On Tap
Macalester faces on final non-conference contest before closing out the season with three consecutive Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contests.
 
Tonight, the Scots are at 13th-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater for a 7 p.m. before returning home to take on St. Catherine, Saturday, beginning at 7 p.m.

Records
Macalester, 7-6-1 overall, 3-4-1 MIAC (10 pts, 8th place)
Wisconsin-Whitewater, 14-2-0 overall, 7-0-0 WIAC (21 pts, 1st place)
St. Catherine, 7-6-1 overall, 4-4-0 MIAC (12 pts, 7th place)

When Last We Met
The last meeting between the Scots and Warhawks was on neutral ground, in 2012, at the Advantage Emblem Cup at St. Scholastica, Sept. 1, 2012. Macalester's Georgia Cloepfil scored six minutes, 14 seconds into the contest and Ellen Palmquist recorded the shutout in the Scots' 1-0 win.
 
Oct. 26, 2013, saw the Scots and Wildcats play 67 minutes of scoreless soccer before Bonnie Gale scored twice in the final 23 minutes to give Macalester a 2-0 win at St. Catherine.

Last Week
Macalester ended a five-game winless streak in conference play with a pair of road victories over Carleton, 2-1, and Gustavus Adolphus, 1-0 in double overtime.
 
The win over Carelton came after the hosts applied the pressure in the final 10 minutes, getting three corner kicks and two shots but couldn't overcome a 2-1 first-half deficit in which Hannah Walker, in the eighth minute, and Ellen Brady, with six seconds remaining in the first half, both recorded their first goals of the season.
 
Saturday, the Scots and Gusties played over 103 minutes of scoreless soccer before Walker scored her second goal of the week with 6:40 to play in the second overtime to give the visitors a win. Emma Toomer made four saves in notching her third shutout of the season.

Following the Scots
Tonight's live stats can be found at http://www.sidearmstats.com/uww/wsoc/, while audio of the match will be at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/uww/.
 
Saturday, live stats and video will be available via Macalester's portal at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/macalester/.

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 164-150-24 and is 30-17-3 in her third season at Macalester.

Up Next
The final two games of the regular-season will determine the Scots' fate in regards to qualifying for the MIAC playoffs. Wednesday, the Scots will be at home to face second-place and 24th-ranked Concordia in a 7:30 p.m. match before traveling to Winona, Saturday, where they will take on St. Mary's at 1 p.m