The William Woods University women's soccer team travels to American Midwest Conference newcomer Lyon College on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is set for noon.
Matchup
The Owls come into Tuesday's AMC contest tied for fourth place at 4-2-0 with Hannibal-LaGrange. William Woods is 8-6-1 on the year. Lyon College stands a half game above the Owls in third place in the AMC at 5-2-0. The Scots are 7-8-1 overall on the year.
Last Time Out
On Tuesday the Owls game against Park University was delayed due to weather conditions. The game will be made up on Monday Oct. 29 at 5 p.m.
AMC Tournament
With last Saturday's victory the Owls locked up their fourth straight AMC Tournament berth. WWU can finish no lower than sixth place in the league. With a pair of wins, the Owls still have a chance to finish in second place, earning them a bye to the semifinals.
On Fire
Junior
Jamie Palermo has scored 13 points (6 goals and 1 assist) over the last seven games.
Balanced Attack
The Owls have three players who have scored eight or more goals on the season. Junior
Jamie Palermo leads the trio with nine goals, while senior
Stephanie Kirvan and freshman
Jordan McNamara each have eight.
National Rankings
William Woods ranks in the top 30 in the NAIA in a pair of categories. The Owls are 24th in the nation in assists per game with a pace of 2.4 and rank 28th with 36 total assists.
Conference Rankings
As a team, the Owls rank fourth in the AMC in both goals/game (2.87), total goals (43), assists/game (2.4) and total assist (36).
The Owls have several players ranked in the top 10 in the AMC across different categories.
Kelly Abernathy ranks sixth in the league in saves with 65.
Offensively,
Jamie Palermo ranks sixth in goals with nine, followed closely by teammates
Stephanie Kirvan and
Jordan McNamara who are in a seventh-place tie with eight goals. Junior
Ashley Deckard is in a tie for sixth in assists with eight and
Brittany Graue is two off of Deckard's pace, tied at 10th with six assists. Palermo is tied for eighth place with 22 points, while McNamara is in 10th place with 21 points. Kirvan sits just outside the top 10 in 11th place with 20 points.
A Look At Lyon College
Lyon College comes into Saturday's match in third place in the AMC at 5-2 in its debut season in the league. Overall on the year the Scots stand at 7-8-1.
The Scots have won three of their last four games going into Saturday's contest. During that stretch they have outscored the opposition 41-2.
As a team, Lyon ranks 8th in the NAIA in total goals scored with 61. They rank third in the AMC in both goals/game at 3.81 and assists/game at 2.56.
Maria Monterroso leads the AMC in goals with 18. The mark ranks her 11th in the NAIA and she scored six goals in the 24-0 win over Stephens College her last time out.
Shelby Frazier ranks 11th in the NAIA in assists/game with a 0.67 pace and 12th in total assists at 10.
