SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Women's Soccer Tournament kicks off at 4 pm on Nov. 14 with fifth-seeded Drury taking on eighth-seeded Missouri S&T at Creve Coeur Park in St. Louis.
The Panthers and Miners are meeting for the second time this season. The first meeting on Sept. 19 was a 3-1 win for Drury.
Holland Hawkins,
Elena Perez, and
Keira Love all scored. Assists came from
Caroline Dinnon,
Anna Harris, and Hawkins. S&T's lone goal came two minutes after Drury's first goal.
The two are playing in the postseason for the second time. The first time was also in the GLVC Semifinal in 2021. The Panthers took that match on the way to winning their first league title under
Justin Olson.
The match will be streamed live on the GLVCSN.
SERIES HISTORY VS MISSOURI S&T
- Drury and Missouri S&T have met once earlier this season.
- Drury won the first meeting in Rolla, 3-1.
- Holland Hawkins, Elena Perez, and Keira Love all scored in the Sept. 19 match. Caroline Dinnon, Anna Harris, and Hawkins recorded an assist.
- Missouri S&T scored its lone goal two minutes after the Panthers' first goal.
- Friday's match will be the second time the two programs have met in the postseason.
- The first meeting was in the 2021 GLVC Semifinals in Springfield. Drury won that meeting 1-0 in overtime on a PK.
- The win propelled Drury to a GLVC Championship, the only one under Justin Olson.
STORYLINES
- A win for Drury would advance the Panthers to their second GLVC Championship under Justin Olson and fourth in program history.
- A win for Missouri S&T would give the Miners their program's second GLVC Championship berth, the only other one in 2014 before losing to Wisconsin Parkside 4-1.
- The Panthers are unbeaten in the last 11 matches, 7-0-4.
- Justin Olson enters the match with 110 career wins.
- With Drury's win against Quincy, the Panthers have won ten games in a season for the fourth time under Olson and 12th time in program history.
- The Panthers were the GLVC team to score at least two goals in their quarterfinal game.
- Drury has reached their 12th GLVC Tournament and 16th program conference tournament (four in the Missouri Valley Conference)
- The Panthers have a 9-9-3 record all-time in the GLVC Tournament.
- Justin Olson is 5-3-1 in his Drury tenure in the tournament, including a tournament title in 2021.
- In Olson's first five seasons at Drury, the Panthers have made the GLVC Semifinals three times, a 1-2 record with two losses to McKendree and a win against Missouri S&T.
- Holland Hawkins is the only current Panther who has scored in a GLVC Semifinal. Keira Love assisted on that goal for Hawkins, the duo's second assist-to-goal combo in the GLVC Tournament.
- As a program, Drury is 3-2 in GLVC Semifinal matches.
- Drury has clinched a position in the GLVC Tournament for the fifth straight season.
- Looking ahead to the national tournament, Drury is ranked eighth for the regional tournament.
- There are eight teams that qualify for the NCAA tournament from the Midwest.
- If the season were to end before the start of the conference semifinals, Drury would play Grand Valley State in a rematch of the 2024 Midwest Regional Final.
- Drury had four Panthers selected to all-GLVC teams.
- Katy Fitzler was the league's goalkeeper of the year and a first-team selection.
- Fitzler is the second goalkeeper of the year in program history behind Kaitlin Knetzke in 2023.
- Elena Perez earned her second straight second-team All-GLVC honor.
- Holland Hawkins was named to the third team after earning first team a season ago.
- Anna Harris was voted to her first career All-GLVC, earning third-team honors.
LOOKING AHEAD
The winner of this match will advance to the GLVC Final against the winner of McKendree and Maryville. The final will take place on Nov. 16 at noon.
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