LEXINGTON, Va. (Oct. 26, 2024) – What started with a late-night summer game at UAB, ends with a fall matinee at VMI, as the ETSU women's soccer team wraps up regular season play Sunday against the Keydets. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Patchin Field.
 
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (3-7-4, 2-3-3) at VMI (6-9-2, 1-6-1)
Sunday, Oct. 27 • 2 p.m. • Patchin Field • ESPN+ • Live Stats
 
ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU is 3-7-4 overall and 2-3-3 in SoCon play
• The Bucs picked up draws at Western Carolina last Thursday and against Samford on Sunday
• Grace Eatz collected her first collegiate brace in the 2-2 tie with Samford last weekend at Summers-Taylor Stadium
• Eatz leads the Blue & Gold with four goals and 29 shots
• Buccaneer goalkeeper Ashton Blair has started all 14 games for ETSU … Blair has totaled 67 saves and four shutouts – three of which have come in SoCon play
• For her career, Blair has played in 48 matches (46 starts) and has registered 194 saves and an ETSU career record 15 shutouts
• The Bucs are looking to improve upon their seeding in next week's SoCon Tournament … ETSU enters the final day of regular season play in seventh place with nine points … With a win at VMI coupled with a UNCG loss at Samford, the Bucs will move into the No. 6 seed … However, a UNCG tie or win would keep ETSU as the No. 7 seed where the Bucs would host a first round match on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
• ETSU's six non-conference opponents they completed matches with are a combined 54-23-18 … Duke, who is 12-1-1 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 VMI    

• VMI enters the final weekend of regular season play with an overall record of 6-9-2 and a conference mark of 1-6-1
• The Keydets are coming off a 2-0 win over South Carolina State on Friday
• The six victories are the most by a VMI team since 2018 when the Keydets won seven
• VMI is 5-4-0 at home this season
• The five wins are the most by a Keydet team since 2016 when VMI captured six
• VMI has netted 18 goals on the season and has given up 37
• Riley Boucher has accounted for eight of the 18 goals for the Keydets
• Whitney Tracy has started all 17 games in goal for VMI and has made 85 saves on the year

SERIES VS. VMI

• ETSU is 8-1-2 all-time against the Keydets
• The Bucs are 4-0-2 in their last six matches versus VMI
• ETSU has won the last three by outscoring the Keydets 6-0 in those matches
• The Bucs are 2-1-1 all-time against VMI in Lexington

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bucs begin postseason play as ETSU will either host a first round match on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. or travel to a campus site for a quarterfinal match on Friday, Nov. 1.
 
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