Islanders Eyeing Two Straight Road Wins

Soccer | October 14, 2017

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi enters this Sunday's match at Northwestern State, coming off one of their biggest wins of the year. The Islanders are riding high after a 3-1 win on the road at defending Southland Champions Central Arkansas, where all three of their tallies came in the second half.

The Islanders meet an NSU side that sits last in the SLC standings and is on a three match losing streak, while Corpus Christi currently sits in a tie for ninth in the Southland. The Islanders' offensive production against the Bears ties a season-high in goals for the Blue and Green this season. Corpus Christi will hope that that high-octane offense continues, while playing an NSU side that averages 2.21 goals against.

While the Demons are prone to giving up goals in high numbers they are also the highest scoring team in the Southland with 2.31 goals scored per match. They face one of the stingiest defenses in the conference however, with the visiting Islanders boasting a 1.23 GAA on the year. The Blue and Green won its previous matchup against the Demons, shutting out NSU 1-0 inside of Dugan and hold a 1-3 record against Northwestern State all-time.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Islanders are 1-3 against Northwestern State all-time but won last year's matchup 1-0
• The Blue and Green will be looking for its first win inside the state of Louisiana, with all of their out-of-state wins coming in Arkansas
• Last year's contest between the two sides was fairly matched with the visiting Demons edging the Islanders in the shot category just 10-7
• Yvette Franco tallied the only goal of the match, with current Islander keeper Jordan Wainwright recording the first clean sheet of her career
• Active Islanders Brooke Erdmann and Madeleine Lozano both earned starts in 2016's matchup, eight of NSU's starters from last year are still on roster for 2017
• Erdmann and Lozano both recorded shots against the Demons last year, with Kaitlyn Joy getting an attempt of her own coming off the bench

THE ISLANDERS

• The Islanders earned a second straight win against Central Arkansas on Friday, scoring three second half goals to take the final 3-1
• With the win over UCA, Corpus Christi has tied a single season program-best with five wins this season. They are a single win or draw from having the most successful team in Islander history
• The win over the Bears is the first game the Blue and Green has won this year when trailing at halftime
• Freshman Abby Deakin recorded the first goal of her collegiate career against the Bears, making it seven Islander freshmen to score this year
• Addison Urbanus scored the game winner for the Bears, putting her in a tie for the lead scoring position on the Islanders' squad
• Kyleigh Hall turned one of the top performances of the year against UCA, tying an Islander individual high for the season with nine stops on 10 shots
• The Islanders scored two goals in the span of 40 seconds against Central Arkansas, the shortest amount of time between goals for the squad this year
• After her goal in the UCA match, forward Brooke Erdmann now sits second in Islanders history with eight career goals and 18 career points
• 31 of the Blue and Green's 129 shots have come off of free kicks and corners this season (24%), along with five of their 13 goals this year (38%). Friday's game-winner at UCA was scored off free kick, after Urbanus pocketed the rebound on an Erdmann shot 
• The Islanders are coming off their highest offensive production in program history after registering 16 goals the previous year. Those tallies came from seven different players
• Corpus Christi has 14 goals through 13 games this year, with nine different players getting on the scoresheet in 2017
• The Blue and Green have already tallied five multi-goal efforts this year, despite recording just seven over the two years prior

SCOUTING THE DEMONS

• Northwestern State is on a streak of three straight losses, after dropping a 2-1 Friday decision against Houston Baptist. The side has been outscored 11-4 during its current run
• The Demons lone win in SLC play this year came in a 2-1 victory over UIW earlier this year. The Islanders beat the Cardinals 2-0 in September
• Despite their current streak, NSU leads the conference with an average of 2.31 goals per match. That number is 26th best in all of Division I Women's Soccer
• Forward Brittany Caserma is leading the Demons on the scoring sheet with an average of .64 goals per match, leading all Southland players in 2017
• NSU has taken a shotgun approach to their offense in 2017, spraying 16.71 shots per match, while reaching target at 7.31 times per contest
• 23 of Northwestern State's 31 tallies this season have come in the second half, getting outscored 3-0 in all three of the team's extra minute contests on the year
• Goalkeeper Alex Latham has accrued 73 saves over her 14 starts this season, placing her third in the conference. Her 14 stop performance against SFA in September is the second most any SLC netminder has had in a match this year
• The Demon defense is averaging 2.21 allowed per match, putting them 11th overall in the conference

Islander fans can follow Sunday's match against Northwestern with live stats provided by Sidarm Sports, or follow the action via Northwestern's live stream, 'DEMONTV'.

COMING UP NEXT 
The Islanders come back home to close out this season's home schedule the next weekend with matches against McNeese and Lamar. The Blue and Green will say goodbye to four seniors on that Sunday against the Cowgirls, as Brooke Erdmann, Jordan Wainwright, Andi Bethard and Christina Remmes prepare to graduate in May.

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