Sept. 12, 2013
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - After opening the season with five-straight home games the WKU soccer team will hit the road for the first time in 2013, traveling to play Western Carolina on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. (CT) and Tennessee at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The Lady Toppers (1-2-2) match versus Western Carolina (3-2-0) will be their first in Cullowhee, N.C. and second overall versus the Catamounts. WKU defeated Western Carolina 1-0 at the WKU Soccer Complex during the 2011 season.
Following Friday's bout with the Catamounts, WKU will head to Knoxville, Tenn. searching for its first win over the Lady Vols. Tennessee holds a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series and has outscored the Lady Toppers 7-1 in the two previous meetings. First touch is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.
Fans can keep up with the Lady Toppers match at Western Carolina by following @WKU_GameDay on Twitter. Sunday's match against Tennessee will be streamed live, FREE of charge at the following link: http://www.utsports.com/allaccess/?media=397190
After this weekend's matches WKU has just three more non-conference games remaining. The slate has proved difficult for the Lady Toppers, as their 10 non-league foes have combined to go 27-16-7 this season (.610).
For more tickets and more information on WKU Soccer, call 1-800-5 BIGRED or visit WKUSports.com.
Weekend Notes
• Sophomore Lauren Moats netted her first-career goal against the Lady Vols in last season's 4-1 loss
• WKU's 2013 non-conference opponents are a combined 27-16-7 this season (.610)
• WKU is 49-30-8 all-time in September matches (.609)
• Dating back to 2011, the Lady Toppers have surrendered one goal or less in 32 of their last 35 games. Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Utah are the only teams to score two or more goals in span
• WKU's freshmen have combined to play 35 percent (1,641) of the Lady Toppers' total minutes this season
• Freshman Haley Baldridge became the fourth rookie in WKU history to net the Lady Toppers' first goal of the season with her score against Indiana State
• The Lady Toppers have surrendered a Sun Belt low five goals and lead the league with a 0.92 GAA
• Torrie Lange has started 47 consecutive games and is WKU's active leader in career starts (60)
