DAVIDSON, N.C. (Aug. 28, 2024) – After completing a three-game home stand on Sunday, the ETSU women's soccer team now embarks on a three-game road swing, beginning Thursday night at Davidson. Game time is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Alumni Soccer Stadium.
GAMEDAY INFO
ETSU (1-3-0) at Davidson (1-1-0)
Thursday, Aug. 29 • 6 p.m. • Alumni Soccer Stadium •
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ABOUT THE BUCS
- The Bucs dropped two of their three games during the home stand and sit at 1-3-0 on the season
- ETSU opened the stretch of three straight home games with a 1-0 win over Eastern Kentucky on Aug. 18, while falling to Tennessee in a hard-fought match 1-0 and ended the swing with a 3-1 setback to reigning CUSA champion Liberty last Sunday
- Grace Eatz and Reagan Fitzgerald have accounted for the two Buccaneer goals … Eatz netted the game-winning goal against EKU, while Fitzgerald scored her first goal of the campaign in the second half against the Flames
- Ashton Blair has registered 24 saves in the four matches this season … For her career, Blair has totaled 151 saves, placing her seventh all-time among Buccaneer goalkeepers … Blair, last year's Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, needs 13 more saves to pass Erin Bilyeu for sixth all-time
- Blair also has posted 12 shutouts over her career and with one more clean sheet, the Knoxville native will tie the all-time program record held by Jasmine Elliott (2013-16)
ABOUT DAVIDSON
- Davidson is gearing up for its third game of the season as the Wildcats have split their first two matches to start the year
- This marks the third straight SoCon opponent for Davidson as the Wildcats opened the campaign with a 1-0 loss to VMI and followed that up with a 2-1 win over Furman in Greenville, S.C.
- Aleia Gisolfi-McCready and Dakota Lyons scored the goals in the win at Furman last Sunday … Lyons netted the game-winner in the 89th minute
- Davidson was down 1-0 heading into the 80th with Furman, but Gisolfi-McCready evened the score up in the 82nd and Lyons won it in the 89th
- Emily Smith has started both matches in goal with the Wildcats … Smith has posted two saves on the season and allowed two goals
SERIES HISTORY
- Thursday marks the 12th all-time meeting between ETSU and Davidson
- The Wildcats hold an 8-3-0 lead in the series, but the Bucs won 2-0 last season in Johnson City behind second-half goals from Molly Cason and Reagan Fitzgerald
- ETSU has won the last two meetings in the series, while the Bucs are searching for their first win at Davidson since Oct. 30, 2003
WHAT'S NEXT
ETSU heads to Georgia to take on Kennesaw State Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
For more information on Buccaneer women's soccer, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer tab.
