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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Soccer: Lourdes University will attempt to open its fourth season of women's soccer for the second time this season on Thursday evening as the Gray Wolves travel to Pittsburgh, Pa. to face NCAA Division III foe La Roche.  Lourdes will stay in Pittsburgh on Friday evening, continuing its road trip at Point Park.

Head Coach Jackie (Donovan) Phillips: In her fourth season on the Lourdes bench, Jackie Phillips has a 19-29-4 (.404) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves as well as overall as a head coach.  She is the only head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Series Notes: Lourdes will be facing both La Roche and Point Park for the first time in program history this weekend.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Lourdes attempted to open the 2018 regular season on Saturday afternoon at Indiana East.  The two sides played a scoreless first half when lightning arrived at halftime, forcing the second delay of the match.  The contest was never able to be resumed and was officially cancelled with the stats being discarded since the match did not reach 70 minutes.  It will not be made up.

Wrapping Up 2017: Lourdes finished the 2017 season with an 8-8-2 record overall.  The Gray Wolves finished in a tie for seventh place in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference with a 4-5-1 mark.  Lourdes fell to Madonna 3-0 on the road in the quarterfinals of the WHAC tournament.

Scouting La Roche: The Redhawks have yet to open their 2018 season and will be playing Thursday's contest as an exhibition match.  La Roche posted a 6-9-2 record overall in 2017 and 4-4-1 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, finishing in fifth place in the league standings.

Scouting Point Park: The Pioneers opened their season on Saturday, suffering a 7-1 setback at home against top-ranked Spring Arbor.  Point Park travels to Siena Heights on Tuesday before hosting Lourdes.  Chloe Bowser scored the lone goal for the Pioneers while Ashtyn made 11 saves playing all 90 minutes in goal.

Lourdes in Season Openers: Lourdes is 1-1-1 all-time in season openers.  The Gray Wolves fell 6-0 at home against 22nd-ranked Taylor to open the 2017 campaign.  In Lourdes only previous season opener on the road, the Gray Wolves battled Rochester (Mich.) to a scoreless draw to begin the 2015 season, the first in program history.

A Program First: The Indiana East match marked the first time in program history that Lourdes has had a women's soccer match cancelled due to weather.  In 2015, the Gray Wolves were awarded a forfeit victory over Marygrove due to lack of players in their only other scheduled contest that was not played or completed.

Top Returning Scorers: Karlie O'Keefe is the top returning scorer from the 2017 roster.  A junior this year, she found the back of the net three times as a sophomore, and enters this season with six career goals.  Isabelle Karamuco enters her senior season with three career tallies, second most on this year's roster.

Transit Returns in Net as Well: In addition to WHAC All-Newcomer Team selection Kerstyn Williams returning in goal for the Gray Wolves this season, Kiley Transit also returns for more action between the posts.  A redshirt-junior, Transit has appeared in more than 2,000 minutes of match action, and sports a 2.51 career goals against average and a .720 save mark in 28 appearances over two season.  Transit's 144 career saves are most in school history.

Returning Experience: Senior Helena Rammal enters 2018 having appeared in a school-record 48 matches during her Lourdes career.  Her classmate, Alyssa Swanson, has seen action in 46 contests entering the year, second most in program history, while Karlie O'Keefe is fourth on the all-time matches played list with 34 appearances.  Kenzie Cowell is tied for ninth all-time, having stepped on the pitch 31 times already as a Gray Wolf.  O'Keefe has started all 34 matches she has appeared, tied for second most in school history, one behind Tara Blundell's school-record 35 starts.  Cowell has started 25 contests, tied for ninth all-time.

In the Record Book: Karlie O'Keefe's six career goals rank her fourth on the school's career list.  Her 12 total points are fifth all-time while Isabelle Karamuco is seventh with seven career points.  O'Keefe is fourth all-time at Lourdes with 48 shot attempts as well.

Life on the Road: Lourdes opens its season with four (would have been five without the cancellation) consecutive non-conference matches away from Wildcat Stadium, marking the longest road trip in program history.  The Gray Wolves longest previous road trip was three straight matches, something that has occurred three times.  Lourdes will not play at home this season until a visit from Huntington on Sept. 11.

Captains Selected: Lourdes has announced tri-captains for the 2018 season.  Kiley Transit will serve as a captain for the second consecutive season while Reagan Boice and Delaney Gravlin will serve in a leadership role for the first time with the Gray Wolves.

This and That: Lourdes is 6-18-1 all-time in road matches ... 2017 marked the first time in program history the Gray Wolves finished a season at the .500 mark ... the Gray Wolves were successful in the classroom in 2017-2018 as five student-athletes earned WHAC All-Academic Team honors, four were named NAIA Scholar-Athletes, and the team was named a NAIA Scholar Team.