On Tap
Six points out of the sixth and final position for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoffs, Macalester looks to gain ground with a pair of league matches on the road this week.
 
Wednesday, the Scots face Carleton in a 4 p.m. game in Northfield before travelling to St. Peter, Saturday, for a 1 p.m. match with Gustavus Adolphus.
 
Records
Macalester, 5-6-1 overall, 1-4-1 MIAC (4 pts, tie 7th place)
Carleton, 8-3-1 overall, 5-0-1 MIAC (16 pts, 2nd place)
Gustavus Adolphus, 1-8-3 overall, 0-4-2 MIAC (2 pts, 11th place)
 
When Last We Met
St. Scholastica won its last meeting with Macalester, Aug. 31, 2012, 2-1, despite being outshot in the match, 20-8. The Scots lone goal came in the 57th minute from Margaret Nemetz.
 
Macalester defeated St. Olaf, 3-1, Oct. 12, 2013, when the two teams last met. St. Olaf scored in the 21st minute to take a 1-0 lead but Lydia Chodosh scored off a corner kick 12 minutes later and Bonnie Gale added the eventual game-winner in the 41st minute.
 
Last Week
Macalester snapped a three-game losing streak with a 1-0, non-conference, win over St. Scholastica, Tuesday, Hayley Stutzman notched her first career goal, in the game's 24th minute, and Emma Toomer recorded her second save.
 
Saturday, the Scots dropped 3-1 decision to MIAC foe St. Olaf. The game hinged on a three-minute span of the second half when the Oles took a 2-0 lead, Macalester cut the lead in half barely two minutes later but St. Olaf scored just 36 seconds later. The Scots rallied in the game's final 10 minutes, getting four shots and four corner kicks during that time but the Oles held on for the win.
 
Following the Scots
Links to live video and stats for Wednesday's game, provided by Carleton, can be found at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/carleton/ while Saturday's game will only have live stats available at https://gustavus.edu/athletics/wsc/live/xlive.htm.
 
She's the Boss
Michele Cornish is in her third year as the head women's soccer coach at Macalester College. The Scots returned to the MIAC playoffs and the conference championship game in 2013 after finishing second in the team standings under Cornish's leadership.
 
A former Macalester assistant under John Leaney in 1991, Cornish was the head women's soccer coach at NCAA Division I North Carolina-Asheville from 1994 to 2010 and, in 2010-11, was the girls' soccer head coach at Shattuck-St. Mary's School in Faribault, Minn.
 
Cornish became head coach of the UNC-Asheville program in 1994 and, at the age of 26, was one of the youngest coaches in the nation upon her hiring. She quickly made an impact with the young program that was in its third year of existence.
 
In 1995, she led the Bulldogs to the Big South Conference championship and a school-record 16-5 mark. Asheville finished the season in second place in the league standings and advanced to the league title game for the first time.  Cornish led the Bulldogs to back-to-back Big South Conference regular-season titles in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, she guided Asheville to the Big South Conference title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. She finished her Bulldog career with 134 victories, making her not just the all-time winningest coach at UNC-Asheville, but the Big South, as well. Cornish led Asheville to the Big South Conference title game seven different times and was a two-time Big South Conference Coach of the Year.
 
As a student-athlete, she played at George Mason and was a member of the school's NCAA Division I national championship team in 1985. Prior to her college career, she was selected to the first U.S. representative women's soccer team to play in China, and was the team's youngest player and leading scorer during the tour.
 
In her 19th season as a collegiate head coach, Cornish has amassed a record 162-150-24 and is 28-17-3 in her third season at Macalester.
 
Where They Stand
Nemetz is tied for fifth, overall, in assists among MIAC players with four.
 
Lily Jilk is one of two MIAC players to have scored on two penalty kicks this season.
 
Up Next
The Scots end a three-game road swing next Tuesday when they play their final non-conference game of the season, a 7 p.m. contest at Wisconsin-Whitewater