#17 Emory Women’s Soccer Returns Home to Face Birmingham Southern & Rhodes
The Emory University women’s soccer team will return home
for the first time in over two weeks, facing Birmingham Southern
College at 7:00 PM on Friday, and Rhodes College at 1:00 PM on
Sunday at the Woodruff P.E. Center.
Coverage
There will be live-updating statistics for both of this
weekend’s matches, available at http://www.go.emory.edu/LiveStats/WSocc/XLIVE.HTM.
In addition, Sunday’s match against Rhodes will feature the
first women’s soccer video webcast of the season, which is
accessible at http://go.emory.edu/Webcasts/WSoccWebcast.html.
RealPlayer is needed to view the webcast, and can be downloaded for
free at real.com.
Emory University Eagles
Emory University will begin the weekend with an undefeated
record of 4-0-1, including a 1-0-0 mark at home this season.
Emory is coming off a 3-0-1 road trip, including a 1-1
double-overtime tie against ninth-ranked Rowan University in its
last outing. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th
in the nation in the latest NSCAA poll, and 15th in the
most recent d3soccer.com poll. In addition, Emory is ranked
third in the latest NSCAA South Atlantic Region poll. The
Eagles are led by head coach Sue Patberg, who is
66-19-13 in her six years with the team.
Birmingham-Southern Panthers
Birmingham-Southern will enter Friday night’s match with
a 2-1-0 record in 2010, including a 1-1 mark in true road matches
and a 1-0 record in neutral games. Last season, the Panthers
finished the season with a 13-7-0 record, including a 6-3-0 mark in
road matches. Most recently, the squad lost its first
decision of the season, suffering a 2-1 overtime defeat to
Maryville College on September 6th. The Panthers
are led by fourth-year head coach Benji Walton, who has a record of
38-20-2 with the team.
Rhodes College Lynx
Rhodes currently stands at 2-3-0 in 2010, following a 1-0 loss
on Wednesday at Christian Brothers University. The Lynx are
0-1 in away matches and 1-1 in neutral games so far this
season. Last year, Rhodes finished the season with a record
of 5-7-5. The team is coached by second-year skipper Joe
Vari, who is 7-10-5 with the Lynx.
Matchup Histories
This will be the third meeting between Emory and
Birmingham-Southern, all three of which have taken place since
Birmingham-Southern began its transition from Division I to III in
2007. Emory has won both of the previous meeting by a goal,
including last season when a Caroline Coates
‘golden goal’ gave the Eagles a 2-1 in
Birmingham.
Emory and Rhodes last met in the 2008 season, when the Eagles
suffered a 1-0 loss on the road to the Lynx. However, the
Eagles are 10-2-1 all time against Rhodes.
Emory Notes
The Eagles are the only remaining undefeated University
Athletic Association (UAA) team this season… Emory currently
ranks 34th among all Division III teams in won-lost-tied
percentage, and 82nd with a .727 goals-against
average… Emory goalkeeper Kaele Leonard
currently ranks 38th among all Division III players with
a 0.357 goals-against average and 44th with a .917 save
percentage… Sophomore midfielder Lee
Bachouros is ranked 115th with 0.6 assists per
game… This is just the seventh time since the program began
in 1986 that the Eagles have gone undefeated through their first
five games… Three of those seven times have come over the
past four years.
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