KICKOFF - The North Florida women's soccer visits ASUN newcomer Eastern Kentucky on Sunday morning in the first meeting between the two programs on the pitch. Ospreys are looking to earn a road sweep of the “Bluegrass State” following their 2-0 win at Bellarmine on Thursday night.

MATCH DAY INFO

PITCH POINTS

• North Florida improved to 7-2-1 (2-1-0 ASUN) following their bounce back 2-0 victory at Bellarmine on Thursday night | The win upped the Ospreys road record to 3-1-1 this season
• The shutout was the fourth of the year for the UNF defense
• Thais Reiss enters Sunday's match with EKU ranked second in the ASUN this season for goals and points | Reiss added her 7th goal of the season vs the Knights and now has 40 for her career (Tied for 2nd in UNF history) | Her goal vs BU gave her sole possession of 10th all-time in ASUN history
• Reiss has now scored the match winner for the Ospreys in five of the last eight contests and has netted a goal in six of last eight games | Her winner vs Bellarmine marked the 19th match-winner of her career (2nd on the ASUN All-Time chart)
• FUN FACT: Almost half (19 of 40) of Reiss' career goals have been match winners
• Kayla Bond notched her team leading fourth assist on the Reiss goal and grabbed a share of the ASUN season lead for helpers
• Vanessa Piermont netted her first goal of the season (5th of career) for UNF's second tally of the match
• Haynes Grant and Zara Siassi also added assists in match vs Knights | For Siassi, the assist marked the first point of her career
• Goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp has posted seven wins with four shutouts this fall and is fourth in the ASUN with an .840 save percentage and is second with a 0.78 GAA | Sapp has collected 40 saves this year
• 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
• Ospreys home win streak was also halted at seven with the loss to UCA (Sept. 26) | UNF is now 15-5-0 at Hodges Stadium under head coach Eric Faulconer
• 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 - Sapp was named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week (8/24) | Reiss chosen ASUN Player of the Week (8/31)
• RANKING NEWS - Ospreys were #9 ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches South Region poll, marking the fifth consecutive week UNF has been in the Top 10

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 268-108-32 in his 21st season | He owns a 28-10-3 mark in his third season leading the Ospreys | Faulconer-led team have reached double-digit victories in 18 consecutive seasons 

SCOUTING REPORT

• EASTERN KENTUCKY: Enters the match at 5-6-0 (1-2-0 ASUN) after earning their first ASUN victory with a 2-0 win over Jacksonville on Thursday | The win snapped a three-match losing skid for the Colonels and also marked their first goals in conference play
• All-time Series Record: FIRST MEETING
• Eastern Kentucky is in its inaugural season of play in the ASUN | EKU was previously a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
• Colonels are 3-2-0 at home this year
• EKU has gotten goals from 10 different players with five players notching multiple goals | Audrey Anderson tops the squad with 3 goals highlighted by her two goals in Thursday's win vs JU
• Goalkeeper Sabrina Hinz posted a shutout in her first career start vs Jacksonville | EKU has played four keepers this season
• Head coach Matt Cosinuke is in his 3rd season at EKU and owns a career record of 13-23-3 record