Gameday: ECU Soccer Closes Road Swing At Western Carolina Sunday

Match 4: East Carolina at Western Carolina
Date	Sunday, August 28
Time	1:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	Cullowhee, N.C.
Coverage	Live Stats
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - After a tough loss at Virginia Tech Friday evening, the East Carolina women's soccer team will play the last of three-straight road matches when it heads to Cullowhee, N.C., on Sunday, Aug. 28 to face Western Carolina. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

THE OPENING ACT
Sunday's women's soccer match falls just five days before East Carolina (1-2) and Western Carolina (1-2) open their 2016 football seasons against one another. The Pirates will host the Catamounts next Saturday, Sept. 3 with kickoff scheduled for 6 p.m., at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.

ALL-TIME VERSUS WESTERN CAROLINA
The Pirates and Catamounts will meet for the fourth year in a row and the ninth time overall, as ECU leads the head-to-head series, 7-1. ECU has won each of the last six matchups, two of the last three coming in double-overtime thrillers. Last season, Courtney Cash broke a 0-0 tie with a golden goal in the 108th minute to stun the visitors at Johnson Stadium.

SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS
Western Carolina enters Sunday's match coming off a 3-1 home loss Friday night to UNC Asheville. The Catamounts' earned a 3-1 road win at Winthrop last weekend after a 5-1 season-opening loss at Charlotte. Freshman Kyla Moncrief leads the team with two goals, while classmate Tatiana Hawkins-Dabney already has two assists on the year.

COUNTING DOWN TO 200
East Carolina women's soccer is just one victory shy of 200 in its history. Since the inception of the program in 1994, the Pirates have averaged greater than nine victories per season.

SPITLER NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE
Senior striker Lana Spitler was one of 12 players selected to the American Athletic Conference's 2016 Preseason Women's Soccer All-Conference Team. Spitler is ECU's top returning scorer after posting 16 points en route to earning all-conference second team honors in 2015. Her six goals tied for the team lead, while her four assists and two game-winning goals were good for second most on the club.

PIRATES PICKED SEVENTH IN AMERICAN PRESEASON POLL
The American Athletic Conference released its preseason coaches' poll, as East Carolina was picked to finish seventh. By unanimous selection, UConn was voted as the preseason favorite after claiming last year's regular-season crown with a 19-4 overall record and a trip to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. USF followed in second, while UCF and Cincinnati tied for third. Memphis rounded out the top five.

CAPTAINS HOOK
East Carolina's captains in 2016 are senior defenders Autumn Berry and Caitlin Hite, senior striker Lana Spitler and junior midfielder Danielle Eule.

Gameday: ECU Soccer Closes Road Swing At Western Carolina Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Autumn Berry

Courtney Cash

Danielle Eule

Caitlin Hite

Lana Spitler

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