KICKOFF - Following a four match ASUN road trek, North Florida women's soccer kicks off a three-match home stand beginning Thursday night when the Ospreys host Liberty at 6 p.m. in Hodges Stadium.

MATCH DAY INFO

PITCH POINTS

• North Florida enters Sunday at 8-3-2 (3-2-1 ASUN | 0-1-1 East Division) after a disappointing 3-0 loss at FGCU on Sunday
• The loss snapped a three-game undefeated streak for the Ospreys | UNF was held scoreless for the second straight match with their last goal coming against EKU (Oct. 3) in the 71st minute
• Thursday's tilt marks the first home appearance for the Ospreys in the month of October and kicks off a three-match home stand to wrap up the regular season ledger
• Ospreys home win streak of seven was snapped in their last appearance at Hodges Stadium with a loss to UCA (Sept. 26) | UNF is now 15-5-0 at Hodges Stadium under head coach Eric Faulconer
• Match will feature three of the ASUN's Top 5 ranked goal scorers
• Thais Reiss enters match vs Liberty ranked tied for third in the ASUN this season for goals (8) and fourth in points (17) | Reiss added her 8th goal of the season at EKU and now has 41 for her career (2nd in UNF history) | She ranks 10th all-time in ASUN history
• Reiss has scored the match winner for the Ospreys in five contests and her winner vs Bellarmine (Sept. 30) marked the 19th match-winner of her career (2nd on the ASUN All-Time chart) | She is currently tied for the NCAA lead in game winning goals this season
• FUN FACT: Almost half (19 of 41) of Reiss' career goals have been match winners
• Kayla Bond notched her team and ASUN leading fifth assist on match-winner at Eastern Kentucky
• Goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp has posted eight wins with six shutouts this fall and is fourth in the ASUN with an .838 save percentage | Sapp ranks third in ASUN with a 0.83 GAA, allowing 11 goals while collecting 57 saves
• North Florida roster features 27 of 31 players hailing from the state of Florida
• 11 Ospreys are from or played their prep/club soccer in the “904” area code (Jacksonville, Northeast Florida) | Group includes Haynes Grant, Sydney Hauth, Emma Voigt, Ariana Munoz, Carmel Oliveira, Hannah Farmer, Lauren Weiss, Marissa House, Analiese Anderson, Kate Carter and Brielle Maloney
• UNF was picked as co-favorite to win the ASUN this Fall along with Lipscomb
• North Florida returned nine starters from their successful spring campaign and welcomed 11 newcomers including several DI transfers
• Thais Reiss and Mercedes Sapp were named the ASUN Preseason Player and Goalkeeper of the Year, respectively | Ariana Munoz was also named to the preseason All-Conference list
• Reiss was selected for the Watch List of the MAC Hermann Trophy, presented to the National Player of the Year
• Ospreys announced their Leadership Council for the season: Captains Thais Reiss & Zara Siassi | Lauren Weiss (Fresh rep) | Averi Walraven (Soph rep) | Sydney Hauth (Jr rep) | Kendra Hoffman (SR/Grad rep) | Ariana Munoz (SR/Grad rep)
• HONOR ROLL - Marissa House became the latest Osprey to earn a weekly honor, being named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday (10/5) | Sapp was named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week (8/24) | Reiss chosen ASUN Player of the Week (8/31)
• RANKING NEWS - Ospreys were unranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches South Region Top 10 poll, marking their first time out of the poll in the last seven weeks | North Florida was listed #94 in the latest NCAA RPI, marking the second highest rank for an ASUN team (Liberty is #75)

SPRING REWIND

• North Florida boasted an undefeated (6-0-0) record in ASUN play for the first time in program history and marked just the second time Ospreys have gone unblemished in conference play (2000: 5-0-0 in Peach Belt) | The Ospreys earned the ASUN South Division title
• Going 10-2-0 during the spring season marked the second most wins in a season during the program's Division I era | UNF also amassed a double-digit win total for the second consecutive year after winning 11 contests in 2019
• North Florida's seven-match win streak during the spring was the longest in the program's DI era and marked just the 5th time a UNF program has strung together 7 or more wins on the pitch (Record is 13 in 2000 followed by 8 in 2001 and 7 twice in 2002)
• Ospreys had the ASUN Player of the Year (Thais Reiss), Goalkeeper of the Year (Mercedes Sapp) along with Ariana Munoz and Zara Siassi joining the duo on the First team All-ASUN list | Siassi and Haynes Grant were both named to the ASUN All-Freshman squad
• Reiss led the ASUN in points (23), goals (9) and assists (5) | She ranked second in shots with 43 and topped the league with 7 multi-point matches
• In the net, Sapp paced the ASUN in GAA (0.61) and wins (10) while listed second for Save% (78.8)
• 11 different Ospreys scored in the Spring with Reiss (9), Munoz (3), Oliveira (3) and Hoffman (3) amassing multiple goals scored
• Ospreys were ranked No. 6 in the final United Soccer Coaches South Region poll (Spent six of eight weeks during the season in Top 5)

FAULCONER TALES
- Head coach Eric Faulconer's overall record stands at 269-109-33 in his 21st season | He owns a 29-11-4 mark in his third season leading the Ospreys | Faulconer-led team have reached double-digit victories in 18 consecutive seasons 

SCOUTING REPORT

• LIBERTY: Comes to town with 10-4-1 (5-1-0 ASUN | 2-0-0 East Division) record following a 3-1 win versus Stetson on Sunday | The win marked the third in a row for the Flames | After opening the season 0-3, Liberty has only lost once in its last 12 matches (1-0 defeat at Lipscomb)
• Liberty leads the ASUN East with six points in the standings | Flames were ranked #9 in this week's United Soccer Coaches South Region poll
• All-time Series Record: 1-2-0 | Last Meeting: Liberty posted a 1-0 win in the semifinals of the ASUN Tournament this past spring (Apr. 15) | UNF earned a 1-0 OT victory in pair's only previous meeting at Hodges Stadium (Sept. 29, 2019)
• Liberty boasts a 4-3-0 road record this season and are riding a two-match road win streak
• Flames have only gone into OT once this year | 0-0 double-overtime draw vs UNC Wilmington
• Liberty leads the ASUN with 32 goals scored | 13 different players have scored for LU this year | Maddy Oliver leads the Flames and ranks tie for third with Thais Reiss at 8 goals while teammate Kasey Jamieson ranks 5th in the ASUN with 6 goals scored
• Goalkeeper Randi Palacios is second in the ASUN with an 0.78 GAA and 80.7 save percentage | She has surrendered 11 goals and tallied 46 saves
• Liberty defense has produced 8 shutouts in 15 matches
• Head coach Lang Wedemeyer is in his 5th season at Liberty with a 43-35-12 record | He owns a 204-158-50 career mark