WASHINGTON – The No. 7 Georgetown women's soccer team will host DePaul on Thursday at Shaw Field in a BIG EAST matchup. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network with Monika Moore calling the action. A link to the live broadcast, as well as live stats, will be available at www.GUHoyas.com. The Hoyas are currently 8-0-2 on the season and 1-0 in the conference.
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The Blue & Gray are on a seven game win streak after shutting out St. John's on Sunday in the BIG EAST opener at Belson Stadium, 3-0. Senior
Caitlin Farrell (Wallingford, Conn. / Choate Rosemary Hall) led the team with four points from two goals. She scored the first goal of the game in the 39th minute with the assist from graduate student
Kyra Carusa (San Diego, Calif. / Del Norte / Stanford), as well as the last goal of the game in the 80th minute off of a pass from junior
Grace Nguyen (Lilburn, Ga. / Parview). Junior
Carson Nizialek (Chantilly, Va. / Freedom) scored the in-between goal with less than a minute to go in the first half off of a penalty kick. Senior goalkeeper
Arielle Schechtman (Del Mar, Calif. / La Jolla Country Day / UCLA) recorded her sixth shutout of the season against the Red Storm with six saves.
On Monday, Schechtman was named the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week and Farrell was named to the Weekly Honor Roll. This is Georgetown's sixth-straight week being recognized by the league.
Farrell leads the squad with 15 points from seven goals and an assist. The forward is followed by Carusa with 13 points off of five goals and three assists. Carusa has tallied a point in six of the last seven contests. Schechtman currently leads the NCAA Division I active career list in shutouts with 38, ranks second in save percentage (0.949) and is third in the nation in GAA (0.236). The goalkeeper ranks 10th in the country in shutouts with six this season. As a team, the Blue & Gray sits fifth in the NCAA in save percentage (0.917).
The Blue Demons are entering Thursday's match with a 5-3-2 overall record and a 1-0 mark in the BIG EAST. DePaul shut out Seton Hall on Sunday, 3-0, in the league opener. Franny Cerny led the squad with two goals against the Pirates and also leads the team with 14 points from six goals and two assists. Mollie Eriksson is 5-2-1 in the net and registers a .690 GAA with 26 saves at goal.
This is the 18th meeting between the Hoyas and the Blue Demons, with GU leading the all-time series, 8-5-4. The Blue & Gray shut out DePaul during the 2017 campaign, 4-0, when senior
Amanda Carolan (Bayville, N.J. / Central Regional) scored two goals and GU outshot the Blue Demons, 17-2. The two teams have finished in a draw in three of the last five meetings.
Following Thursday's match, Georgetown will travel to South Orange, New Jersey on Sunday, Sept. 30 to take on Seton Hall. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.GUHoyas.com.
