KICKOFF - The North Florida women's soccer team hosts ASUN Conference newcomer Central Arkansas on Sunday (1 p.m.) at Hodges Stadium.

MATCH DAY INFO

PITCH POINTS

• North Florida upped its record to 6-1-1 (1-0-0 ASUN) following their come-from-behind 2-1 double-overtime victory over Lipscomb in their ASUN opener on Thursday night | Win extended UNF's current unbeaten streak to six matches
• Ospreys have won 7 consecutive home matches | UNF is 15-4-0 at Hodges Stadium under head coach Eric Faulconer
• UNF improve to 9-7-1 all-time in ASUN debuts including a three-match win streak and a five match undefeated stretch in league lidlifters | Head coach Eric Faulconer is 3-0 in ASUN season openers in his career
• Sunday's match pits the ASUN's top two goal scorers against each other | UCA's Emma Hawkins has 7 goals and UNF's Thais Reiss has 6
• Thais Reiss added to her team-leading goals total by netting the match winner in the 109th minute | Reiss now has 6 for the season and 39 for her career (1 shy of the 2nd in UNF history) | Moved into a T10th all-time in ASUN history
• Reiss has scored the match winner for the Ospreys in four of the last six contests and has netted a goal in five of last six games | Her winner vs Lipscomb moved her into 2nd on the ASUN All-Time chart with 18 match-winner
• She also moved into a share of the top spot for assists in the program's DI era following her helper on the match winner vs Charleston Southern
• Sydney Hauth netted the equalizer vs the Bisons in the 81st minute on a corner kick service from Kayla Bond | It was Hauth's first goal of the season and just second of her career
• Bond tallied her third assist of the season and is tied with Ariana Munoz, who assisted on the Reiss match winner, for most assists this year for UNF
• Goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp has posted six wins with four shutouts this fall and leads the ASUN with an .875 save percentage and 0.59 GAA | Sapp collected four saves against Lipscomb
• 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 - Sapp was named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week (8/24) | Reiss chosen ASUN Player of the Week (8/31)
• RANKING NEWS - Ospreys were #8 ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches South Region poll, marking the fourth 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 267-107-32 in his 21st season | He owns a 27-9-3 mark in his third season leading the Ospreys | Faulconer-led team have reached double-digit victories in 18 consecutive seasons 

SCOUTING REPORT

• CENTRAL ARKANSAS: Enters the match at 4-5-0 after a 1-0 double-overtime victory at JU on Thursday night | Bears have won 4 of their last 6 contests after opening the season 0-3
• All-time Series Record: 0-0-1 | Last met on Nov. 4, 2006 in Jacksonville - The two squads battled to a 2-2 draw | This match marks just the second meeting and first as ASUN foes
• UCA posted a 12-9-2 record in 2020-21 | Bears played matches last fall and spring
• Seven different Bears have tallied goals this season including four players with multiple tallies
• Emma Hawkins tops UCA and the ASUN with 7 goals and 17 points | She notched the match-winner at Jacksonville in the 102nd minute
• Goalkeeper Keyla Perez has recorded 29 saves and allowed just six goals with a 0.98 GAA and 82.9 Save Pct.
• Head coach Jeremy Bishop is in his 7th season at the UCA helm