WAVERLY, Iowa - The Wartburg College Knights women's soccer team (7-3 overall, 1-0 American Rivers) will also be in action this weekend as they host Central College (7-2-1, 1-0) this Saturday, Sept. 29 at 3 p.m.
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The Series
The Knights and the Dutch have met a total of 27 times in each program's history, with the most recent matchup coming on Sept. 30, 2017, in a 3-2 loss at Central. Overall, the Knights have gotten the best of the Dutch by boasting a 16-8-3 all-time record. This will be the first time Wartburg has hosted Dutch in Waverly since Oct. 4, 2014.
Wartburg
The Knights are led in scoring by senior
Nicole Adair (Reinbeck) and freshmen
Joy Smith (Polk City) with five goals each, while senior forward
Alyssa Drewelow trails the pair at four. As a team, the Knights have attempted 160 shots, 85 of those attempts coming on goal (53.1%). Freshmen goalie
Marissa Lopez (Ankeny) leads the group of Knights goalies with 34 saves in just over 510 minutes of play.
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Career Record Watch
Lopez is tied for ninth all-time in career shutouts (2) after collecting her second shutout of the season on Sept. 22, over Coe College.
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Central
The Dutch will bring in a red-hot offensive duo of Erin Marion and Olivia Denham, who have combined for 17 goals through 10 games. Goalkeeper Taylor Golt leads the Dutch goalies in wins (7), saves (40), and total minutes (836:54). The Dutch are coached by Mike Kobylinski, who is coaching his seventh year at Central with a total record of 90-37-16.
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