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Women’s Soccer Hosts Stetson in First Round A-Sun Tournament Match
10/29/2010 11:45:00 AM | Women's Soccer
2010 Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Soccer Tournament Bracket
The Ospreys (7-10, 6-4 A-Sun), the No. 3 seed in the tournament, will take on the No. 6 seed Hatters (7-10-1, 4-5-1 A-Sun), making its eighth consecutive appearance in the tournament, in a rematch of both school's regular season opener earlier this year. In that match on Sept. 17,
The winner of the Stetson and
Despite dropping its last two regular season matches, the Ospreys have won four of its last six contests by a combined score of 9-2.
In Stetson's last five matches, the squad is 1-3-1 with the Hatter's lone victory coming against Lipscomb who is last-place in the conference and finished 0-10 in league play this season. The Osprey defense will look to slow down Stetson's scoring threats as the Hatters rank as the conference's second-most potent offense (28 goals in all games; 17 in conference play).
In the all-time series between the two schools,
Five of the six matches between the two squads have been decided by just one goal. Stetson last defeated North Florida on Oct. 9, 2009, winning by a score of 4-2 in
Offensively, the Ospreys have had eight different players score goals on the year with four players scoring two or more this season. Freshmen forwards Carolina Lencina and Lauren Hopfensperger, recently tabbed First-Team All-Atlantic Sun, All-Freshman and Lencina being named Freshman of the Year, have led the squad offensively, netting six and 10 goals, respectively.
Lencina finished the 2010 regular season ranking fifth in the conference in all matches in points with 17, goals (six), and was sixth in assists with five. In conference play, the
Furthermore, Lencina also led the team in assists (five), shots (36) and shots on goal (19). The rookie was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week (Sept. 20) for her efforts against Stetson and
Hopfensperger wrapped up her 2010 regular season campaign leading the conference in all matches in goals with 10 and game-winning goals with four. In conference play, the
In addition, Hopfensperger led the team in goals (10), points (20) and game-winning goals (four). The first-year forward also had three multi-goal matches, connected on 10-of-18 shots on goal and currently ranks 10th in school history for goals in a season.
Admission to the contest is $3.00 for children 12 years of age and under, $2.00 for senior citizens, $5.00 for general public.
The match will be streamed live on ASun.TV as the Atlantic Sun Conference announced Thursday, Oct. 28 to offer coverage of all fall championship events free of charge.
