JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 19, 2024) – The ETSU women's soccer team is set to host Samford in its regular season home finale on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (3-7-3, 2-3-2) vs. Samford (8-6-2, 5-1-1)
Sunday, Oct. 20 • 1 p.m. • Summers-Taylor Stadium •
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ABOUT THE BUCS
- ETSU is 3-7-3 overall and 2-3-2 in SoCon play
- The Bucs are coming off a scoreless draw at Western Carolina on Thursday night in Cullowhee, N.C. … Thursday marked the first time an opponent took a point off the Catamounts – who were 5-0-0 entering the match
- Ashton Blair extended her program record shutout mark to 15 for her career after collecting four saves on Thursday night … To go with the shutouts, Blair also has 189 career saves
- Reagan Fitzgerald, Grace Eatz, Kyra Ranvek and Ruby Teixeira all lead the Bucs with two goals
- Eatz leads the team with 25 shots, while Fitzgerald paces the group with six points and two assists
- ETSU's six non-conference opponents they completed matches with are a combined 50-22-14 … Duke, who is 11-1 on the season, is ranked No. 1 in the country
- The Bucs were picked third in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll, while Blair and Sydney Somogyi both landed a spot on the preseason all-conference team
ABOUT SAMFORD
- Samford is 8-6-2 overall and 5-1-1 in SoCon play
- Since falling 2-0 at Western Carolina on Sept. 19, the Bulldogs are 5-0-1 in their last six games
- Samford has won its last two games by a combined score of 9-2 over VMI (5-0) and Mercer (4-2)
- The Bulldogs have scored 29 goals and given up 28
- Thirteen players have accounted for the 29 goals, including four players with four goals
- Samford has used three different goalkeepers this season … Peyton Hull has played in 15 matches (seven starts), Mia Krusinski has started seven matches and Emma Donley has played in four matches with one start … Krusinski hasn't played since Sept. 12
- Hull is 6-3-2 in net and has posted two shutouts with 47 saves
SERIES VS. SAMFORD
- Samford leads the all-time series, 11-1-2
- The teams met in last year's SoCon semifinal match where the Bulldogs won 2-0 at Summers-Taylor Stadium
- In the last two regular season meetings the teams have played to 1-1 draws
- The Bucs' lone win in the series came in the second all-time meeting where ETSU came away with a 3-1 victory on Oct. 3, 2014 in Birmingham
WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU closes out regular season play next Sunday when the Bucs play at VMI at 1 p.m.
For more information on Buccaneer women's soccer, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer tab.
