University of North Florida
Stetson
Women’s Soccer Set to Open Conference Play with Stetson
9/16/2010 3:41:11 PM | Women's Soccer
Overall, the Ospreys are 1-6, dropping five one-goal matches on the year.
Stetson is 3-5 overall, but has lost four of its last five matches. In their last outing, the Hatters fell, 4-2, to Arkansas-Little Rock on a neutral pitch.
North Florida holds the all-time series between the two schools at 3-2, but the series is knotted at 1-1 in
Stetson claimed the last match between the two schools, winning by a score of 4-2. In the two meetings before, the Ospreys edged the Hatters 2-1 in overtime on Oct. 12, 2008 in
Offensively, the Ospreys have had eight different players score goals on the year, led by sophomore forward Michele Larrinaga and freshman forward Lauren Hopfensperger who have netted two each.
Larrinaga scored her pair of 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, also leading the team in shots (10) and shots on goal (7), garnered the only game-winning goal of the year to date when she found the back of the net against Francis Marion on Sept. 10.
Defensively,
Head coach Linda Hamilton is in her fourth season at UNF and owns a 24-51-7 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.
