University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Women's Soccer Hosts Presbyterian College on Tuesday
10.03.2011 | Women's Soccer
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The UNC Asheville women's soccer team gets back in action Tuesday afternoon at Greenwood Field when the Bulldogs host Big South foe Presbyterian College starting at 3 p.m. Admission is free.
Asheville (2-9-0, 1-1-0 BSC) is playing much better than at the start of the season. The Bulldogs have their two wins in the last four matches and opened BSC play with a 3-1 victory at VMI last Thursday afternoon. Asheville battled Big South power Radford on the Saturday night but fell 1-0 on a goal in the first minute of play.
Second-year coach Michelle Demko's club hopes to keep the momentum going against the Blue Hose on Tuesday. PC will enter Tuesday's match with a 2-8-1 worksheet and 0-1-1 mark in league. Like Asheville, the Blue Hose are playing better after struggling in the early part of the year. Presbyterian College is 2-1-1 in its last four matches and tied VMI on Saturday, 1-1.
"We just need to keep getting better and better with each match," commented Demko. "Our team had a nice win at VMI and battled hard at Radford."
The Blue Hose won last year's match with a 3-0 victory in Clinton. Asheville had won the previous three meetings with PC.
BULLDOG NOTES
Two freshmen - Kaitlyn Eckert and Amanda Knapp - lead Asheville in scoring with three goals, three assists and nine points.
Freshman goalkeeper Heather Muller has played every minute of every match this season.
Three of Asheville's last four losses have come by just one goal.
The Bulldogs defense has limited three of their last four opponents to score just one goal.
Asheville is averaging 1.09 goals per game.
The Bulldogs' 5-1 win over South Carolina State on Sept. 18 marked the most goals by an Asheville team in a match since defeating VMI, 5-0 in 2007.
