Opening October with Eastern Kentucky

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida women’s soccer hits the road to begin a four-match slate facing off against Eastern Kentucky Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m (5 p.m. EST)

The Ospreys enter the match off the back of a convincing 3-0 win over Austin Peay Sunday, Sept. 24. UNF scored all three goals in the first 20 minutes, the first time since Aug. 19, 2019. 

MATCH DETAILS

• Who: North Florida & Eastern Kentucky 
• What: Match 12
• When: Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. (5 p.m. EST)
• Where: EKU Soccer Field
• Live Stats: sidearmstats.com
• Watch: ESPN+

MATCH NOTES

Series History

• This is only the second matchup in series history 
• UNF paces the all-time series, 1-0
• North Florida took the last matchup in Kentucky 2-0 thanks to a pair of goals from Marissa House and Thaiss Reiss Oct. 3, 2021

Last Time Out
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida women’s soccer earned its second Atlantic Sun win of the campaign thanks to two goals in three minutes and a Sophia Goetz brace as the Ospreys (4-5-2, 2-2-0 ASUN) stifled Austin Peay (4-7-1, 2-2-0 ASUN) 3-0, Sunday Sept. 24

Scouting Report

• Eastern Kentucky enters the contest 3-6-2 and 2-1-1 in the Atlantic Sun 
• The Colonels most recently came back from a goal down at Kennesaw State to win 3-1 
• Eastern Kentucky also picked up a 1-0 result against Austin Peay
• The Colonels shared the points with Queens (N.C), 0-0 and fell to Lipscomb 1-0
• EKU sit fifth in the Atlantic Sun standings just one point ahead of UNF 
• Ruby Dunlevy paces the side with two goals to her name 
• Gretta Gunn leads the team with four assists and six points on the season 
• Sophomore Kaitlyn Rowlett has the most minutes of any other player with 943 total 
• Keeper Marah Krick has played every match but one with 31 saves in ten games 
• Head coach Matt Cosinuke is in his fifth season with the Colonels 
• Eastern Kentucky was tabbed fifth in the Preseason Coaches poll 

Of Note

• Sophia Goetz recorded her first two collegiate goals against Austin Peay, Sunday 
• UNF is 33-1-2 when scoring first under head coach Eric Faulconer
• The Ospreys are 17-12-5 in away matches played under head coach Eric Faulconer 

Balanced ‘Spreys