Women’s Soccer Heads to Birmingham to Face UAB

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida women's soccer team (1-5) looks for its second consecutive win on Monday, Sept. 13, facing off against UAB (3-4) in Birmingham, Ala. The two teams, having never played each other, will kickoff at 7 p.m. at West Campus Field.

Overall, the Ospreys are 1-5, dropping four one-goal matches on the year. North Florida is coming off its first victory of the season, defeating Francis Marion, 4-3 Friday, Sept. 10.

UAB is 3-4 overall, but has lost its last two matches. In their last outing, the Blazers fell to Middle Tennessee State by a score of 1-2 on Sept. 10.

Offensively, the Ospreys have had six different players score goals on the year, led by sophomore forward Michele Larrinaga and freshman Lauren Hopfensperger.

Larrinaga and Hopfensperger have gotten off to fast starts this season, with each scoring a pair of goals in the first six matches. Larrinagae netted two goals on two shots in just three minutes and 19 seconds against Saint Mary's on Aug. 29. Larrinaga was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week (Aug. 30) for her efforts. Hopfensperger added her second goal on the year on Sept. 10 against Francis Marion, which was the game-winning goal.

Freshmen Heather Botelho, Carolina Lencina and Thea Linkfield, along with junior Denisse Soltero and sophomore Keara Murphy each have an assist apiece to lead Ospreys.

Head coach Linda Hamilton is in her fourth season at UNF and owns a 24-50-7 career mark heading into this weekend's play. The Ospreys, who finished with a 5-11-3 mark in 2009, return 15 letterwinners, including five starters this season.

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