CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga women's soccer team hits the road Friday to take on ETSU in Southern Conference action in Johnson City.
 
CHATTANOOGA vs. ETSU
The Mocs lead the series with the Bucs 8-5-3 and won last year's matchup in Chattanooga 2-1 in double overtime. The Bucs have a 4-2-1 advantage, however, against UTC in Johnson City.
 
GAME DAY INFORMATION
Time: 7:00 p .m.
Site: Johnson City, Tenn. | Summers-Taylor Stadium
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statsbroadcast
 
Links for live stats and streaming video are available online at GoMocs.com on the women's soccer schedule page.
 
ABOUT CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga is 2-3-1 in the SoCon with wins over VMI and Wofford and a tie against the Spartans. Overall UTC is 5-8-2. overall and averaging 0.73 goals and 10.6 shots per game. Samantha Shaw leads UTC with four goals. Her first three came on her first three shots this season. Seven other players have each scored a goal for the Mocs and Mackenzie Smith is second on the team in scoring with one goal and three assists for five points. Abbey Saddler has four of UTC's six shutouts this season and combined on the remaining two. She 90 saves on 193 shots faced.
 
SHAW LEADS MOCS IN SCORING
Samantha Shaw has scored four of Chattanooga's goals this season. That is a season-best for the senior. Her first three goals were scored on just three shots.
 
SADDLER IN THE NET
Abbey Saddler recorded three straight shutouts this season and added a fourth against Wofford. She made a career-best 11 saves in the SoCon-opener against UNCG and at The Citadel. She has three double-digit saves games that includes 10 at Mercer.
 
SHAW NAMED SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH - AUGUST
Samantha Shaw scored all three goals for the Mocs in August, using just three shots to do so. She recorded the game-winner in a 1-0 win over UAB in the season opener on Aug. 19 and netted the Mocs' lone goal in a 2-1 setback at Belmont on Aug. 27. She scored the game-winner and Golden Goal in a 1-0 overtime win at Tennessee Tech on the 29th.
 
MOCS FRESHMAN ON THE PITCH
The Mocs freshmen have been featured in the lineup. UTC freshmen Kelly Tuerff has started 13 games this season. Sofia Andrade started the first nine matches before illness kept her out of the SoCon opener. JaNiya Stevens has made six starts and joins Ella Roth off the bench. Sylvie Keck made her first start and scored her first goal in the first three minutes against VMI. Freshman keeper Sydney Weinstein got her first taste of collegiate action against Tennessee Tech.
 
FRESHMAN FIRST GOALS
Sylvie Keck and Kelly Tuerff combined for the two goals in the Mocs' win over VMI and JaNiya Stevens netted her first against Furman.
 
IN EXTRA TIME
The Mocs have gone to overtime four times so far this season. After falling to Belmont 2-1 with 12 seconds remaining in double OT, Chattanooga rebounded and beat Tennessee Tech in the next match 1-0 in the first overtime period. Against Morehead State in the non-conference finale and UNCG in the SoCon-opener, the Mocs have played both to a scoreless draw in double-overtime.
 
SEASON-OPENING WINS
UTC is 12-14 in season-openers. Chattanooga's win over UAB to open the 2021 season was the fifth consecutive season-opening win. In home openers, UTC improved to 14-10-1 with the win over the Blazers.
 
MOCS OPPONENTS IN THE RANKINGS
In the preseason, the Mocs took on 18th-ranked Vanderbilt, falling 2-0 to the Commodores. In the regular season, UTC has two SEC opponents on the slate and both are ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Association Poll. Auburn, ranked 11th, beat the Mocs 3-0 on its home turf. On Sept. 12, UTC will welcome No. 19 Tennessee to the Scenic City.
 
NOTABLES ON THE CALENDAR
The Mocs will don PINK against Furman on October 8 for Breast Cancer Awareness. Fans are encouraged to join the team in the fight against this disease. Two days later, the Mocs will honor seniors Maddie Burman and Samantha Shaw in their final regular season home match.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
The Mocs field 21 of its 25 student-athletes from the state of Tennessee. While two come from the Chattanooga area, three are from the Memphis  area and three from Knoxville and surrounding cities. a whopping 13 call middle Tennessee home.
 
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
The Mocs are no strangers to the international flavor of futbol. From the coaching staff to the players on the pitch, the Mocs have a host of international flavor. Head coach Gavin McKinney is a native of Canada born to Irish parents. Assistant Martyn Blankley comes to the U.S. from England as does graduate assistant Jess Shepherd. Sophomore Ao Yamada is a native of Japan and Sofia Andrade is a Chilean from Canada.
 
THE LINEUP
The Mocs return 18 letterwinners and add six newcomers to the 2020-21 roster. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players on the team were granted another season of eligibility.
 
DOUBLE take
For the last three seasons the Mocs have had twins Maggie and Samantha Shaw of Columbia, S.C., on the roster. This season the pair is joined by twin newcomers Dakota and Delaney Mitchell from Smyrna, Tenn.
 
SHAW ON PRESEASON TEAM; MOCS FOURTH
Maggie Shaw, the reigning SoCon Defensive Player of the Year, was named to the SoCon Coaches Preseason All-Conference Team. The Mocs who placed third last season, were picked to finish fourth by the league coaches, two points behind third place Mercer.
 
McKinney begins SEVENTH season
Gavin McKinney begins his seventh season as the Mocs' head coach. He picked up his 100th career win in his fifth season and was named the SoCon Coach of the Year in 2020, his sixth season, after leading the Mocs to their best finish in program history.
 
ARNOLD CONFERENCE-LEVEL NOMINEE
Graduate Chloe Arnold led the Mocs to their best finish last season and was Chattanooga's pick for the NCAA Woman of the Year. She was one of two from the Southern Conference to be the conference-level nominee. She is in a pool of Division I athletes who are up for finalist for Woman of the Year. Arnold graduated last April with honors with a degree in Civil Engineering.
 
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