University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Women's Soccer Returns Home to Face Alabama A&M
09.03.2015 | Women's Soccer
THE MATCHUP
Teams: Asheville (3-1, 0-0 BSC)
Alabama A&M (0-2, 0-0 SWAC)
Location: Greenwood Field, Asheville, N.C.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's soccer team welcomes Alabama A&M to town on Friday night, their first match of the week following a 3-0 road victory on Sunday afternoon. Alabama A&M travels to Asheville 0-2 on the year with losses to Kennesaw State and Lipscomb.
NOTABLES
-UNC Asheville has outshot opponents 81-31 through four games, with 60 percent of those shots (48) going on goal. Asheville is averaging 20.2 shots per game to their opponents' 7.8/per game.
-The Bulldogs have seen over half of their shot attempts (45) come in the first halves, but have scored six of their nine total goals after the halftime break.
-Freshman Justine James leads the Bulldogs in total points to this point (6, all coming on goals), while sophomore Charoline Houser, last season's Big South Freshman of the Year, leads Asheville with three assists.
-Alabama A&M has been outscored 21-0 over their first two contests.
-Asheville leads the all-time series 1-0 after a double overtime, 3-2 victory on the road last season.
QUOTABLES
“We have another great opportunity in front of us today against Alabama A&M. An opportunity to dictate the tempo of the game, be relentless in our pursuit and maintain focus for 90 minutes of play. They will be athletic and have a competitor's mentality. It's going to be important we put two halves of soccer together.” - Head Coach Michelle Demko
UP NEXT
-Following tonight's game against Alabama A&M, the Bulldogs will prepare for a pair of neutral site games next weekend, beginning next Friday night against VMI and continuing next Sunday with UT Chattanooga.
