UNI Soccer Takes On Cyclones in Second Exhibition

Wednesday, August 14

Cedar Falls, IA

6 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

Iowa State (Exhibition)

UNI Soccer Takes On Cyclones in Second Exhibition

8/13/2019 7:58:00 PM | Women's Soccer

ESPN+LIVE STATS UNI vs Iowa State Game Notes

This Week's Action:

Wednesday, August 14 - Waterloo, IA (Cedar Valley Soccer Complex)
UNI vs. Iowa State - 6 p.m.

THE PANTHERS

• UNI Women's Soccer opened preseason with a 4-0 win over Eastern Illinois at the Moline Soccer Bowl.

• In last year's regular season match against Iowa State, Jordyn Rolli led the Panthers to a 1-0 win over the Cyclones.

• Eight freshmen are welcomed to UNI's soccer team for the upcoming season, bringing new talent and skill to the field.

• In the MVC, UNI Women's Soccer finished third overall in the 2018 regular season, after five shutouts.

• Panther Soccer welcomes Jami Reichenberger to the coaching staff after earning MVC All-Tournament Team recognition last season.

• UNI returns senior Sydney Hayden, after receiving both an MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention and an All-Conference Honorable Mention last season.

• Jordyn Rolli returns for her senior year after receiving an MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention.

• Top scorers Sydney Hayden, Jordyn Rolli, and Jamie Althiser return for their senior years.

• The Panthers received the MVC Fair Play Award in the 2018 season.

THE CYCLONES

• The Iowa State soccer team is set to take on UNI in its first exhibition match of the season. The Cyclones will travel to Cedar Falls to take on the Panthers at 6 p.m. at the Cedar Valley Soccer Complex.

• In 2018, head coach Tony Minatta led Iowa State to its second postseason bid in the last three years. He guided a battle-tested Cyclone squad to a strong finish, winning their final two conference matches, to lock in the bid to Kansas City. Iowa State played the 13th-toughest overall schedule in the nation this season and the fourth-toughest regular season schedule, per the NCAA.

• The Cyclones are scheduled to play six matches this season against teams ranked in the United Soccer Coaches preseason top-25 poll, five of which will be road contests for Iowa State. The Cyclones will open the regular season at No. 4 UCLA.

• The 2019 Cyclones will be a young squad, with 21 of 21 players on the roster being underclassmen, including 11 true freshmen. Iowa State will be looking to replace a seven-player senior class that included all three 2018 team captains in Emily Steil, Riley Behan, and Jordan Enga. Steil finished her career T-No. 7 among Iowa State's all-time assist leaders with 11.

• The Cyclones do return 11 of 18 goals from a season ago, including the junior duo of Kassi Ginther and Courtney Powell. Ginther led the team and was T-No. 3 in the Big 12 in goals scored in conference play in 2018 with four, the most among the league underclassmen. Ginther also ranked No. 2 on the team with nine points a season ago.

• Senior Marin Daniel, a 2019 team captain, also returns after an outstanding junior campaign. The native of Johnston, Iowa, earned all-tournament honors at the Boilermaker Challenge Cup and played 90+ minutes in 19 of 20 matches, primarily at center back.

• Powell, a junior from La Porte City, Iowa, notched three goals and an assist a season ago, and will be called upon to help replace the pace of graduated senior Klasey Medelberg from a season ago.

• Iowa State punched its ticket to the 2018 Big 12 Championship on the final day of the regular season. The Cyclones needed a senior night win over Kansas State and a TCU win over Oklahoma State in order to advance to the postseason, and got both results. ISU won its final two conference matches after opening Big 12 play 0-6-1.

• Junior goalkeeper Dayja Swichtenberg returns after starting every match a season ago. Swichtenberg notched back-to-back shutouts to end the regular season, giving her four in 2018. The native of Medina, Minn., spent all 1,875 available minutes between the posts last season for Iowa State and was the Big 12's regular season leader in saves (100) and saves per game (5.26).