GAMEDAY: ECU Returns to Johnson Stadium After 18-day Hiatus

Thursday, October 12

Greenville, N.C.

7:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

Memphis

GAMEDAY: ECU Returns to Johnson Stadium After 18-day Hiatus

October 11, 2017 | Soccer

Match 14: ECU vs. Memphis
Date	Thursday, Oct. 12
Time	7 p.m. (EDT)
Location	Greenville, N.C. (Johnson Stadium)
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – For the first time in 18 days, the ECU women's soccer team will play in the friendly confines of Johnson Stadium when the Pirates host Memphis at 7 p.m. on Thursday for Senior Night.

ECU enters Thursday's American Athletic Conference matchup 5-6-2 overall and winless through four conference matches. The Pirates have had 10 days to prepare for the Tigers with last week falling as the team's bye week. Memphis is 9-5-1 overall, 0-4 on the road this season and currently sits 3-2-1 in AAC play.

The Pirates look to snap a four-match losing streak that started at the beginning of league play. In ECU's last match, it lost 2-1 on Oct. 1 to Connecticut on the road after a 1-0 loss at Temple two nights earlier. Courtney Cash leads the team with 12 points tallying a team-high five goals and two assists. Senior Jenna Geist has a team-leading three assists while Cashlin Copley and Ashley Kendrot both have multiple goals this season. Michelle Newhouse is 4-6-2 in goal with 45 saves and a 1.22 goals against average. She has a .750 save percentage on the season and has posted four shutouts.

Memphis is led by Elizabeth Woerner who has 10 goals on the season and 22 points ranking second in the league in goals and third in points. Four Tigers have recorded 15 or more points this season including Marie Levasseur who has a team-best eight assists. Woerner and Jessica Lisi each have three game-winning goals this season and combined for 37 points. Goalkeeper Shepar Ashworth has appeared in 12 games earning a 6-4-1 record with four shutouts and a 1.38 goals against average.

Memphis leads the all-time series 13-2-2 and defeated the Pirates 5-0 in the last meeting on Oct. 6, 2016. One of ECU's two wins against Memphis came the last time the Tigers visited Johnson Stadium where the Pirates shutout Memphis 3-0 on Oct. 25, 2015.

As part of Senior Night, the ECU athletics department and women's soccer team will recognize eight student-athletes including Genevieve Ramirez, Brittany Fary, Jenna Geist, Annah Lindberg, Rachel Renfrow, Courtney Taybron, Michelle Newhouse and Taylor Gaunt at following the match.