The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Women's Soccer Opens 2008 Home Schedule With USF Friday
8/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Aug. 28, 2008
UAB vs. USF Game Notes | Gametracker
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB women's soccer team will play its opening home game of the 2008 season Friday when it hosts the USF Bulls. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. at West Campus Field.
UAB (0-2) is coming off a pair of opening weekend losses at Clemson and Auburn last weekend. The Blazers fell by a count of 1-0 in both matches.
USF (0-0-1) has had just one match thus far, playing to a 1-1 double overtime tie with North Florida last Friday.
Friday's contest will mark the 10th meeting between UAB and USF women's soccer programs, with the Blazers holding a 6-2-1 advantage in the all-time series. The last meeting between the two squads resulted in a 3-0 UAB victory in Tampa, Fla. during the 2004 season.
USF is led by second-year head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls have 10 letterwinners returning from a season ago and have added 15 newcomers to the squad.
In the lone outing of the '08 season, USF was led by Chelsea Klotz, who had a game-high 10 shots, including five shots on goal, and scored the Bulls' only goal of the game. Brittany Burt added five shots, including four on goal, while Noelle Pineiro tallied five shots as well.
UAB, who is led by head coach Paul Harbin in his 13th season at the helm of the Blazers, is looking to rebound from a pair of one-goal losses to start the season.
In those two games, freshman Carolyn Polcari paced UAB by taking 11 of the team's 23 total shots. Six of Polcari's 11 shots have come on goal. Senior Nadine Liverpool and junior Ayana Russell have added three shots each to the Blazers' total.
Admission to Friday night's UAB vs. USF women's soccer game is $5 for adults, $3 for youth ages 7-17 and children ages six and under are free. UAB students receive free admission by showing their student ID at the gate.
