With a combined 10-0-0 record, Maryville is the only school in the NCAA (Division I, Division II and Division III) that has a pair of undefeated and untied soccer programs.
The women’s team is 4-0-0 and 2-0-0 in Great Lakes Valley Conference action to start the year. This is the best start for the Saints in the Division II era and the best start since the 2006 team started the season with five consecutive victories.
Alex Johnson is pacing the Saints offense with four goals and nine points in the campaign and has three game-winning goals to her credit. Madison Schmied and Stacie Muehling are anchoring a Saints defense that has given up one goal on the season.
The ninth-ranked men’s team is off to the best start in program history with a record of 6-0-0 and is currently 3-0-0 in GLVC play. They are also the top team in the United Soccer Coaches Midwest Regional rankings.
Braden Johnson leads the Maryville offense with four goals on the year while Ben Brodie and Grady Schliepsiek have three goals each. Iwan Webster and Liam Walraven key the Saints defensive unit which has allowed only three goals on the year. Maryville has surrendered just 10 shots on goal through six games.
Thank you to the NCAA for helping us share this good news.
Here are some tweets about the undefeated and untied Maryville Saints.
And then there was 1⃣ in the 👏🏼entire👏🏼 NCAA.
Maryville is the ONLY #NCAASoccer program to have perfect records for its men’s *and* women’s teams: https://t.co/wLIPfPc3Kx.#D2MSOC // #D2WSOC pic.twitter.com/2cjPOtSmiE
— NCAA Division II (@NCAADII) September 24, 2019
Maryville University is the only school in the NCAA with two undefeated and untied soccer teams. What a great start to the year for both! #BigRedM #D2MSOC #D2WSOC @NCAADII @MaryvilleU pic.twitter.com/hQOtnRNXDF
— Maryville Athletics (@MaryvilleSaints) September 24, 2019
👀Awesome headline!!! Maryville men’s and women’s soccer.🐾⚽️💪 pic.twitter.com/me9PPkCQWi
— Maryville Athletics (@MaryvilleSaints) September 24, 2019
Really cool story. The men are shooting up the #D2MSOC rankings while the women’s team is making program history. Big weekend ahead so be sure to 👀@GLVCsports @NCAASoccer #D2WSOC @UnitedCoaches https://t.co/6lnEN3VdMW
— Wayne Cavadi (@UofDWayne) September 24, 2019
⚽️ @MaryvilleSaints big-time repping #GLVCmsoc and #GLVCwsoc so far this season!
👏 Congrats to @MaryvilleSoccer and @MUSaintsSoccer for a great start! https://t.co/YRchlEOdAt
— Great Lakes Valley Conference (@GLVCsports) September 24, 2019
This story originally appeared on maryvillesaints.com.