THE FACTS: North Alabama & Lipscomb Matches

Matches of the Week
Match 1: North Alabama	Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 \| 7 p.m. \| Jacksonville, Fla. \| Hodges Stadium
Match 1: North Alabama	TV/Video: SWOOPLife Live \| Live Stats \| Tickets
Match 2: Lipscomb	Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 \| 1 p.m. \| Jacksonville, Fla. \| Hodges Stadium
Match 2: Lipscomb	TV/Video: SWOOPLife Live \| Live Stats \| Tickets
Series History	UNA: UNF leads 1-0-0 \| Last Meeting - UNF 1, UNA 0 (Oct. 14, 2018) [Recap \| Box] \| Streak: W1 LIP: UNF trails 5-7-2 \| Last Meeting - LIP 3, UNF 0 (Oct. 12, 2018) [Recap \| Box] \| Streak: L4
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KICKOFF - North Florida looks to continue its winning ways in a pair of ASUN home matches this week as the Ospreys host North Alabama on Thursday and face Lipscomb on Sunday. UNF has gone undefeated in its last five matches.

OSPREY FACTS

1. LOOKING BACK - The Ospreys remained undefeated in ASUN conference play with a 1-0 shutout at Kennesaw State last Thursday followed by a hard fought 1-1 double overtime draw at NJIT on Sunday | Thais Reiss collected assists in both contests, setting up Leah Ferlin for the game winner vs KSU and handed out the helper to Kendra Hoffman against the Highlanders

2. OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER - North Florida leads the ASUN with 25 goals scored and ranks 45th in the nation | UNF is also averaging a league best 5.23 points per match (86th in nation) and the conference's top scoring offense with 1.92 goals per match (72nd in nation) | Thais Reiss is second in the ASUN with nine goals this season (19th in NCAA) including four match winners (5th in nation) | Leah Ferlin is 6th in ASUN with five goals scored

3. MILESTONE NOTES - Head coach Eric Faulconer posted the 245th win of his collegiate coaching career against WCU (Sept. 22), impoving his all-time mark to 248-101-31 | Thais Reiss has 21 goals in her career including 11 game winners... Her 9 goals this season is the third most in DI history and just one shy of DI all-time record... She has 9 game winners equalling the DI record and also ranks third in the DI era for shot attempts | Riess has tallied a point in 11 of 13 matches this season

4. UNDEFEATED STREAK - UNF's undefeated streak thru three matches of ASUN play highlighted by back-to-back wins to start their conference slate equals the best start in program DI history | The Ospreys current five-match undefeated streak marks the second one of this length this season having started the year with four wins and a draw

5. SCOUTING REPORT
- North Alabama enters Thursday's clash having lost their last three matches (all ASUN contests) and a 4-8-0 record (0-3-0 ASUN) | Shelby Wall is the ASUN's top scorer with 11 goals this year | The Lions have used three goalkeepers this season with a 1.81 GAA | UNA is coached by Chris Walker in his seventh season with a 73-44-8 record and a trip to the ASUN Championship match in the Lion's first season in the league last year

- Lipscomb comes into their weekend visit to the River City at 7-5-1 (1-1-1 ASUN) and will face Jacksonville on Thursday before battling Sunday with the Ospreys | Olivia Doak leads the Bisons with 7 goals while 11 different LU players have found the back of the net this season | A duo of goalkeepers boast a 1.21 GAA for Lipscomb highlighted by 56 saves | Bison head coach Kevin O'Brien is in his 7th season at the helm of Lipscomb and owns a 72-50-23

FAULCONER TALES
"We are looking forward to continuing conference play at home Thursday and Sunday. Every team is fighting for points and we fully expect both upcoming games to be as difficult as our first three. Both North Alabama and Lipscomb are very well coached and each team has impact players that can change the outcome of the game. We are playing with a lot of confidence at the moment, but I still don't believe we have played our very best. We want to peak at the right time and we are getting to that point in the season when you want that to happen." -- Head coach Eric Faulconer

UP NEXT
North Florida closes out the road portion of its regular season ledger with matches at FGCU (Oct 17) and Stetson (Oct. 24) before hosting crosstown rival Jacksonville in the regular season finale at Hodges Stadium on Oct. 27.

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Players Mentioned

Leah Ferlin

Kendra Hoffman

Thais Reiss

OSPREY FACTS

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