Women's Soccer Faces Road Test at UNC Greensboro
September 11, 2014 | Soccer
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Seven days removed from its last match, the East Carolina women's soccer team will embark on a quick road trip to UNC Greensboro on Friday night with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.
East Carolina had its match against Elon cancelled last Sunday, Sept. 7, due to hazardous weather conditions that did not dissipate.
The Pirates will return home Sunday, Sept. 14 and host No. 3 Virginia Tech at 3 p.m., at Johnson Soccer Stadium. It will be Youth Soccer Day where youth players receive free admission by wearing their team jerseys. Kids can also participate in a halftime Youth Soccer Parade. There will also be a post-match autograph session for fans with the team.
SCOUTING UNC GREENSBORO
East Carolina is 0-2 all-time against the Spartans, as the Pirates were defeated, 1-0, at home last season. UNCG is coming off a road trip where it drew a 2-2 tie with Indiana State, before falling 2-0 to then-No. 13 ranked West Virginia. The Spartans are led by junior Chesney White's three goals and one assist, while junior Candice Forbes has two goals on the year.
SHUTOUT STREAK
ECU is riding a four-match winning streak, including three-straight on the road at Western Carolina (8/24), George Mason (8/29) and Francis Marion (9/1). The last time the Pirates won three-straight road games in shutout fashion was in 2008 when they beat Rice (2-0), Houston (1-0) and Southern Miss (2-0) en route to a share of the Conference USA regular season title.
BARON'S BARREN NET
Redshirt junior goalkeeper Saundra Baron has four-straight shutouts, including three-straight on the road at Western Carolina (8/24), George Mason (8/29) and Francis Marion (9/1). She is the first ECU goalkeeper since Amber Campbell in 2007 to accomplish the feat.
SO FARY, SO GOOD
Freshman striker Brittany Fary has started each of the team's first five matches in 2014. The Centreville, Va., native scored her first-career goal in the 6-0 win at Francis Marion on Sept. 1, earning her American Athletic Conference Rookie-of-the-Week honors.
FREY FIRING AWAY
Junior forward Kendall Frey took three shots and scored a goal in each game of ECU's back-to-back wins at George Mason (8/31) and Francis Marion (9/1). She followed that up with a career-high four-shot night and assisted on both goals in a 2-0 win against Davidson (9/5), recording her third straight two-point game. Last season, Frey scored five goals in a six-game span, capped by a golden goal in a 1-0 win over UTEP in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament.
SPITLER STRIKES
Senior Brianna Spitler and sophomore sister Lana scored both goals in the Pirates' 2-0 win over Davidson (9/1). Lana's goal was the third of her career and first game-winner. After scoring at Francis Marion four days earlier, it marked the first time Lana scored in back-to-back games.
GOALS GALORE
East Carolina scored six goals, including five in the second half, in its win at Francis Marion (9/1), The half-dozen tallies were the most in a single game by a Pirate squad since it scored the same number against the Patriots in 2005.
GAME-WINNING GEIST
Sophomore midfielder Jenna Geist scored her first-collegiate game-winning goal on a header off a Stephanie Seagrave cross in the 57th minute of ECU's 1-0 road win at Western Carolina on (8/24). The goal was Geist's second of her career.
HITE EXPECTATIONS
Sophomore defender Caitlin Hite was one of 11 players named to the Preseason All-American Athletic Conference Team. In 2013, she became the first freshman in program history to earn all-conference first-team recognition in addition to being listed on the all-freshman team.
ROSTER MAKEUP
The Pirates return 21 players from last year's squad that posted a 9-9-3 overall record and reached the semifinals of the Conference USA Tournament in its final year as a member of the league. East Carolina graduated six players from 2013, but welcomed 11 new Pirates for the 2014 season.
