Spartans Set for Music City Swing
10/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 1, 2009
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The USC Upstate women's soccer team will travel to Nashville, Tenn. this weekend for its first conference road trip of the season. Upstate will face Lipscomb on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. (CT) followed by a match on Sunday afternoon with Belmont at 2:00 p.m. (CT).
The Spartans enter Friday's match with a 0-11-0 mark on the season and a 0-2-0 record in the Atlantic Sun. Lipscomb enters the match 2-8-0 overall, while posting a 0-2-0 mark in league play. Upstate defeated Lipscomb a season ago in Spartanburg by a score of 2-1.
Belmont will host ETSU prior to Sunday's match with Upstate. Belmont enters the weekend with a 5-4-1 record and a 2-0-0 mark in the conference. The Bruins have won both meetings against the Spartans, both by a score of 1-0.
Fans who cannot travel to the game can watch Friday night's match via ASun.TV by clicking on the Lipscomb tab. Live stats will be available via gametracker for Sunday's match.
At A Glance...
• Three of the next four matches for Upstate will be conference road games. Those three road matches will all take place in the state of Tennessee. The Spartans are 4-8 all-time against teams from Tennessee.
• Upstate and Lipscomb will square off on Friday night. The series is tied at 1-1, with each team winning on its home field by a single goal.
• Following Friday night's match, Upstate will remain in the Music City, as they will battle Belmont on Sunday afternoon. Belmont leads the series 2-0 thanks to a pair of 1-0 victories in 2007 and 2008.
Scouting the Bisons
Lipscomb enters Friday's match on a two-game A-Sun losing streak. Lipscomb fell in its opener at Campbell by a score of 3-2. Lipscomb then fell to Belmont by a score of 2-0. Lipscomb has posted six goals on the year with each goal being scored by a different player. Kate Spellman leads the team in assists with two. Erin Zerio and Ally Marler have split time in goal this season. Zerio owns a 0-3 record, allowing five goals while recording 13 saves. Meanwhile, Marler owns a 2-5 record, giving up 16 goals while tallying 41 saves this season.
Scouting the Bruins
Belmont enters the weekend on a four-match win streak. Two of those wins are against A-Sun competition. The Bruins opened A-Sun play on Saturday night versus Campbell and came away with a 2-1 victory in overtime, the Bruins then up-ended Lipscomb on Tuesday night by a score of 2-0. Prior to Sunday's match with Upstate, Belmont will host ETSU on Friday night. Jayme Trocino leads the Bruins in goals scored (7), while teammate Elizabeth Bublis leads the team in assists (5). Sari Lin has played all 10 games in net for the Bruins. She has allowed just eight goals on the season while tallying 36 saves.
All Alone at the Top
Junior defender Catherine Nolff started the 37th match of her Upstate career against Navy (8/21). Nolff, who now owns the Division I era lead, passed Liz Pontillo who had 36 starts from 2007-08. Nolff's current start total now stands at 47. The Columbia, S.C. product also is the leader (D-I era) for games played in a career as she has seen action in 48 games during her Spartan career.
Super Savers
In her first match of her senior season, goalkeeper Brittany Daughtry recorded a career-high 14 saves at Furman (8/24). The previous career high for the Smithfield, N.C. native was 13 that she recorded last season at High Point (8/31/08). The 14 saves by Daughtry also ties the school record for saves in a game and is the second player to accomplish the feat since the move to Division I. Samantha Spradley had 14 saves vs. Charleston Southern in 2007 (Upstate's first season in D-I), while Diana Wabnitz had two 14 save matches (at Carson-Newman, 9/9/06 and at Armstrong Atlantic State, 10/3/06).
In her second career start, freshman goal keeper Sian Jenkins recorded nine saves at Charleston Southern (9/1). The nine saves by Jenkins is an Upstate single game record for a freshman (Division I era). Jenkins tied her career high of nine saves in the match versus North Florida (9/27).
All-Tournament Duo
Juniors Catherine Nolff and Alyssa Roegner were named to the All-Tournament team at the 2009 Border Classic. In the event, at Gardner-Webb, Upstate faced off with SC State and Chattanooga. In the match with SC State, Nolff scored just four minutes into the match to give the Spartans a 1-0 advantage. The goal by Nolff was the first in `09 and fourth for the defender's career. She was assisted on the goal by teammate Alyssa Roegner. It was the first assist for Roegner this season and third for her career.
Upstate Successful at County University Soccer Stadium
Since County University Soccer Stadium was opened in 2001, USC Upstate has had a history of success at home. Upstate is 37-32-6 all-time at County University Soccer Stadium for a winning percentage of .533. The Spartans were 10-1-0 at home during the first season of play at County University Soccer Stadium in 2001, winning the Peach Belt Conference regular season championship. Since the program began in 2000, Upstate is 39-39-7 at home (.500 winning percentage).
Reyes There From the Start
Not many coaches can say they were there when a women's soccer program was started and when it made its transition to Division I. USC Upstate head coach Kendall Reyes is the only women's soccer head coach in school history, arriving along with the program in 2000. Reyes has compiled a 69-98-13 record in ten seasons including a Peach Belt Conference regular season championship in 2001 and three seasons of 12 wins or more (2001, 2003, 2004). He was also named Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 2001. In March 2007, Reyes was appointed to the position of State Technical Coordinator for Coaching Education by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). He is the first and only person of color to hold the position in the organization. In addition, he was also appointed as an NSCAA National Staff Instructor in the summer of 2007.
