PREVIEW: #3 Women’s soccer geared up for home-and-home with Ravens

The Gee-Gees and Ravens women's soccer teams will be plenty familiar with one another after Thanksgiving weekend. The teams square off twice in the span of two days; at Matt Anthony Field on Saturday, Oct. 9 and at the Ravens Perch on Monday, Oct. 11.

• The Matchup: #3 Ottawa Gee-Gees (3-0-0, 1^st place in OUA East) versus Carleton Ravens (1-2-1, 5^th in OUA East)
• Location: Matt Anthony Field (Oct. 9), Ravens Perch (Oct. 11)
• Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. (Oct. 9) and 3:00 p.m. (Oct. 11)
• Series record: Ottawa leads 41-1-11
• Last meeting: Ottawa 1, Carleton 0 – Oct. 6, 2019 at the Ravens Perch
• Broadcast: OUA.tv (both matches)

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Goals: Emma Lefebvre – 5
  • Assists: Nibo Dlamini and Soumaya Bouak – 2

• The Gee-Gees have been impressive in their first three games, winning by a combined score of 14-1. Ottawa's 14 goals makes them the most potent offence in the conference.
• Emma Lefebvre's five goals leads the OUA. She now has 29 career regular season goals as a Gee-Gee. Just five players in program history have reached the 30-goal plateau (Pilar Khoury, Julia Francki, Valerie May, Courtney Luscombe and Isabelle Lessard).
• Rookie Nibo Dlamini has two goals and two assists while starting each of the team's games thus far.
• Not to be outdone, first-year defender Maya Smith should be receiving OUA Rookie of the Year consideration. Smith has been one of a number of stalwart players at the back for Ottawa.

CARLETON GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Goals: Chloe Dohery – 3
  • Assists: None

• Despite their 1-2-1 record, Carleton has shown off good squad depth this season. Six different players have found the back of the net through four matches.
• The Ravens scored nine goals in 2019. They've already scored nine goals through four games in 2021.
• Carleton's issue has been defensively. The team ranks fifth in the OUA in goals-per-game, but 14^th in goals-against-per-game.