KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan women's soccer team will conclude the regular season on Wednesday afternoon at Buffalo. The Bulls and Broncos will hit the field at 3 PM at UB Stadium.
LAST TIME OUT
Western Michigan clinched the MAC Regular Season Championship by defeating Central Michigan 3-1 on Sunday afternoon.
WMU is the first team in MAC history to win three straight regular season championships. The Brown and Gold are 25-1-7 over the last three seasons against conference foes.
Madi Canada,
Avery Peters and
Abby Smothers tallied goals, while
Reagan Sulaver picked up her 13th win of the season in net.
HELPING HAND
Senior midfielder
Drew Martin has been WMU's most consistent player this season, entering Wednesday's match with a team-leading 22 points on five goals and 12 assists.
The Bloomfield Hills native has taken her game to another level down the stretch, collecting one goal and six assists over her last three matches. She leads the MAC and is second in the nation in assists this season.
Martin has at least one point in eight of the team's last 10 matches. On the season, she has seven multi-point efforts.
SMOTHERS CHASES HISTORY
Abby Smothers is one of WMU's best players in program history, and she has a chance to leave her name in the record book with strong play over the next few matches.
Entering Wednesday's match, she has 69 career points on 25 goals and 19 assists. She needs two points to tie and three points to claim the program's career record.
Jen Blitchok is the current record holder with 71 points (27 goals, 17 assists), which she set last season.
Smothers has had a terrific senior campaign, posting 21 points on eight goals and five assists in 17 games. She was named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday after collecting five points between wins over Akron and Central Michigan.
SCOUTING THE BULLS
Buffalo has a lot to play for, as the Bulls can clinch a share of the regular season MAC title with a win against the Broncos. UB is 3-1-1 over its last five matches.
WMU leads the all-time series, 13-12-7. However, the Bulls are 9-4-2 at home. Western Michigan has won the last three meetings, including a 5-0 victory in last year's MAC Championship game.
Jasmine Guerber is the go-to option on offense, leading the team with 19 points on seven goals and five assists. Laiken Kiser has chipped in five goals.
In net, Lexie Thompson has started all 17 games, boasting a 12-3-2 record to go along with a 0.60 goals against average and .833 save percentage.