KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan women's soccer team hits the road for the last time in the regular season on Thursday night. The Broncos will be in Toledo to take on the Rockets at 7 PM at Paul Hotmer Field.
LAST TIME OUT
Western Michigan earned a 2-0 victory over Akron on Friday, Oct. 18. The win kept WMU unbeaten in conference play and atop the MAC standings.
Abby Werthman scored both goals in the game, while
Jenna Blackburn,
Jen Blitchok,
Maya Dean and
Sammi Glover all tallied assists.
Lauren Boafo stopped two shots and earned a shutout.
DYNAMIC DUO
The play of
Jen Blitchok and
Abby Werthman has propelled Western Michigan into first place in the MAC and into the top 40 of the RPI.
The duo has combined to score 51 of the Broncos' 98 points this season. They have really started to heat up over the last four games.
Thanks to the play of Blitchok and Werthman, WMU is 3-0-1 in its last four games. Blitchok has scored at least one point in all four matches, totaling eight points on two goals and four assists. Werthman has six points in that stretch, tallying three goals.
Blitchok leads the league with 30 points in 15 games, while Werthman is third with 21. They have combined for 19 goals and 13 assists this season.
20 AND COUNTING
Western Michigan has been dominant in the MAC over the last couple of years. The Broncos are unbeaten in their last 20 conference regular season games.
During that stretch, WMU's record is 14-0-6. In that run came the Broncos' first MAC regular season championship in program history.
SCOUTING THE ROCKETS
Toledo enters Thursday's match in a tie for fifth place in the conference at 11 points. The Rockets have won their last two games, with both being shutouts.
WMU leads the all-time series, 18-10-4, including an 11-7-0 record in Toledo. The Broncos have won the last two meetings, including a 3-1 victory last season. Toledo last beat WMU in 2021.
The Rockets have been pretty balanced this season with eight players having four or more points. Olivia Dault and Grace Turski are the team's top two scorers. Dault has six points on two goals and two assists, while Turski has five points on one goal and three assists.
In net, Agnes Stenlund has started all 15 games, boasting a 0.87 goals against average and .824 save percentage. She is the reigning MAC Defensive Player of the Week.
