This week the USCB women's soccer team heads to Babson Park, Florida, to take on Sun Conference opponent, Webber International University. Webber is looking to string together three wins in a row for the first time this season. They have have beaten Ave Maria (Fla.), and SCAD Savannah in their last two matches, and will be looking to avenge a loss from last season when the Sand Sharks defeated the Warriors in overtime when
Hayley Pina scored the game-winner in the 108th minute.
The importance of the match is not lost on the Sand Sharks, who will need to secure the road victory to stay in the hunt for the Sun Conference playoffs. "Every game is important," said Coach
Ed Heberling, "but this one is carrying a bit more weight right now."
USCB is currently tied with SCAD Savannah for 7th place in the conference standings, with SCAD holding the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Kickoff is set for 1 PM Wednesday. Live stats and video streaming will be available at
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/webber/.
FIN FACTS
• All home games this season will be broadcast at no charge to viewers via the
Sand Shark Gameday Network on Stretch Internet.
• The Sand Sharks return six starters from last year's team, including all-time leading scorer Hayley Piña and fellow seniors
Karen Pimentel and MJ Orduña. The returners hope to quickly mesh with a talented group of newcomers that includes NCAA Division I transfer
Rileigh Olsen, NJCAA All-American
Melissa Fichtner, and promising freshmen
Allison Schaffer and
Hannah Salus, among others.
• Senior F
Hayley Piña is the Sand Sharks' all-time leader in goals (35), assists (17) and points (87), and she is now the program leader for career game-winning goals, with seven in her career.
• Sophomore GK
Moa Johansson entered the season as USCB's all-time leader in goals against average after posting a 1.53 GAA last season, the best single-season mark in program history.
• Six different players scored goals in USCB's season-opening 7-2 win against Life, and five different goal-scorers contributed to a 5-0 win over Middle Georgia.
• With the clean sheet against Florida Memorial, junior goalkeeper
Courtney Sherry is now tied for 2nd place all-time with
Moa Johansson in shutouts in a season.
• USCB's nine goals against Ave Maria University marked the second-most in program history and the most since a 14-1 win over Florida Christian in 2012.
• With 18 points this season, senior MF
MJ Orduña has moved into second place on USCB's career list with 41.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
The Webber Warriors will be looking to continue their winning streak and stretch it to three in a row this Wednesday. The Warriors are led by leading scorer, Madison Pike, who has goals in their last two victories. The set-up player for the Warriors this season has been Isabella Aviolla, who has a team-high 3 assists. Sarah McKinney will backstop the Warriors in the goal; she currently holds a 1.43 goals against average this season.
RELATED LINKS
USCB Schedule and Results
USCB 2017 Statistics
Sand Shark Soccer Record Book
Sun Conference Women's Soccer Standings
USCB Sand Sharks on Facebook
USCB Athletics on Twitter
