Ospreys Set for Final Regular Season Matches

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Atlantic Sun Conference regular season will end upon the completion of this weekend's matches. The University of North Florida women's soccer team will play a pair of crucial matches at home against Lipscomb on Friday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. and then face Belmont on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m.

Currently, UNF sits in ninth place but with Florida Gulf Coast's ineligibility to compete in this year's conference tournament UNF sits behind ETSU (seventh) and Mercer (sixth) in the standings.

The Ospreys (5-9-3, A-Sun 2-4-2), still has a chance in their quest for a berth into the A-Sun tournament. For the Ospreys to play on Halloween in the tournament, they will need help from other teams in the conference.

Regardless to what happen in the standings the women must win their next two matches to obtain 14 points and hope for some help in the conference.

Lipscomb (3-13-0, A-Sun 1-7-0) is 10th overall in the A-Sun standings and comes into this weekend's match with a five match losing streak. The Ospreys lead the all-time series record 2-1-1. Lipscomb's leading scorer has been Kate Spellman with four goals on the season, which is the same goal count as she had in 2008.

The Bison have scored 12 goals this season and have allowed 41 goals. Opponents have averaged 2.56 goals per game and have induced 97 saves split between Lipscomb's goalkeeper's Erin Zerio (39) and Ally Marler (56).

On senior day, the Ospreys will face Belmont (8-5-3, A-Sun 5-1-2). The Bruins are currently in second place in the conference battling with Kennesaw State for the top seed. In Belmont's match last week, the Bruins pulled out a tie against Stetson in 1-1 match.

Belmont's forward, Jayne Trocino, is tied for first in the A-Sun in goals (9), goals per game (.56) and is second in points (21).

UNF's forward Katelin Swift is currently third in the A-Sun in points (19), goals (8) and goals per game (.47). She remains ranked high in the conference despite her not scoring a goal the past three matches.

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