Prescott- Embry-Riddle hits the road this weekend in Kentucky to face No. 4 Martin Methodist at the Lindsey Wilson Women's Soccer Classic. As the Eagles gear up to take on the Red Hawks on neutral ground in Columbia, Kentucky, they are promised to be met with a challenge. The Red Hawks have yet to lose a single game since the start of the season. Whereas the Eagles having played the same number of games have registered one lose and one being postponement.
The Red Hawks rank first in the NAIAfor the total number of assists (31) and the number of assists per game (5.170). A major contributor to these high numbers is Katie Reid, who ranks first within the NAIAfor number of assists with six credited to her name, she has been critical in developing play. Another top player for the Red Hawks is Millene Cabral Viera, she ranks firstfor number of goals scored at an impressive 13. She also ranks fourth intwo categories, the number of shots on goal per game at 4.830 and the number of assists with 5 assists credited to her.
The Eagles rank fifth in the NAIAfor the total number of shutouts at 4 and sixteenth in shutouts per game at 0.670. Our goalkeeper Caitlyn Aaron has been in consistent form with a total of 15 saves over the season and averaging at 3 saves per game, she has been doing well to keep the ball out of goal, and scoring on one occasion as well. ERAU's topscorer Jennifer Ruth has been playing well too, scoring four goals over the season.
Ruth had an outstanding 2016 at Yuba College, scoring 40 goals for the 49's and being named the Yuba College Athlete of the Year.
With the Eagles on a win streak of two and the Red hawks on an undefeated streak. It will be interesting to see which team has to upset their record, they will surely go into this game wanting to upset their opponents, promising the fans a great game. For live stats of the game click HERE.
The Standings;
ERAU Eagles (AZ) (4W-1L-1T/NR)
Arizona Christian University (NR, game postponed)
Hope International University (Calif.) (W,3-0)
Grace College (Ind.) (W,1-0, 2OT)
Martin Methodist University Red Hawks (Tenn.) (6W-0L-0T/NR)
Georgetown College (W,2-0)
Missouri Baptist University (W,4-0)
Lindenwood University-Belleville (W, 9-2)
