Akron Concludes Non-Conference Campaign at Dayton

Friday, September 12

Dayton, Ohio

7:00 PM

University of Akron

Dayton

Akron Concludes Non-Conference Campaign at Dayton

September 11 | Women's Soccer

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron women's soccer team culminates its non-conference schedule traveling to Dayton to battle the Flyers in a 7 p.m. tilt on Friday (Sept. 12).

GAME INFO
Akron at Dayton | Sept. 12 | 7 PM | Dayton, Ohio | Live Stats | Live Video

HEAD COACHES
Dayton: Eric Golz (Grove City, 2002), Overall Record: 108-68-25 (11th Season), Record at Dayton: 88-52-20 (Ninth Season)
Akron: Maggie Kuhn (Bethany, 2004), Overall Record: 81-84-14 (10th Season), Record at Akron: 3-1-1 (First Season)

SCOUTING AKRON
The Zips posted a 2-0 victory past Green Bay on Senior Day (Aug. 31) at FirstEnergy Stadium, to move to 3-1-1 on the campaign.

Freshman Addison Hall (Manchester, Conn.) and Emma King (Akron, Ohio) lead the Zips in goals (2), while senior Kylie Schiemann (Geneva, Ohio) along with freshmen Fineen Cregan (Rochester, N.Y.), Luisa Fragnoli (Medina, Ohio) and Olivia Pilato (Rochester, N.Y.) have each tallied a goal. King directs the squad in shots (15) and shots on goal (9). Cregan and junior Jordanne Oberhaus (Wadsworth, Ohio) own a team-best two assists apiece for Akron. Junior goalkeeper Sara Bower (Cincinnati, Ohio) and redshirt freshman GK Ariana Vakos own 15 and three saves, respectively, on the campaign en route to posting three shutouts and recording a 1.20 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 is led by team captains Bower and seniors Kaylen Goddard (Mechanicsville, Md.) and King as well as fellow returning players Schiemann, junior Emalee Szablewski (Lancaster, N.Y.) and sophomores Addison Lambert (Galena, Ohio), Allie McMillen (Shreve, Ohio), 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.

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), Pilato and Devyn Raymond (Shelby Township, Mich.).

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

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

Goddard has appeared in 48 contests, including 37 starts, en route to recording 11 shots, with three shots coming on goal, and leading Akron to 13 shutouts over her career.

King has appeared in 45 contests, including 38 starts, en route to collecting a team-best 12 goals, five assists, 27 points and four game-winners fueled by 77 shots, including 43 on goal.

Schiemann has appeared in 38 contests, including 15 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 Dayton for the fifth time in program history with the Flyers owning a 4-0 series lead.
• Akron is playing at Dayton for the first time since a 5-2 setback on Aug. 31, 2023.
• Emma King ranks fourth in program history in goals per tilt (.267) and points per game (.644), seventh in game-winning goals (4), eighth in career goals (12) and points (29), ninth in assists per match (0.11) and 11th in career assists (5).
• Sara Bower ranks sixth in shutouts (5) and goals against average (1.66) and eighth in career saves (121) and goalie victories (7).
• Addison Hall's two-goal effort versus Southern Indiana represented the first brace for an Akron freshman King netted a pair of tallies in a 5-0 win past Toledo on Oct. 23, 2022, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
• Six different Zips have scored a goal this season, including four newcomers.
• Thirteen 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. Bower posted 19 saves in those games, while 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 29th in the NCAA in shutouts (3), while King is 30th in game-winning goals (2).
• King leads Akron's active leaders in career goals (12), assists (5), points (29), shots (77), shots on goal (43) and game-winners (4), while Bower paces active Zips in career saves (121), goals against average (1.66) and save percentage (.738).
• The Zips rank first in the Mid-American Conference in assists per tilt (1.60) and shutouts (3), second in points per contest (4.80), third in goals per game (1.60) and fourth in total points (24).
• King is rated first in the MAC shots on goal (1.80) and game-winners (2), second in in shots (3.00) per game, sixth in points per outing (1.00) and eighth in total goals (2) and total points (5), while Bower leads the league in shutouts (3), seventh in goals against average (1.19) and save percentage (.750) and ninth in saves per game (3.00). Additionally, Cregan is ranked third in assists (2), fourth in assists per match (0.40) and sixth in points per contest (1.00) and Hall is sixth in points per game (1.00) and eighth in total goals (2) and total points (5).
• 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.

SERIES HISTORY
Akron and Dayton are meeting the fifth time in program history with the Flyers leading the series, 4-0.

IN OUR LAST MEETING (AUG. 31, 2023 – AKRON, OHIO)
Akron came up short in its non-conference showdown against Dayton, 5-2, on Aug. 31, 2023, at home at FirstEnergy Stadium.

The Zips took the early lead on a goal by Emma King in the sixth minute with an assist from Laurie-Anne Renaud. Akron added a successful penalty kick from Katie Stafford in the seventh minute.

Sara Bower totaled nine saves for the Zips, while Akron recorded six shots on goal.

UP NEXT
Akron hosts Massachusetts in the Mid-American Conference opener for both schools in a 2 p.m. tilt on Thursday (Sept. 18) at FirstEnergy Stadium.