Upcoming for Saints Soccer: The Siena Heights women's soccer team will face the University of Northwestern Ohio this Wednesday, November 2, at 3:00 PM. After the regular season, the Saints clinched the fifth seed in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament.

 

Head Coach: In his 22 seasons as the head coach of the Siena Heights women's soccer program, Coach Scott Oliver has led the Saints to four Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) regular-season championships as well as five WHAC tournament titles. During this time, the Saints have also been to the NAIA tournament six times.

 

Oliver is the 10th women's soccer winningest active coach by wins in the NAIA and the 14th winningest coach of all time. In addition, he has accounted for over half of the all-time wins for the program.

 

NAIA Power: The Siena Heights women's soccer program is the third all-time winningest program in the NAIA, with 468 wins. The Saints have the most wins of any team in the WHAC and have 153 more wins than Aquinas, the only other WHAC program in the top 25 for victories.

 

Postseason Success: SHU has qualified for the WHAC tournament every season since the inaugural WHAC tournament in 1998. The Saints have won eight tournament titles during that time. 

 

Against UNOH: The Saints are 1-3 against the Racers in WHAC tournament games, with the most recent matchup in the 2017 WHAC championship game, where SHU won 3-2 in overtime to claim its most recent tournament title. 2017 was the last year that the Saints made the tournament finals. The previous season's semifinal appearance was the deepest run for SHU since the 2017 title run. UNOH has been one of the toughest opponents for Siena Heights in the last decade. The Racers and Saints have played 14 times since 2013, including three WHAC Championship games. UNOH holds a 10-3-1 record against SHU in that span, including a 7-2-1 mark at home (four of those seven wins were in the postseason). 

 

This season's affair saw the Racers and Saints tie 1-1 at Racer Soccer Field. The game was a defensive battle that saw a goal from each team happen in the final 30 minutes of play. UNOH scored first in the 68th minute, but Lily Tiplady tied the game two minutes later when she scored on a scramble in the box. Caitlyn Harwood made three saves in the net to preserve the final score.

 

Watch and Listen: Fans can follow the action via live stats and video by clicking the links provided or visiting the SHU women's soccer schedule page.