WAVERLY, Iowa – No. 7 Wartburg women's soccer (5-0) is in action twice this weekend with an away match against the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1-3-2) on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 12 p.m. and then at home Sunday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. against Macalester College (4-0-2).
 
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The Series

• UW-Stevens Point
  • Saturday's matchup will be the sixth all-time
  • Wartburg leads the series 3-2
  • The Knights won the last matchup 1-0 after double OT in 2021
• Macalester
  • Sunday will be the 13^th matchup all-time
  • The Knights lead the series 6-4-2
  • Wartburg has won the last three matchups

Wartburg

• Knights earned No. 7 ranking in latest United Soccer Coaches national poll
  • No. 1 ranked in Region IX
• Wartburg has allowed just one goal in five matches
• Lauren Kirkle leads the team in points with six
  • Kirkle has two goals and two assists
• Four Knights have scored two goals
  • Kirkle, Gabby Corday, Joy Smith and Katie Berglund
• Marissa Lopez is 5-0 at goalkeeper
  • Four shutouts
  • 17 saves
• The Knights offense is scoring an average of two goals per contest

 
Record Watch

• Kirkle is three penalty kicks away from tying the school record for career penalty kick goals made
• Lopez
  • With 28 career shutouts, she is now nine shutouts away from tying the career record held by Beth Crow
    • Lopez needs seven more shutouts this season to tie the single season record for shutouts
  • Her overall record of 47-10-4 as a starter ranks first all-time in goalkeeper wins at Wartburg
  • 238 career saves rank fifth all-time at Wartburg and she trails fourth by 50 saves
• All-Time Goals at Wartburg
  • Smith ranks fifth all-time in goals with 34
    • Trails fourth by three goals
  • Luers ranks tied for eighth all-time in goals with 30 goals
    • Trails sixth by one goal
• All-Time Points at Wartburg
  • Smith is fifth all-time at 81
  • Luers is 10^th all-time at 70
• All-Time Assists
  • Campbell ranks ninth in program history in assists with 17

 
UW-Stevens Points

• 1-1-1 in last three matches
• Shea-Lynn Gerred leads the pointers in points with four total
  • One goal & two assists
• Five pointers have scored one goal
• Gerred leads the team in assists with two
• Miranda Nieman has started six matches between the pipes
  • Seven goals allowed
  • 34 saves
  • 82.9% save percentage

 
Macalester

• 2-0-2 in last four matches
• Zero goals allowed this season
• Mia Brisbin leads the Scots in goals and total points
  • Three goals & six total points
• Three Scots have two assists to lead the team
• Seven different athletes have scored
• Ashlyn Ryan has started five of the six matches in goal
  • Five shutouts
  • 13 saves
  • 1.000% save percentage