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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The Lady Topper women's soccer team heads into Thursday night's match against Charlotte on a four-match winning streak, including the last two thrilling victories that were achieved in double overtime. The match is set for a 7 p.m. start at WKU Soccer Complex.
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Admission is free for all WKU soccer games during the 2019 season. The Lady Toppers have three remaining home matches left this season and are in the last week of a school record seven-match homestand.
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The Lady Toppers (6-2-1, 2-0 C-USA) have jumped out to a perfect start in Conference USA, defeating Southern Miss and LA Tech. WKU's 2-0 start in C-USA is the best conference start for the Lady Toppers since the 2016 season. Both matches took double overtime to determine, but WKU found a way to post a 'W' in both.
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Ashley Leonard and Ambere Barnett each scored a Golden Goal in the Lady Toppers' wins. WKU has had five matches go into extra time this season, the most in a season since 2015 when the Lady Toppers had seven matches go to overtime.
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WKU and Charlotte (6-3, 1-1 C-USA) come into the match as two of the top defensive teams in C-USA. The Lady Toppers have allowed only six goals this season, good for a 0.60 goals against average. Both stats lead C-USA. Charlotte has given up eight goals, tied for the second fewest in C-USA.
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The Lady Toppers cracked the top 100 on the NCAA RPI rankings this week, coming in at No. 84. That's the third highest ranking by a C-USA team currently with Florida Atlantic at No. 19 and North Texas at No. 70.
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Not just a defensive team, WKU is scoring at a 2.33 goals per game clip, which is the second highest average in the league. Leonard leads the Lady Toppers with five goals this season and Barnett is close behind with four.
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Anne-Marie Ulliac has started all nine matches for WKU in-net. Her 0.64 goals against average is second in the conference along with her 84.6 save percentage.
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Megan Greene leads Charlotte with six goals this season and Julia Grainda is second with five goals. Abby Stapleton is the 49ers goalkeeper and she leads C-USA with four shutouts this season. She has a 0.92 goals against average and 66.7 save percentage.
The match will be streamed online on Facebook by Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network.
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