Benedictine Women's Soccer returns to Legacy Field on Wednesday as they host Grand View University in the first of two matches on the week, before finishing the week on the road Saturday against Missouri Baptist University.

The match with Grand View marks 17th meeting between the two programs since the Vikings joined the Heart of America Athletic Conference in 2013. To watch today's match, visit the direct link at https://www.urbanedgenetwork.net/watch/1337. Today's match also marks the third straight match on Legacy Field in the series as Benedictine goes for its 9th win at home in the series.

ABOUT BENEDICTINE: The Ravens bounced back from its first loss of the season on Saturday with a 3-1 road win over Clarke University. The win pushed Benedictine its overall record to 8-1-0 overall and 4-1-0 in the Heart and are currently tied for the top spot in the Heart standings with Graceland with 12 points each. Each team's point total accounts for their wins and draws. For each win, a team is awarded 3 points, while draws count as 1 point. … Jenna Wilken leads the Ravens with 14 points (5 goals, 4 assists) while Payton Vogelbacher and Brynn Carroll each have 10 points. Vogelbacher has 4 goals and 2 assists, while Carroll has 3 goals and 4 assists. … Wilken ranks third in the Heart in points and she ranks fourth in points per match. Carroll ranks fourth in assist while Vogelbacher ranks second in the Heart in shots with 29 and fourth in shots on goal with 16. … The Ravens are averaging 2.8 goals per match, while limiting opponents to 0.6 per match. The Ravens are currently second in the Heart in goals per match while they lead the Heart in goals-against average. … Campbell Gregory enters the week with a .58 goals-against average and 15 saves while posting a 6-1-0 overall record in goal for the Ravens 630 minutes in goal. Emma Smith has also started twice and has posted a .50 goals-against average with 10 saves in 180 minutes. … Gregory ranks third in the Heart with 2 shutouts and is fifth in the Heart in save percentage at .789. 

ABOUT GRAND VIEW: The Vikings enter the week at 2-5-1 overall and are 1-3-1 in the Heart, sitting in a tie with St. Ambrose in the Heart standings with 4 points. … Grand View enters the match with three loses and a tie in their previous four matches. In those four matches, they have been limited to 1 goal while they've been shutout three times. Their last win came on Sept. 12, a 1-0 home win over Baker with the draw coming on Sept. 19 at Missouri Baptist. … The Vikings have scored a total of 4 goals this season. Dakota Enikova leads the way with 2 goals while Riley Pryor and Valeria Gonzalez have scored 1 goals each. Riley and Alli Seegers have 1 assist each. … The Vikings have used two players in goal this season. Maya Fritz has played in all 8 matches, playing just under 660 minutes in goal. She has a 1.64 goals-against average with 40 saves while allowing a total of 12 goals. 

ABOUT MISSOURI BAPTIST: Heading into the week, the Spartans are 1-4-2 overall and 0-2-2 in Heart play. This is Missouri Baptist's second year in the conference and Benedictine won last year's meeting in St. Louis, Mo., 5-0. The two programs have played nine times since 2008, but prior to the Heart match last year, the previous meeting was during the 2021 season. The Ravens have a 9-0-0 record since 2009 with six road wins in that series. 

UP NEXT: The Women's Match will be played second on Saturday with the match scheduled at 7 p.m.