Purdue Fort Wayne
Ball State
Purdue Fort Wayne Hosts Ball State, Travels to Southern Illinois
8/30/2022 5:23:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Game Day Information
Who: Ball State
When: Thursday, September 1 | 7 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Complex
Live Stats: Link
Watch: ESPN+
Match Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne
Game Day Information
Who: Southern Illinois
When: Sunday, September 4 | 2 PM ET
Where: Carbondale, Ill. | Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex
Live Stats: Link
Watch: None
Know Your Foes
• Ball State is 0-2-2 this season with losses to Kentucky and Xavier and draws with Queens and Indiana. The Cardinals have two goals this year, both coming against Xavier. Avery Fenchel and Lexi Fraley are the Cardinals' goal scorers. Bethany Moser has played 356 of the 360 available minutes in goal.
• Southern Illinois is 0-2 this season with losses to Lindenwood and Missouri. The Salukis played 33 minutes at Bellarmine before having that match postponed due to weather. Alyssa Fallon is the only Saluki that has scored a goal, which came at Missouri. Chantelle Symes and Maddy Alaluf have both played 90 minutes in goal.
Series Histories
• The Mastodons are 1-15-1 against Ball State, with the series dating back to 2001. The 'Dons' only win came in 2013 and their tie was in 2002. Purdue Fort Wayne and Ball State have played in 10 of the last 11 seasons.
• Purdue Fort Wayne and Southern Illinois have played just once. The Mastodons and Salukis tied 1-1 in 2019. The 'Dons got a goal from Kailyn Wade.
Familiar Faces
Purdue Fort Wayne has used the same starting XI in all four regular season contests this year.
Brick Wall Castaneda
Samantha Castaneda owns a 1.30 career goals against average, which is the best in program history among those that played at least 750 minutes in the net. Her mark of 1.35 GAA in 2021 was the second-best for a season-long average to Sam Pavlika's 1.07 in 2012.
Mack to the Max!
Mackenzie Evans is the leading goal-scorer for the Mastodons this season with three goals. She had a pair of goals and an assist against Chicago State in the season opener and her third against Bellarmine.
She's Been Around
Gabrielle Fanning is in her sixth year of college soccer, playing her first season in 2017. With a redshirt campaign in 2018 and the extra year due to the blanket COVID-19 waiver, Fanning is the only student-athlete at Purdue Fort Wayne of any sport to be playing her sixth year with the Mastodons. She is also the only current student-athlete to play under the "Fort Wayne" athletics branding, thus the only to play in blue and white uniforms. She has played in 68 games as a Mastodon, with 65 starts, and has a chance to become the all-time career leader in both categories.
Be Aware!
In the newest rule changes from the NCAA, overtime will no longer be played in the regular season. Overtime will only be played in postseason games, and will no longer be golden goal, meaning both 10-minute overtime periods will be played to completion.
Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne tied Bellarmine 1-1 thanks to a goal from Mackenzie Evans in the 77th minute. It was the Mastodons' second draw of the young season.
Coming Up
The Mastodons will hit the road for a game at Southern Illinois on Sunday, September 4. The two teams have met just once before in 2019, which was a 1-1 tie.
~ Feel the Rumble ~
