MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin women's soccer team takes to the road again as the squad faces their toughest challenge to date. The Badgers will face No. 2 Stanford before challenging Santa Clara on their home turf.
STARTING XI
1. Senior Rose Lavelle was ranked the No. 1 Player in the Country by Top Drawer Soccer in their preseason top 100 poll.
2. Junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem clinched her second shutout of the season against Drake. Her nine shutouts last season ranks eighth in the program records.
3. Clem also earned a season-high five saves against Milwaukee.
4. True freshman Dani Rhodes notched her first collegiate goal in the season-opening game against Illinois State (8/19).
5. Both Rhodes and Allie Winterfield are the only two freshman to start all four games this season.
6. Junior Sydney McGinnis leads the team in assists this season with one.
7. Rose Lavelle accumulated eight shots against Drake, tying her career best, and also led the team in shots on goal (3).
8. Against Drake, the team accumulated 24 shots and six shots on goal.
9. Head coach Paula Wilkins is on the brink of her 100th win at Wisconsin.
10. This marks the fifth meeting between Wisconsin and Stanford. The teams are deadlocked in the series at 2-2-0.
11. Santa Clara and the Badgers have met three times with the Broncos leading the series 1-2-0.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
- STANFORD
- The Cardinals are currently 3-0 after earning wins against Navy, Georgetown, and Florida
- After the first week of the regular season, the team was ranked No. 3 in the country according to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America after being ranked fifth in the preseason polls
- In the TopDrawerSoccer.com preseason rankings, Stanford was ranked No. 1
- Five players were named onto TopDrawerSoccer.com's Preseason Best XI teams
- Jane Campbell is the current Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week after after recording four saves in an OT victory over No. 6 Florida
- Alana Cook was last week's Pac-12 Defender of the Week after netting Stanford's first goal of the season against Navy
- Head coach Paul Ratcliffe is the most successful coach in Stanford soccer history, among men or women
- Ratcliffe led the Cardinals to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals last season for the seventh time in eight years
- Stanford finished last season ranked No. 6 nationally
- SANTA CLARA
- Santa Clara is 2-2 this season after earning overtime wins against nationally ranked teams USC (No. 11) and California (No. 18) and dropping games against Washington State and Washington
- The team currently ranks No. 22 after being ranked 21st in the preseason polls
- In the preseason polls, the Broncos were also picked to finish second in the West Coast conference
- The team has finished amongst the top-three in league play in six of the past eight years
- Senior Julie Vass and junior Kellie Peay were among 12 athletes named to the Preseason All-WCC Team
SERIES HISTORY
Wisconsin and Stanford are tied 2-2-0 in the overall series history. Santa Clara leads UW in the all-time battle, 2-1-0.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Wisconsin women's soccer team battled Drake to a 0-0 draw through double overtime on Sunday afternoon at the McClimon Soccer Complex.
- In the ninth minute of the first overtime period, Wisconsin had a chance to take the game when a penalty on Drake's Hannah Wilder put senior midfielder Rose Lavelle up to take the penalty kick. But the kick hit the right goal post, narrowly missing the net, and the game was forced into a second overtime period.
- In the two teams' first-ever meeting, the Badgers' offensive prowess was in full swing during the first half as they recorded nine shots, six of which came within a span of less than nine minutes.
- In the second half, the Cardinal and White's offense kept gaining momentum recording 11 shots, two of which were on goal. The team's defensive front was also productive, only allowing the Bulldogs to get off two shots in each period of regulation.
- The final 10 minutes of play saw both teams playing their best defense as senior midfielder Micaela Powers was the only player from either team to get off a shot, but ultimately the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
- The Badgers overwhelmingly won the statistical battle earning more shots (24-4), shots on goal (6-1) and corner kicks (15-1).
- Lavelle was a dominant force on the pitch recording eight shots, tying her career best and also earning a new season-high three shots on goal.
- The Badger defense did their job as junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem was only tested once and tallied one save as the offense forced Drake's Morris to make five.
