KICKOFF - ASUN south division leading North Florida women's soccer (6-0-0) travels across town to face rival Jacksonville, Saturday at 6 p.m., in the squad's final regular season road match. The meeting is designated as the River City Rumble contest for 2021.
 

PITCH POINTS

- 6-0-0 start marks the program's best in the Division I Era (since 2005) | The 2000 squad opened the year with 13 straight victories for the school record
- North Florida's current six-match win streak it the longest in the DI era and marks just the 8th time a UNF program has strung together 6 or more wins on the pitch in program histor (Record is 13 in 2000 followed by 8 in 2001, 7 twice in 2002 and then 6 wins three other times: 2004 | 1999 | 1997)
- UNF is one of 23 team's in the country that are still undefeated or untied in 2020-21
- Saturday's match will be the second of three meetings between the Ospreys and Dolphins this season
- Match is part off a span of five consecutive contests for Ospreys within the city limits to close out the regular season (4 matches at home | 1 match at JU)
- Ospreys extended their win streak to 6 matches following a 1-0 win vs FGCU last Saturday at Hodges Stadium | Win gave UNF a sweep off the Eagles this year
- In the win, senior Thais Reiss converted her third PK attempt of the season to post the only goal of the contest
- Reiss leads the ASUN in points (16) and goals (7) | She ranks second in shots with 25 and T2 for assists (2)
- Goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp tops the ASUN in GAA (0.37) and Save% (88.2)
- Eight different Ospreys have scored this season but only Reiss and Ari Munoz (2) have multiple goals
- North Florida has produced a trio of ASUN Players of the Week already this season (Thais Reiss | Ari Munoz | Mercedes Sapp)
- North Florida leads the ASUN in goals
- In first UNF-FGCU meeting of season, Thais Reiss scored a brace for the Ospreys with Leah Ferlin and Kendra Hoffman each added their first goals of the season | Lillback accounted for the Eagles lone tally

- Last season the Ospreys matched the program's Division I era record at 11-6-2
- North Florida finished with 33 goals, ranking second in the ASUN a year ago
- UNF boasted the program record with a 1.11 GAA
- Head coach Eric Faulconer earned his 250th career victory last season | Faulconer led squads have recorded 10+ wins in 17 consecutive seasons
- Ospreys were tabbed to finish 4th in the preseason ASUN poll
- Thais Reiss was picked the preseason ASUN Player of the Year 
- All-ASUN Honors in 2019: Thais Reiss and Hollyn Knight (1st team) | Kendra Hoffman and Leah Ferlin (2nd team) | Devyn Encalada (All-Freshman)

SCOUTING REPORT 
- JU SERIES: All-time record is 7-11-2 | Met earlier this season (Feb. 3) at Patton Park with Ospreys earning the 4-0 victory, which was season opener | Ospreys are 4-4-1 at Hodges Stadium and 3-6-1 at JU | Teams are 4-4-2 in last 10 meetings
- Jacksonville is 1-6-1 (1-1-1 ASUN) this season following their 1-0 at Stetson last Saturday
- Dolphins are 0-3-1 at home this year
- JU has been outscored 15-3 this season with Saturday's win vs Stetson the first match they didn't allow a goal
- Shelby Brim (2) and Gabby Holtrop (1) have accounted for all three of the Dolphin goals
- Netminder Courtney Green owns a 1.59 GAA and a 75.5 Save% in 677 minutes between the pipes
- JU welcomes new head coach John Constable for this season, who previously served a five-year stint at Nova Southeastern and led the squad to 5 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances capped by claiming a Regional Title in 2019

FAULCONER TALES
"Obviously, always exciting to play in the River City Rumble match against Jacksonville. They are coming off a great result against Stetson and we know they will be entering the game with a lot of confidence.  I also feel we are a very confident team as well. We want to finish the last stretch of the regular season playing our best soccer and peak during the ASUN tournament. I believe there is a higher level of play in us and we will continue to work hard toward that goal."
-- Head coach Eric Faulconer

UP NEXT
North Florida closes its regular season ledger with three straight home matches beginning Wednesday (Mar. 24) against Florida at 6 p.m. in Hodges Stadium.

 

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