University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Women's Soccer Concludes Regular Season Tuesday
10.26.2015 | Women's Soccer
THE MATCHUP
Teams: Asheville (11-7-0, 4-5-0 BSC)
Gardner-Webb (5-9-4, 2-5-2 BSC)
Location: Greene-Harbison Stadium/Boiling Springs, N.C.
Time: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 7:00 p.m. ET
LIVE VIDEO (Big South Network) | LIVE STATS
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's soccer team wraps up its regular season Tuesday on the road, traveling to Boiling Springs, N.C., to take on Gardner-Webb at 7 p.m. ET. Asheville is currently positioned tied for sixth in the conference (4-5-0, 12 points) while the top eight will advance to the Big South Conference Tournament. Tuesday's season finale will be streamed live on the Big South Network.
The Bulldogs are coming off a tight 1-0 loss to Longwood in their home finale Saturday evening.
Gardner-Webb (2-5-2, 8 points) is tied for eighth in the conference and is coming off a 1-0 loss at Charleston Southern Saturday.
ASHEVILLE NOTES
- With their 11th win of the season Oct. 21, the Bulldogs have recorded back-to-back double-digit win seasons after bettering last season's win total of 10. In fact, Asheville has posted back-to-back double-digit win seasons for the fifth time in the program's 23 year history and the Bulldogs' 21 wins the last two years ranks as the fifth-most wins over a two-year span in program history (1995-96: 26 wins; 2004-05: 24 wins; 2005-06: 23 wins; 2003-04: 22 wins).
- Asheville's backline has been stingy this season en route to posting six shutouts. In fact, six shutouts is tied for fifth-most in a single season (12 in 1995; 10 in 2004; eight in 2003, 2005, 2006; seven in 1997, 1999). Asheville has recorded at least five shutouts in a season 14 times in program history and in each of the last three seasons (five in 2013; five in 2014; six in 2015).
- Sophomore Caroline Houser is on pace to set a new school record for assists in a season as her current total of nine helpers is tied for most in a single season with Kaitlyn Eckert (2012). Houser's nine assists is second in the conference and 15th in the nation. The 2014 Big South Conference Freshman of the Year has 13 career assists, tied for fifth-most in school history. Houser poured in her team-leading seventh goal of the season in the 58th minute at South Carolina State (Oct. 21). Houser's 23 points this season leads the team and is tied for eighth with Kristi Cummings (1993) for most points in a single season in single season.
- The Bulldogs have shown to possess one of the most dynamic offenses in the Big South Conference, pacing the conference in goals (33) and points (93) while also ranking second in assists (27, 1.50 per game) and fourth in shots (270, 15.00 per game). The offensive attack has been sparked by a trio of players, as sophomore Caroline Houser leads the team in goals (7), assists (9), and points (23), while freshman Justine James and junior Paige Trent are tied for second in goals scored with six apiece.
-Junior Paige Trent provided the game-winning goal for the Bulldogs in the 106th minute to upend South Carolina State (Oct. 21). The goal for Trent was her second of the night after finding the back of the net in the 58th minute to even the score and was her first multi-goal game of the season. Asheville is an impressive 7-2 (.778) in games decided by one goal and remain a perfect 3-0 in overtime games this season.
-Two Bulldogs have earned Big South Conference Player of the Week honors this season. Freshman goalkeeper Lily Brown was named the Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 12, her first career award. Brown also becomes the first Bulldog to win Defensive Player of the Week honors since the award's inception in 2010. Junior Paige Trent was named the conference's Attacking Player of the Week on Aug. 24. Four players under fifth-year head coach Michelle Demko have received a weekly award while 28 Bulldogs since 1993 have garnered weekly conference accolades.
QUOTABLES
"Tomorrow is a great opportunity to come together again and continue our process. Gardner-Webb is a very good team with a lot of dangerous players that we will have to account for on each line. I anticipate the energy will be high as well as the tempo of the game. We are looking to establish ourselves early, have two consistent halves and be ready to battle for 90 minutes." - head coach Michelle Demko
UP NEXT
- The Bulldogs will await their fate for Big South Conference Tournament action. The quarterfinals will take place the weekend of Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the site of the higher seed.
