ELKINS, W.Va. -- Point Park women's soccer will wrap up the 2026 regular season on Wednesday night when it visits Davis & Elkins at 4 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
The Pioneers (11-5-1, 11-3-1 MEC) picked up their second consecutive win on Sunday when they beat West Liberty 1-0. Rebecca Pihlgren scored her sixth goal of the year in the 80th minute to lift Point Park to the win. Pihlgren also led the match with her five shots and four shots on goal.
Nicole Kuchinski recorded her MEC-leading 11th shutout in the match, recording four saves in the clean sheet.
BRICK WALL
Goalkeeper Nicole Kuchinski is second in the MEC in goals-against average (0.38) and save percentage (.914). She leads the MEC in shutouts with 11. Her 4.00 saves per game are good for sixth in the league.
Kuchinski has surrendered just four goals since Sept. 16 - two of which came at Frostburg State. Five of her six goals this season have come on the road, and three have come against ranked opponents (one at Ashland, one at then-No. 23 Fairmont State, and one vs. No. 21 Fairmont State).
WEEKLY HONORS
Maya Figueroa became the third Pioneer to receive an MEC weekly honor on Oct. 12 when she picked up an MEC Offensive Player of the Week title. Figueroa scored in both of Point Park's games in the week, including her game-winning tally at Charleston.
Point Park has received four MEC weekly honors on the season, with Rebecca Pihlgren being named MEC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 7 and Nicole Kuchinski earning back-to-back MEC Defensive Player of the Week crowns on Sept. 21 and 28.
THE ROAD AHEAD
Point Park has clinched the third seed in the MEC North Division. Point Park will travel on to take on the second seed in the MEC South Division on Sunday, Nov. 1. Either Glenville State or West Virginia Wesleyan will earn the second spot in the south. The Pioneers beat Glenville State 1-0 on Sept. 27 and took down Wesleyan 2-0 on Oct. 7.
WELCOME TO MOE'S!
Nicole Kuchinski was named the Moe's Southwest Grill Pioneer Women's Athlete of the Month on Monday. Kuchinski earned back-to-back MEC Defensive Player of the Week titles on Sept. 21 and 28, and the senior goalkeeper allowed only two goals over the last month.
PIHLGREN POWER
Rebecca Pihlgren leads the team with her 6 goals, 15 points and three assists. Pihlgren is tied for seventh in the MEC in goals and ninth in assists.
Pihlgren sits in second place in the league in both shots and shots on goal per game, averaging 3.88 and 1.94, respectively. Three of her goals have been game winners, which ties her for third in the MEC. Her teammates Eliya Adjo and Maya Figueroa are tied for eighth with two apiece.
SHARE THE WEALTH
Point Park has won 11 of its 15 conference games with a goal differential of 16-5. The Pioneers have featured nine different goalscorers over this stretch, with Rebecca Pihlgren scoring sixth goals, including three total goals against Wheeling, Charisma Arteaga and Becca Simpkins both scoring against West Liberty and Reece Frank recording the lone tally in the win over Davis & Elkins. Eliya Adjo scored in back-to-back games against Glenville State and West Virginia State, a game in which Isabelle Meier also scored.
Meea Irwin and Maria Gomez both dented the twine at Shawnee State, and Maya Figueroa scored in the team's last two matches against West Virginia Wesleyan and Charleston.
SCOUTING THE SENATORS
Davis & Elkins (3-8-6, 2-8-5 MEC) dropped its last game 1-0 to Frostburg State on Sunday. The Senators had tied three consecutive games before their defeat, and they have not scored a goal since Oct. 11. Davis & Elkins has clinched the fourth and final playoff spot in the MEC North Division.
Rafaela Leao leads the Senators with three goals, and she is tied with Sophia Brown for the team-leading 6 points. Gabriela Acevedo has played the bulk of D&E's games in net, posting a 1.25 goals-against average and a .722 save percentage.
The Pioneers downed D&E on Sept. 12 1-0 with Reece Frank scoring the winner in the 48th minute off an assist from Julia Rusiecki.
PRESEASON POLL
Point Park was picked to place fourth in the Mountain East Conference North Division in the MEC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll. The Pioneers returned 19 players from the 2025 season, in which they qualified for the MEC Tournament, including the aforementioned Rebecca Pihlgren who was named 2025 MEC Freshman of the Year and First Team All-MEC.
