Match moved up to a 2 p.m. start

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (Aug. 26, 2023) –?ETSU women's soccer continues its three-game road stretch with a jaunt down to Boiling Springs, N.C., to pay a visit to Gardner-Webb. Kickoff has been moved to 2 p.m. from its originally scheduled 6 p.m. due to the potential for severe weather in the area Sunday evening. 

THE MATCHUP  

ETSU (1-1-1) at Gardner-Webb (1-2-0) 

Sunday, August 26 | 2 p.m. | Greene-Harbison Stadium (Boiling Springs, N.C.) | ESPN+ | Live Stats 

ABOUT THE BUCS  

• ETSU dropped its first result of the year on Thursday, a 3-1 loss at #25 Tennessee. Junior Sinoxolo Cesane (Cape Town, South Africa) scored to level the match at 1-1 in the 49th minute before a tough-luck own goal put the Lady Vols back in front to stay.
• Cesane's goal was the fourth of her career, and she registered a career-high three shots.
• A win Sunday in Boiling Springs would match the best four-game start of the Jay Yelton era, in 2021. The 3-1-0 start from August 26-September 10, 2021, stands as the best start by ETSU women's soccer through four games since 2015, when the Bucs started 4-0-0.
• Senior goalkeeper Ashton Blair (Knoxville, Tenn.) recorded a career-high 10 saves against Tennessee on 12 shots on goal.
• Juniors Sydney Somogyi (Germantown, Tenn.) and Madi Hook (Fareham, England) have played 469 of the last 470 minutes of game action as the center back pairing for ETSU, dating back to October 9th, 2022. Somogyi has played all 470 minutes of that span and has started all 35 appearances of her career, missing only the Bucs' game at App State on September 8, 2022. 

ABOUT GARDNER-WEBB 

• Gardner-Webb won its first game of the season on Friday, an 8-0 rout of Division II Allen. Six different GWU players scored in the win.
• The Runnin' Bulldogs have a common opponent with the Bucs, with both teams having played Davidson. ETSU won 2-0 at Summers-Taylor Stadium, while GWU lost 2-0 in Boiling Springs.
• Sophomores Carina Leal and Lina Ullen each scored a brace on Friday night. The pair of goals was the first of Ullen's career, and the fourth and fifth career goals for Leal.
• Junior Klara Ovefelt also scored her first goal of the season on Friday. Ovefelt is the career active leading goal scorer for the Runnin' Bulldogs with 10, and was a preseason All-Big South selection.
• The defense is anchored by sophomore Camila Lezcano, a preseason All-Big South honoree, who has played 250 of the 270 minutes Gardner-Webb has played this year.
• Gardner-Webb was picked fourth in the Big South preseason poll. The Runnin' Bulldogs went 9-7-5 a season ago and reached the Big South Conference Tournament championship game, falling 3-0 to Radford. 

SERIES HISTORY 

• This is the eighth all-time meeting between the Buccaneers and the Runnin' Bulldogs. The Bucs are 1-2-4 all-time against Gardner Webb.
• ETSU's lone win in the series came on October 11, 2007, a 2-0 win at the then-incomplete Summers-Taylor Stadium. Jordan Monty and Katie O'Bryan scored that day for the Bucs.
• The last meeting between the two was August 18th, 2022, at Summers-Taylor Stadium. Aliya Cooper (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Emma Arnold (Bristol, Tenn.) found the net for the Bucs in a 2-2 draw. 

UP NEXT  

The Bucs wrap up their three-game road stretch Thursday against Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m.  

For more information on Buccaneer women's soccer, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer tab.