MATCH NOTES: Ospreys Battle Rival Jacksonville on Senior Day

KICKOFF - ASUN South Division champion North Florida women's soccer (8-1-0, 5-0-0 ASUN) welcomes crosstown rival Jacksonville, Saturday at 12 p.m., in the squad's regular season finale. The game is sponsored by Who We Play For.

PITCH POINTS

- 8-1-0 (5-0-0 ASUN) marks the program's best start in the Division I Era (since 2005)
- Ospreys will honor senior class prior to the match | Class includes: Hollyn Knight, Hannah Menendez, Thais Reiss, Karina Bermudez, Leah Ferlin, Sara DeLucca, Sophia Thompson, Andrea Sanchez and Mercedes Sapp
- North Florida's seven-match win streak this year 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)
- Saturday's match wraps up a span of five consecutive regular season contests for Ospreys within the Jacksonville city limits (4 matches at home | 1 match at JU)
- Ospreys seeking to post the first undefeated conference record in the program's Division I era and just second all-time (2000 / 5-0-0 in Peach Belt Conference)
- With a win vs JU, North Florida would claim 6th conference win and equal the program record for league wins (2002, 2004, 2007, 2010)
- Senior Thais Reiss leads the ASUN in points (18) and goals (8) | She ranks second in shots (35)
- Ari Munoz ranks T8 for goals (3) and points (7) in the ASUN
- Goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp tops the ASUN in GAA (0.58) and Save% (81.5)
- Nine different Ospreys have scored this season with only Reiss and Munoz amassing 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 ranks second in the ASUN in goals (18) and third in assists (13)
- UNF defense has allowed the fewest goals (6) and owns three shutouts
- Ospreys have been ranked No. 4 in the South Region in each of the past four weeks
- Head coach Eric Faulconer's overall record stands at 259-105-31 in his 20th season. With UNF's 11 wins in 2019, Faulconer-led teams have won 10+ matches in 17 consecutive seasons

- 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
- 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 8-11-2 | Saturday's match marks the third meeting of the season between UNF-JU with Ospreys earning wins in previous match-ups: 4-0 (Feb. 3), 2-1 2OT (Mar. 20) | Ospreys are 4-4-1 at Hodges Stadium and 4-6-1 at JU | Ospreys own a current 5-match win streak (longest in series history)
- Jacksonville is 1-8-1 (1-3-1 ASUN) this season following at 2-1 loss at FGCU last Sunday
- Dolphins are 1-4-0 on the road this year
- JU has been outscored 19-5 this season with goals scored in each of their last three matches
- Shelby Brim (2) and Gabby Holtrop (2) have accounted for four of the Dolphin goals
- Netminder Courtney Green owns a 1.71 GAA with 51 saves and a 76.1 Save% in 841 minutes between the pipes
- JU welcomed 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
"Our first goal that we set way back in the fall was to win our division and we have accomplished that goal. Our second goal was to see if we could do it undefeated, which is particular hard to do in our sport due to the nature of the game. We will have that opportunity on Saturday. JU made our last game against them very difficult with a good defensive game plan that made clean looks on goal difficult. Creating chances hasn't been an issue for us all season, but the final bit of quality to put the ball in the net has been as of late. This has continued to be our focus in training and hopefully the goals will come. Regardless, we continue to find a way, which is a quality that great teams have."

"This group of seniors has changed the program. Some have been with the program for four seasons and others have joined us along the way, but all of them have made a tremendous impact. They have all been excellent students and wonderful ambassadors of UNF. We will have another game to play on this field after Saturday, but we want to make sure we definitely defend our home field on senior day."
-- Head coach Eric Faulconer

UP NEXT
As the South Division top seed in the upcoming ASUN Championship Tournament, North Florida will host a quarterfinal match next Saturday (Apr. 10) at Hodges Stadium versus the South Division's fourth seed. The ASUN semifinals and championship matches as scheduled for Apr. 15 & 17 in Kennesaw, Ga.

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