game action through six contests.

12. In 2018, Minatta led Iowa State to its second postseason bid in the last three years. He guided a battle-tested Cyclone squad to a strong finish, winning their final two conference matches, to lock in the bid to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament. Iowa State played the 13th-toughest overall schedule in the nation last season, and the fourth-toughest regular season schedule, per the NCAA.

COMPLETE GAME NOTES
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Players Mentioned

Kenady Adams

Taylor Bee

Hannah Cade

Mira Emma

Carly Langhurst

Claudia Najera

Dayja Schwichtenberg

Eva Steckelberg

Abbey Van Wyngarden

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