2021 Spring Women's Soccer Notebook (Week 3)

COMING UP: vs. Northwest, Friday, 8 p.m.; at Eastern Washington, Sunday, 1 p.m. PT

COMPLETE MEDIA GAME NOTES
  
GAME COVERAGE: Fans can view all home soccer games with Live Video on the Yotes Digital Network. Each game will be available pay-per-view for $8.99 per game or $19.99 for the entire season pass, which also includes home men's soccer matches. Live Stats on Friday will also be offered on the C of I Stretch Internet Portal. Live Stats on Sunday will be on the Eastern Washington StatBroadcast Platform. There will be no Live Video broadcast. 
 
ABOUT NORTHWEST: After falling in their first two contests last season, Northwest rattled off a 13-game winning streak to position the Eagles at the top of the Cascade Conference late in the year. C of I snapped the streak with a 2-1 overtime win on a Brooklyn Ruwe game-winner, starting what was a four-game losing skid for Northwest to end the campaign. Callie Wright is a dynamic scoring option that returns for her sophomore season after scoring 14 goals and adding seven assists in 2019. Junior Olivia Morris is also back after posting seven goals and 11 assists. Leading scorer Rylee Rassier has graduated after finding the net 16 times a year ago. The Eagles will have a different look in the net this season without starting keeper Kat Sanchez. Kierstin Patefield and Hannah Pylant are listed as goalies on the roster.
 
ABOUT EASTERN WASHINGTON: The Eagles have won the Big Sky Tournament in two out of the last four years and went 11-8-2 last year. In total, 21 players and 10 starters are back for Eastern Washington. Sariah Keister (7 goals, 2 assists) and Maddie Morgan (5 goals) are some of the key components of the EWU attack. Eastern is experienced in the net with Kelsee Winston manning the back of the defense.
 
CONFERENCE FORMAT CHANGES: Since the preseason poll was released, the CCC has changed formats to feature an East Division and a West Division, with Carroll, Providence, Rocky Mountain, Eastern Oregon, College of Idaho and Multnomah in the East and Warner Pacific, Corban, Southern Oregon, Northwest, Bushnell and Oregon Tech in the West. The top teams at the end of the regular season in each division will receive an automatic qualifier to the NAIA Championships.
 
MAKING HISTORY: The 3-3 final against Big Sky Conference representative Idaho State marked the first time in program history that the Yotes have earned a draw against a Division I opponent.

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Due to travel conditions last week caused by winter weather, the contest against Northwest was rescheduled to this Friday night at 8 p.m. at Simplot Stadium. Weather should not be an issue this week, with temperatures on Friday currently forecasted for the mid to upper 40s in the Treasure Valley.

NON-CONFERENCE AGAINST CCC FOE: The match on Friday will be counted as a non-conference affair against the Eagles, who reside in the West Division for the purposes of league play this season.

SMITH STARTS STRONG: Freshman Maddie Smith has brought a spark to the attack for C of I, scoring two goals and adding an assist in her first week of action. Smith becomes the first player in the program to score two goals in a game since Cheyanne Rede did so on Oct. 25, 2019 against Evergreen.

TEETS AN ACTIVE PART OF THE ATTACK: Sophomore midfielder Chloe Teets leads the Yotes with five shots, including three on goal through two games.

GLASCOCK GOAL: After leading the team in scoring with five goals in 2019, junior Madison Glascock put the Yotes on the board first to start the spring campaign in the first half against Northwest Nazarene.

MALACH SCORES FIRST CAREER GOAL: Senior midfielder Mackenzie Malach scored the first goal of her collegiate career at Idaho State in the 19th minute off of assists from Madison Glascock and Maddie Smith.

SPLITTING IN NET: Senior Kylee Atkins and junior Shae Waters have split time between the posts to start the year. Facing high-level competition, Atkins has played 110 minutes and made six saves while allowing two goals, while Waters has four saves and three goals allowed in 90 minutes of time in the net.

RECORD BOOK: Brian Smith became the winningest coach all-time for the women's soccer program with his 59th victory last year. Kylee Atkins ended the year in the Top-20 list in multiple single season categories including No. 20 in saves (68), No. 7 in save percentage (.850), No. 6 in goals against average (0.87), No. 11 in wins (6) and No. 19 in shutouts (2.5). Atkins and Shae Waters combined for the second-best season in the net in the categories of save percentage (.863) and goals against average (0.77).