PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team is set to honor its senior class on Saturday at Penn Park. The Quakers will host the Big Red of Cornell for their final match of the season slated for a 2 p.m. kickoff.
Prior to Saturday's match, Penn will honor its nine seniors.
Adrienne Evans,
Ginger Fontenot,
Laurence Gladu,
Paige Kenton,
Maya Leschly,
Madison Liebman,
Julia Olander,
Reese Sutter and
Lauren Teuschl will all be honored before the match.
MATCH DAY 16 – PENN (5-7-3, 0-4-2 Ivy) vs Cornell (4-4-6, 0-4-2)
Saturday, Oct. 28 | 2 p.m. | Penn Park
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This Series With Cornell
Saturday's meeting will be the 32nd between the Quakers and the Big Red, as Penn holds a 20-7-4 record in the series. The last matchup between the Ivy rivals resulted in a 1-1 draw in Ithaca, N.Y. Since the 2015 season, Penn has gone unbeaten against Cornell, including four wins and three draws, with the largest margin of victory during the span a 5-0 win in 2016 in N.Y. The Quakers are 11-3-2 at home against the Big Red, as Cornell will visit Philadelphia for the first time since the 2021 season. The longest winning streak against the Big Red lasted 15 games, from 1999-2013. The largest margin of victory all-time for the Quakers was a 6-0 win in 2008.
Quaker Notemeal
*At 5-7-3, Penn has surpassed its win total from last season when the Quakers went 3-6-7 and set a program mark for ties in a season.
*The Quakers have had seven different goal scorers this season with
Mallory Lucas,
Abbey Cook,
Megan Lusher and
Teuschl each tallying two.
*Only two players have started all 15 matches for the Quakers, goalkeeper
Gladu and Teuschl in the midfield.
*Lusher, a junior transfer from the University of Utah, ranks ninth in the Ivy League with 31 shots (2.07 per match) and is ninth in shots on goal with 13 (0.87 per match).
*This season, Gladu—a two-time honorable mention All-Ivy pick (2021-22)—has 58 saves while allowing 12 goals. She has an 83-percent save percentage this season.
*Gladu ranks fourth in the Ivy League with a .0.80 goals against average and fourth in saves with 58.
*Gladu also holds the fifth spot in shutouts per game with five (.333 percentage) and ranks third in saves per game with 3.87.
*The Quakers are averaging 12.2 shots per game, compared to their opponents' 10.9.
*The Quakers' season high for goals this year has been three, a 3-0 shutout victory against Iona; their most since September 11th of 2022, a 3-0 win against Stony Brook. Freshman
Taylor Ferraro, senior
Kenton and sophomore Lucas were the scorers in the match.
* Teuschl—a 2021 second-team All-Ivy recipient—was one of 10 players to play in all 16 games for Penn including 15 starts. Teuschl made 13 starts and recorded 13 shots on goal and was one of three players with multiple goals on the season in 2022.
*Lucas holds the team lead for assists with two.
*Gladu leads the team in minutes played with 1,350 in net, Teuschl is second on the team with 1,244.
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Fontenot—a 2022 second-team All-Ivy recipient—saw the fourth-most minutes as she started all 15 matches in which she played and anchored a back line that limited opponents to one or fewer goals in 12 matches. This season Fontenot has helped the Quakers earn five shutout victories.
Senior Statistics
*Evans has registered 703 minutes played throughout her career, making 14 appearances and seven starts.
*Fontenot has started in all 43 career games she has played in, registering one goal and one assist throughout her career. She has taken 14 shots, with six on frame, and has been a leader of Penn's defense throughout her time as a Quaker.
*Throughout her career, Gladu has played in 46 games, allowed 44 goals with .96 goals against average. Gladu has made 185 saves, has a .808 save percentage and holds a 16-17-12 record in net, in 523 shots faced. Gladu is 4
th all-time in women's soccer program history with 12 shutouts.
*Kenton has totaled 36 games played, making 28 starts throughout her time with the program. She has scored three goals, registered two assists, and taken 28 shots while totaling 2432 minutes played.
*Leschly has played in 41 games during her career, including 40 starts, and has been a key member of Penn's backline. She has totaled six shots and played in 3,602 minutes with the red and blue.
* Liebman has played in 36 games for Penn, making 28 starts. She has recorded three goals and two assists while taking 28 shots, 15 of them on goal, registered 2,432 minutes.
*Olander has played in four games, registering two shots with one on goal throughout her career.
*Sutter has made five starts in 16 games played for the Quakers and has registered six shots and 367 minutes throughout her career.
*Teuschl has played in 44 games throughout her career, scoring seven goals and collecting eight assists. Teuschl has totaled 62 shots, 34 shots on goal and has one game-winning goal.
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