No. 15 AU Women Lead Great Midwest Alone Following Win At Saints

Still having yet to yield a goal in Great Midwest Athletic Conference play in 2025, the No. 15-ranked Ashland University women's soccer team topped Thomas More on the road on Thursday (Oct. 2) night, 5-0.
 
The Eagles' overall win streak has moved to six games, and they are 7-2 overall and 5-0 in the Great Midwest – and alone in first place – following a fifth straight clean sheet. The Saints are 3-6, 2-3.
 
Fifth-year goalkeeper Jaya Daniel (7-1) made one save to drop her season goals-against average to 0.40.
 
Ashland has outscored its conference opponents so far this fall by a 24-0 count.
 
Coming into the game as the No. 2 team in NCAA Division II in corner kicks per game (8.75), the Eagles ended Thursday night with a season-high of 21 (Thomas More didn't take one).
 
Ashland out-shot the Saints by a 24-1 count.
 
HOW THE EAGLES SCORED

• Freshman forward Izzy Rogers, drawing in off the Eagle bench, broke the scoreless tie in the 39^th minute by recording her first collegiate goal. Senior defender Kali Funk picked up her first assist of the season, as did senior midfielder Emily Pate.
• The Eagles wasted little time increasing their lead to 2-0, on sophomore midfielder Sofia Divine's third tally of the season in the 49^th minute. Senior forward Dani Hicks picked up her sixth assist and 22^nd point of the season, two of the top figures in D-II.
• In the 84^th minute, senior midfielder Keira Erling potted her third goal of the fall, with freshman midfielder Karleigh Cress picking up her second assist.
• Freshman forward Sam Zeiter collected her first goal as an Eagle, unassisted, in the 88^th minute. Then freshman midfielder Addie Niemi did the same thing as the final second of the game ticked off, with Erling getting her first assist of the season.
• Twelve different Eagles have scored a goal so far in 2025.

NEXT UP
A return to Ferguson Field on Saturday (Oct. 4) at 3:30 p.m. vs. Malone. This is the Eagles' breast cancer awareness game.