CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's soccer team will close out the regular season home slate this weekend with Senior Night recognition and Breast Cancer Awareness matches against VMI and UNCG.
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Opponent: VMI
Date: Friday, October 18
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Admission is FREE
Concessions by Aramark
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PROMOTIONS
On Friday the Mocs will host VMI and honor three seniors prior to the match. UTC will also be hosting a Breast Cancer Awareness Night at the game. Prior to the game, the Mocs will honor seniorsÂ
Bailey Gale,Â
Anna Moore Rogers andÂ
Jordan Mueller.
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Fans are encouraged to wear pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority alumni chapter from UT Knoxville will be on hand before the game to pass out information and pink ribbons at the gate. At halftime, breast cancer survivors will be recognized on the field.
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The Brown Academy soccer kids will have halftime games and a post-match autograph session with the team. Anyone who wishes to have a poster signed by the team is invited to the autograph session.
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MOCS vs. VMI
UTC is 0-6-1 against the Keydets. In the last match in Chattanooga, the Mocs fell 1-0 to VMI in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament held at Finley Stadium.
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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA
The Mocs are 8-4-3 overall, marking a second straight season with at least eight wins. That is tied for fourth for single season wins. UTC also has eight shutouts, tying the school record set in 2003. Chattanooga is 3-2-1 against the Southern Conference and fifth in the league standings. UTC leads the league in fewest goals allowed (0.73), goals-against average (0.70) and shutouts.
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Hollie Massey leads the Mocs with 11 points on three goals and a team-best five assists. She andÂ
Bailey Gale, also with five assists, are ranked fourth in the SoCon standings. Gale is second on the team in scoring with nine points andÂ
Faith Gober is third with three goals and two assists.Â
Samantha Shaw andÂ
Emily Szymanski each have three goals, three more have two goals and three others have one each.Â
Osa Iyare leads UTC with two game winning goals and six more have one each.
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In the net, the Mocs are led byÂ
Ashton Shields andÂ
Abbey Saddler. Shields has five shutouts on the year, second in the SoCon, and a 0.87 goals against average. She has a 5-3-1 overall record and 34 saves. Saddler has three shutouts with a 3-1-2 mark and a 0.46 GAA.
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ABOUT VMI
The Keydets are 1-12-1 on the year with a 0-5 conference mark. They have suffered fourth shutouts in league play with one goal in a loss to Wofford. VMI has just five goals on the year and average 11.9 shots per game.
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Maria Vargas leads the team with four points on two goals. Three more have one goal each. In goal, Noelle Heilpern has started every game. She has a pair of shutouts and given up 21 goals with 69 saves.
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