Akron Hosts Green Bay on Senior Day

Sunday, August 31

Akron, Ohio

1:00 PM

University of Akron

Green Bay

August 30 | Women's Soccer

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer team hosts Senior Day on Sunday (Aug. 31) as the Zips welcome Green Bay to FirstEnergy Stadium for a 1 p.m. matinee affair.

GAME INFO
Akron vs. Green Bay | Aug. 31 | 1 PM | FirstEnergy Stadium | Live Stats | Live Video

PARKING UPDATE
Akron fans are asked to please park in Lots 6 (Along S. Union Street between InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field and Lee R. Jackson Track and Field Complex) and Lot 10 (Corner of Vine and Spicer Streets behind the Stile Athletics Field House). Overflow parking will be available in Lot 9. All other parking lots will require a university permit. If parking at metered spaces outside of these designated lots, meters must be paid in full and current.

HEAD COACHES
Green Bay: Erich Schoenstein (Green Bay, 1995), Overall Record: 7-30-12 (Third Season), Record at Green Bay: 7-30-12 (Third Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 80-84-14 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 2-1-1 (First Season)

SCOUTING AKRON
The Zips posted a 5-3 victory over Southern Indiana on Sunday (Aug. 24) at FirstEnergy Stadium, to move to 2-1-1 on the campaign.

Freshman Addison Hall (Manchester, Conn.) leads the Zips in goals (1), while seniors Emma King (Akron, Ohio) and Kylie Schiemann (Geneva, Ohio) along with freshmen Fineen Cregan (Rochester, N.Y.) and Luisa Fragnoli (Medina, Ohio) have each tallied a goal. King directs the squad in shots (12) and shots on goal (8). Cregan, senior Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Illinois), Hall, King, sophomore Allie McMillen (Shreve, Ohio) and junior Jordanne Oberhaus (Wadsworth, Ohio) own two, one, one, one, one and one assist, respectively, for Akron. Junior goalkeeper Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos have registered 13 and three saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting a pair of shutouts and recording a 1.50 goals against average.

The Zips under the leadership of first-year head coach Maggie Kuhn return six starters in 2025, including sophomores Kailyn Biecker (Wadsworth, Ohio) and Olivia Heskett (Lewis Center, Ohio), King, Oberhaus, sophomore Kaitlyn Rogowski (Hilliard, Ohio) and redshirt sophomore Rachel Wenzel (Akron, Ohio).

Akron will be led by team captains Bower and seniors Kaylen Goddard (Mechanicsville, Md.) and King as well as fellow returning players Schiemann, juniors Emalee Szablewski (Lancaster, N.Y.) and sophomores Addison Lambert (Galena, Ohio), McMillen, Eesha Sutharshan (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Vakos.

The Zips are bolstered by a talented 11-member 2025 signing class, which includes eight freshmen and three transfers.

A year ago, Ella Hadley led the Zips in goals (2), points (5), shots on goal (8) and game-winners (1), while McMillen and Katie Stafford each owned a pair of goals. Morgan Pentz directed Akron in assists (2), shots (25), shots on goal (8) and game-winners (1). Bower pulled in 42 saves for Akron.

The Zips boast 11 newcomers to the squad as donning the Akron uniform this fall will be senior Rielly Chesna (Chicago, Ill.), junior Lilly Touhey (Fishers, Ind.), sophomore Taylor Allen (Blacksburg, Va.) and freshmen Freya Blatz (Bethel Park, Pa.), Fiona Buczak (Brunswick, Ohio), Cregan, Fragnoli, Hall, Bailey Kerins (Dublin, Ohio), Olivia Pilato (Rochester, N.Y.) and Devyn Raymond (Shelby Township, Mich.).

FOUR ZIPS TO BE HONORED ON SENIOR DAY
The Zips' contest versus Green Bay on Sunday (Aug. 31) will mark Senior Day for four Zips as seniors Rielly Chesna, Kaylen Goddard, Emma King and Kylie Schiemann will be honored in pregame ceremonies.

In her first season at Akron, Chesna has started all four games for the Zips, en route to registering an assist, while sparking the squad to a pair of shutouts.

Goddard has appeared in 13 contests, including four starts, en route to leading Akron to eight shutouts over her career.

King has appeared in 44 contests, including 37 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 11 goals, five assists, 27 points and three game-winners fueled by 74 shots, including 42 on goal.

Schiemann has appeared in 37 contests, including 14 starts, en route to registering a goal and an assist on the strength of 16 shots, with nine shots falling on frame.

AKRON NOTES
• Akron is meeting Green Bay for the third time in program history with the Zips owning a 2-0 series lead.
• Akron is hosting the Phoenix for the first time since a 3-0 triumph on Aug. 20, 2018, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
• The Zips have outscored Green Bay, 6-1, in a pair of previous encounters.
• Addison Hall's two-goal effort versus Southern Indiana represented the first brace for an Akron freshman since Emma King netted a pair of tallies in a 5-0 win past Toledo on Oct. 23, 2022, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
• Five different Zips have scored a goal this season.
• Twelve Zips have registered a shot this season, including six newcomers.
• The Zips saw their shutout streak snapped after seven consecutive non-conference regular season contests with a 3-0 setback at West Virginia (Aug. 21). Akron went 5-0-2 mark in those contests and outshot the opposition, 84-70. Sara Bower posted 19 saves in those games, while Emma King added a team-best 15 shots with nine falling on frame.
• The Zips posted shutouts in seven consecutive non-conference contests and didn't surrender a goal in those games in more than 800 minutes (802:16).
• Ariana Vakos made her collegiate debut in the second half at West Virginia (Aug. 21) recording a pair of saves.
• A trio of newcomers earned their first career start at Akron against Purdue Fort Wayne in Rielly Chesna, Luisa Fragnoli and Lilly Touhey. Overall, eight newcomers have appeared for the Zips this season.
• Bower is rated 11th in the NCAA in shutouts (2). King is 35th in game-winning goals (1) and 49th in shots on goal per contest (2.00), while Fragnoli is 35th in game-winning goals (1).
• King is ranked No. 10 in program history in career goals having amassed 11 in her four seasons.
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (11), assists (5), points (27), shots (74), shots on goal (42) and game-winners (3), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (119), goals against average (1.73) and save percentage (.735).
• The Zips rank first in the Mid-American Conference in assists per tilt (1.75), shutouts (2), second in shots on goal (21) and points per contest (4.75), third in goals per game (1.50) and in shots (41) and fourth in shots on goal (5.25) and saves (4.50).
• King is rated first in the MAC shots on goal (2.00) and third in in shots (3.00) per game, while Bower leads the league in shutouts (2) and 10th in goals against average (1.56). Additionally, Cregan is ranked first in assists (2) and sixth in points per contest (1.00*) and Hall is second in goals (2) and fifth in points per game (1.25).
• The Zips recorded the squad's initial seven-game unbeaten streak since 2007 in 2024. The unbeaten streak matched the longest in program history set during both the 2006 and 2007 campaigns.
• Akron matched its 2006 squad as the only Zips' teams to post an unbeaten record in non-conference play.
• Akron posted the second most shutouts in a non-conference campaign in school history, trailing only the 2006 squad that registered six straight to open the 2006 season.
• Akron posted five consecutive shutouts for the first time since the 2009 campaign.
• The four 1-0 clean sheet victories last season represented the second-highest total in program history matching identical marks in 2007, 2009 and 2011. The 2006 Akron team holds the top mark with six 1-0 wins.
• The six shutouts by the Zips were the most for Akron in a season since posting seven in the 2011 campaign.

SCOUTING GREEN BAY
Green Bay enters play against Akron at 0-2-1 on the campaign following a 1-1 draw versus Illinois State on Sunday (Aug. 24).

The Phoenix is led by sophomore Senah Hanes, who owns team-high marks in goals (3), points (6), shots (6) and shots on goal (4). Freshman GK Hannah Williams has posted nine saves en route to collecting a 2.96 goals against average.

Hanes is ranked 23rd in the NCAA in goals per game (1.00) and 37th in total goals (3).

SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Green Bay are meeting the third time in program history with the Zips leading the series, 2-0.

UP NEXT
Akron battles Dayton in a 7 p.m. tilt on Sept. 12 in Dayton, Ohio.