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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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