University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Saturday, September 23
Asheville, NC
3:00 PM
UNC Asheville
vs
Charleston Southern
Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
Bulldogs Begin Conference Play During Homecoming Weekend at Greenwood Field
09.22.2017 | Women's Soccer
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – During homecoming weekend, the UNC Asheville women's soccer team will be in action on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. at Greenwood Field as the Bulldogs look to give head coach Michelle Demko her 50th career victory.
BULLDOG BITES
About UNC Asheville
The Bulldogs enter Big South Conference play with a 4-4-1 overall record. To conclude the non-conference portion of the schedule, UNC Asheville traveled to South Carolina State and won 2-0 behind goals from Emma Houser and Skyler Chillson.
Houser netted her first goal of the season and her seventh of her career, while Chillson netted her second goal of her rookie campaign. Alison Kurucz assisted Houser on the first goal of the game, which was her first assist of her career.
With the victory in Orangeburg, S.C., Demko is one win away from her 50th career overall victory as a head coach.
Also with the two-goal victory, it was the Bulldog defense's and goalkeeper Bryson Lee's second clean sheet of the season.
With Houser scoring her first goal of the year, it is the sixth different Bulldog to tally at least one goal in 2017. With Kurucz's assist at SCSU, it was the eighth assist of the year for the team.
Scouting Charleston Southern
The Bucs travel to Asheville, N.C. sporting a 2-5-1 record including a 1-3 mark in road contests this year. Their lone road win came in a 2-1 victory at The Citadel in early September.
CSU and Asheville had four common non-conference opponents this year (Jacksonville, North Florida, South Carolina State and Wofford). The Bucs posted a 1-3 record against those teams.
In the 30 all-time meetings between UNC Asheville and Charleston Southern, the Bulldogs lead the Bucs 15-13-2.
The Bucs have been out-scored 11-7 this year as a team, while Sidney Doherty and Jordan Newman have each posted two goals on the year. The same duo leads the team in points (5) as each have tallied an assist on the year.
The Bucs have a young lineup in 2017. All eight players who have started every game are either a junior or younger while there are no seniors who have started over half the games this year.
The CSU defense is led by junior goalkeeper Alyssa Dellacqua who has started all eight games between the posts. She has totaled 752:36 minutes while allowing seven goals and posting a respectable .831 save percentage and 54 saves.
Match Information
Saturday's match will be streamed via the Big South Network, and the link can be found by clicking HERE. Live stats for the match can be found by clicking HERE.
BULLDOG BITES
About UNC Asheville
The Bulldogs enter Big South Conference play with a 4-4-1 overall record. To conclude the non-conference portion of the schedule, UNC Asheville traveled to South Carolina State and won 2-0 behind goals from Emma Houser and Skyler Chillson.
Houser netted her first goal of the season and her seventh of her career, while Chillson netted her second goal of her rookie campaign. Alison Kurucz assisted Houser on the first goal of the game, which was her first assist of her career.
With the victory in Orangeburg, S.C., Demko is one win away from her 50th career overall victory as a head coach.
Also with the two-goal victory, it was the Bulldog defense's and goalkeeper Bryson Lee's second clean sheet of the season.
With Houser scoring her first goal of the year, it is the sixth different Bulldog to tally at least one goal in 2017. With Kurucz's assist at SCSU, it was the eighth assist of the year for the team.
Scouting Charleston Southern
The Bucs travel to Asheville, N.C. sporting a 2-5-1 record including a 1-3 mark in road contests this year. Their lone road win came in a 2-1 victory at The Citadel in early September.
CSU and Asheville had four common non-conference opponents this year (Jacksonville, North Florida, South Carolina State and Wofford). The Bucs posted a 1-3 record against those teams.
In the 30 all-time meetings between UNC Asheville and Charleston Southern, the Bulldogs lead the Bucs 15-13-2.
The Bucs have been out-scored 11-7 this year as a team, while Sidney Doherty and Jordan Newman have each posted two goals on the year. The same duo leads the team in points (5) as each have tallied an assist on the year.
The Bucs have a young lineup in 2017. All eight players who have started every game are either a junior or younger while there are no seniors who have started over half the games this year.
The CSU defense is led by junior goalkeeper Alyssa Dellacqua who has started all eight games between the posts. She has totaled 752:36 minutes while allowing seven goals and posting a respectable .831 save percentage and 54 saves.
Match Information
Saturday's match will be streamed via the Big South Network, and the link can be found by clicking HERE. Live stats for the match can be found by clicking HERE.
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