Thursday, October 20
Tampa, FL
7:00 P.M.
East Carolina University
at
USF
Gameday: East Carolina Travels To USF Thursday Night
October 19, 2016 | Soccer
| Match 15: East Carolina at USF | |
| Date | Thursday, October 20 |
| Time | 7 p.m. (EDT) |
| Location | Tampa, Fla. (Corbett Stadium) |
| Coverage | Live Stats \\\ Watch Live |
| Social Media | Twitter: @ECUScoreboard \\\ @ECUwsoccer Instagram: @ECUwsoccer Facebook: @ECUwsoccer |
GREENVILLE, N.C. - After earning its first point in conference play in a tie with Houston on Sunday, the East Carolina women's soccer team will begin its final road trip of the regular season when it heads to Tampa, Fla., to face USF in American Athletic Conference action on Thursday, Oct. 20. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., at Corbett Stadium.
ALL-TIME VERSUS USF
East Carolina (4-9-1, 0-4-1 AAC) will meet the Bulls for the seventh time overall and the fourth time in the last three seasons. USF leads the all-time series, 2-3-1, and has won each of the last three meetings.
SCOUTING THE BULLS
USF (10-2-1, 2-2-1 AAC) enters Thursday's contest following a 2-1 double-overtime win at Temple on Thursday and a 3-1 road loss at 21st-ranked UConn Sunday afternoon. The Bulls notched a perfect 8-0 record in non-conference play and possess one of the American Conference's top scoring threats in Evelyne Viens, who has 25 points on 11 goals and three assists this season. Goalkeeper Kat Elliott owns a 0.88 goals against average and has been a part of six shutouts so far this year.
FIRING THE CANNONS
ECU registered season-highs in total shots (25) and shots on goal (12) in a 1-1 draw against Houston on Oct. 16. The 25 shots were also the most in a single game since taking 28 attempts at Charlotte on Sept. 13, 2015, while the 12 shots on goal marked the third time this season the Pirates reached double-figures in that category this season (10 at Tulsa and 11 at Western Carolina).
THE LONGEST HIATUS
The Pirates went 12 days (Sept. 18-Sept. 30) between home games against UNC Greensboro and Cincinnati, which is the second-longest span of time between games in the program's 22-year history. The previous long was 17 days during the 1999 campaign due to the effects of Hurricane Floyd.Â
1. 17 days (Sept. 12-Sept. 29, 1999)
2. 12 days (Sept. 18-Sept. 30, 2016)
3. 11 days (August 27-Sept. 7, 2008)
4. 10 days (Oct. 3-13, 2002)
SPITLER STRIKES TWICE, TWICE
Senior striker Lana Spitler has scored two goals in the same contest on two occasions thus far in 2016. She accomplished the feat in a career-high five-point effort against Charlotte (9/11), as well as in a 4-0 rout of Western Carolina (8/28). She now has four-career multi-goal efforts as she also scored twice at UNC Greensboro (9/6/15) and at home against Temple (9/28/14).
SPITLER CLIMBING ALL-TIME SCORING LIST
Spitler's two goals against Charlotte on Sept. 11 were her fifth and six of the season and the 20th and 21st of her collegiate career, moving her into a tie for fifth place with Kendall Frey (2012-15) on ECU's all-time goals list.
ALL-TIME VERSUS USF
East Carolina (4-9-1, 0-4-1 AAC) will meet the Bulls for the seventh time overall and the fourth time in the last three seasons. USF leads the all-time series, 2-3-1, and has won each of the last three meetings.
SCOUTING THE BULLS
USF (10-2-1, 2-2-1 AAC) enters Thursday's contest following a 2-1 double-overtime win at Temple on Thursday and a 3-1 road loss at 21st-ranked UConn Sunday afternoon. The Bulls notched a perfect 8-0 record in non-conference play and possess one of the American Conference's top scoring threats in Evelyne Viens, who has 25 points on 11 goals and three assists this season. Goalkeeper Kat Elliott owns a 0.88 goals against average and has been a part of six shutouts so far this year.
FIRING THE CANNONS
ECU registered season-highs in total shots (25) and shots on goal (12) in a 1-1 draw against Houston on Oct. 16. The 25 shots were also the most in a single game since taking 28 attempts at Charlotte on Sept. 13, 2015, while the 12 shots on goal marked the third time this season the Pirates reached double-figures in that category this season (10 at Tulsa and 11 at Western Carolina).
THE LONGEST HIATUS
The Pirates went 12 days (Sept. 18-Sept. 30) between home games against UNC Greensboro and Cincinnati, which is the second-longest span of time between games in the program's 22-year history. The previous long was 17 days during the 1999 campaign due to the effects of Hurricane Floyd.Â
1. 17 days (Sept. 12-Sept. 29, 1999)
2. 12 days (Sept. 18-Sept. 30, 2016)
3. 11 days (August 27-Sept. 7, 2008)
4. 10 days (Oct. 3-13, 2002)
SPITLER STRIKES TWICE, TWICE
Senior striker Lana Spitler has scored two goals in the same contest on two occasions thus far in 2016. She accomplished the feat in a career-high five-point effort against Charlotte (9/11), as well as in a 4-0 rout of Western Carolina (8/28). She now has four-career multi-goal efforts as she also scored twice at UNC Greensboro (9/6/15) and at home against Temple (9/28/14).
SPITLER CLIMBING ALL-TIME SCORING LIST
Spitler's two goals against Charlotte on Sept. 11 were her fifth and six of the season and the 20th and 21st of her collegiate career, moving her into a tie for fifth place with Kendall Frey (2012-15) on ECU's all-time goals list.
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