ALLENDALE – The No. 11 Grand Valley State women's soccer team hit the road for one game this weekend at Parkside on Sunday, September 27
th at 12:00 PM ET, 11:00 PM CT in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
GVSU is 5-1-2 overall this season and sit in first place in the GLIAC standings with a 3-0-1 conference mark. The Lakers rank 10
th in the country averaging just over 20 shots per game. GVSU is coming off a scoreless draw vs Ferris State and a 2-0 shutout win at Saginaw Valley State last weekend. GVSU has outscored their opponents 15-4 this season and 9-0 in conference play. Senior
Sonya Mehta and junior
Vesna Dennison lead the Lakers with four goals and 10 points each. Both Dennison and Mehta scored in the 2-0 win at Saginaw Valley State as Dennison picked up her second game-winning goal of the season.
Sophomore
Ava Kozak has notched two goals and three assists for seven points so far this season. Graduate
Lina Rea has added one goal and three assists for five points, while starting in all eight games. Rea dished out the game-winning assist last game in the win at Saginaw Valley State. Senior
Acadia Murphy has appeared in all 90 minutes in all eight games to start the year. Sophomore
Macie Hunter has started in all eight games in goal for GVSU making 12 saves with three individual shutouts and one combined shutout.
Parkside enters Sunday's match with a 5-2-1 overall record and sits in second place in the GLIAC standings with a 3-1 conference record. The Rangers are coming off a home split last weekend with a 2-0 win over Michigan Tech before a 3-0 loss to Northern Michigan. Before the loss to Northern Michigan, Parkside had posted four straight clean sheets and have outscored their opponents 17-8 this season.
The Rangers offensively are led by Kate Brown who has scored two goals and dished out five assists for nine points this season. Ava Rizzitano has recorded three goals and two assists for eight points, while Mary Leininger has added three goals and one assist for seven points including two game-winning goals. Kayden Schmidt has scored three goals with two of them being game winners for the Rangers. Lindsey Ferrara has started all eight games in goal for Parkside making 18 saves with four shutouts.
The game will be streamed live on FloCollege. Visit gvsulakers.com for links to live video and live stats. Follow @GVSUSoccer on X for live in-game updates.
