Soccer Hits Road Again To Face UAB And Memphis

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Southern Miss vs. UAB-Memphis Game Notes

Soccer Hits Road Again To Face UAB And Memphis

Micah Stephens is tied for the team lead with five goals, but leads the team with four assists and 14 points.

Kim Turner is tied for the team lead with five goals on the season.

Sara McFadden is tied for the team lead with five goals on the year.

HATTIESBURG, Miss.? The Lady Eagle soccer team returns to the road this weekend with a Friday match at UAB and Sunday match at Memphis.

Southern Miss enters the weekend with a 4-6 overall record, 1-4 mark in Conference USA. The team played two matches at home last weekend, splitting the two contests, winning 3-0 over Marshall on Friday before falling in a 2-1 double-overtime heartbreaker to East Carolina on Sunday. The two home matches were the first for the squad since opening its season at home on Aug. 26 against Louisiana-Lafayette. The Lady Eagles did not play a home match in September and played a program long eight consecutive matches on the road.

On Friday, Southern Miss and UAB meet for the eighth time, with the Blazers holding a 6-1 series advantage. Southern Miss? lone victory over UAB came in 2002, a 3-2 win.

Southern Miss has scored 22 goals in 170 attempts this season, and average 15.5 shots and 1.90 goals per match.

Freshman Sarah McFadden netted two goals, one each in the team?s two weekend matches, and is tied for the team lead with five goals with Micah Stephens and Kim Turner. McFadden also had an assist in the Marshall game. Turner scored her fifth goal of the season against Marshall, and assisted on a goal in the match. Carly Barkley ranks second on the team with four goals, and posted single assists in both weekend matches. Sarah Brennan netted her third goal of the season against Marshall.

Stephens leads the team with four assists and 14 points, while McFadden and Barkley each have 31 shots on the year.

Freshman Holly Cox leads the team with 37 saves on the season.

UAB enters the match with a 7-6-1 overall record, 4-5 mark in Conference USA. The team has scored 25 goals in 192 attempts, average 13.7 shots per contest and 1.76 goals per match.

Sally Palmer leads the team with nine goals and 21 points on the season. Nasra Abdullah has a team-high six assists, while Jill Porto has a team-high 36 shots.

Katie Forbis has a team-best 96 saves in goal this season.

On Sunday, Memphis and Southern Miss meet for the seventh time, with Lady Eagles holding a 4-2 series advantage. Southern Miss won the first four meetings, but have lost the last two meetings. Memphis enters Sunday?s contest with a 9-4 overall record, 6-2 mark in Conference USA. The team has scored 37 goals in 216 attempts, takes 16.6 shots per match and scores 2.80 goals per contest.

Shoko Mikani has a team-high 13 goals, 30 points and 47 shots on the season. Kylie Hayes ranks second on the team with 10 goals, while Asuka Kubota and Nicky McLeod lead the team with six assists.

Southern Miss closes out the regular-season next weekend, with home matches on Oct. 28 against Houston at 3 p.m., and Oct. 30 against Rice at 12 p.m., on what will be senior day. Next weekend is also soccer?s celebration weekend of 30 years of Southern Miss women?s athletics.

University of Southern Mississippi Athletics

Soccer Hits Road Again To Face UAB And Memphis

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