September 17, 2015

MATCH NOTES

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida women's soccer team is scheduled to play its Gulf South Conference opener and its first home match of the year over the next several days.

The Argos will visit Spring Hill in Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. match to open GSC play. UWF posted an 8-3 conference record in 2014, while Spring Hill went 1-8-3 in the GSC. West Florida will follow Saturday's match with a tilt against Montevallo at the UWF Soccer Complex Tuesday evening. Game time for the home opener is set for 5 p.m.
University of West Florida women's soccer player Kaley Ward was named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Week by the GSC. Ward is the team's first POTW award-winner since Sara Helgadottir won the award in September 2014. Ward totaled four goals over the weekend for UWF, including three on Friday against No. 1 Rollins. It was the first hat trick for UWF since Helgadottir accomplished the feat in 2013.

Ward currently ranks ninth in all of Division II and second in the GSC with five goals, and she ranks 14th in the country averaging 1.25 goals per game.
UWF upset No. 1 Rollins 5-1 in Winter Park, Florida, last Friday. Kaley Ward led the Argonaut offense with three goals, including one penalty kick and the game-winner, in her fourth contest with the team. Amber Pennybaker picked up her second goal of the year in the 79th minute, and Audrey Johnson scored the first goal of her collegiate career in the 85th minute.

Freshman keeper Ana Chumik allowed just one goal to Rollins, which ranked second in Division II last year in points per game and third in goals per game.

The Argos unfortunately fell to Tampa 2-1 on Sunday afternoon, and picked up their first loss of the year. Ward was the lone goal-scorer in the match, netting her fifth of the season. In the loss, UWF outshot Tampa 14-13 and matched the Spartans' six shots on goal.
Through four matches, the UWF offense is averaging 2.75 goals per game, which is good for 32nd in all of Division II. Should the Argos keep up this offensive output, it would be the highest scoring average per game for the program since its 2012 National Championship campaign, when the team averaged 3.1 goals per game.
Spring Hill is 0-2-2 in its first four matches under new head coach Lisa Mann. Mann inherited a team that went 4-9-2 in 2014 with 3-3-2 record at home. The Badgers' top scorers this year are Caroline Holmes and Madison Camet, who have each scored a goal and have two points on the season.

Montevallo brings a 1-2-2 record into the weekend and will play UNC Pembroke on Friday before visiting UWF Tuesday evening. The Falcons' top player through five contests is Abbey West, who scored the game-winner against Christian Brothers last weekend.

The UWF women's soccer team has historically been very successful against the Badgers and the Falcons, posting a combined record of 39-1-1 all-time against the two teams.

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