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The Chattanooga women's soccer team hits the road for the first time this season to take on Furman in a Southern Conference match Friday evening at Stone Stadium.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Site: Greenville, S.C. | Stone Stadium
Video: ESPN+
Links for live stats and streaming video are available at GoMocs.com.
 
CHATTANOOGA vs. FURMAN
The Mocs trail the Paladins 26-0 in the series dating back to 1996. Eight games have been decided by one goal and the two have battled in overtime twice with Furman winning both, both in Chattanooga. Four of the last five matchups, all under head coach Gavin McKinney, have finished in a 1-0 decision with Furman taking the 2016 game in Greenville by a 4-0 margin.
 
ABOUT CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga is off to its best Southern Conference start in program history since 2018. UTC is 3-0-1 overall and 2-0-1 in league play. After opening the season with a non-conference win over North Alabama, the Mocs battled SoCon Preseson-favorite Samford to a scoreless draw then moved on to beat ETSU 2-1 in overtime and Western Carolina 2-1. Chloe Arnold leads the team in scoirng with five points and has a game winning goal. Kendra Mueller has a pair of game winners and Ashton Shields is 2-0-1 with 1.5 shutouts. The trio has all earned Southern Conference Player of the Week honors.
 
TEAM NEWS AND NOTES
MUELLER NAMED SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kendra Mueller was named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Week after booting home two game winners. The redshirt freshman entered the starting lineup last week. She took just two shots in the two games and each one led to a goal.
 
MOCS MATCH BEST SOCON START IN PROGRAM HISTORY
The Mocs are unbeaten through their first three SoCon games with a 2-0-1 mark, matching the best start recorded in 2018.
 
MUELLER RECORDS SECOND STRAIGHT GAME WINNER
Kendra Mueller found herself in the right spot at the right time, picking up a deflection in the box to send home the game winner in the Mocs 2-1 win over Western Carolina. It was her only shot of the game and second consecutive game winner.
 
MUELLER SCORES WINNER IN DOUBLE OT COMEBACK
Kendra Mueller scored the Mocs' game-winner in a come-from-behind victory over East Tennessee State. The Mocs were down 1-0 in the 53rd minute. UTC tied the match on a shot by Chloe Arnold, assisted by Samantha Shaw, in the 79th minute to force overtime. In the second OT, Mueller pushed the ball through the Buc defenders and it rolled through and into the net for the score.
 
SHIELDS NAMED SOCON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Ashton Shields was named the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week after earning a shutout with six saves against league-favorite Samford. The Mocs and Bulldogs battled to a 0-0 draw in the SoCon-opener for both teams.
 
MOCS BATTLE SAMFORD TO DRAW
The Mocs battled Samford to a 0-0 draw in double-overtime in the SoCon-opener, snappinga 13-game losing streak to the Bulldogs. The Mocs are now 1-14-1 against Samford. UTC's lone win came in 1999 prior to the Bulldogs' joining the Southern Conference.
 
ARNOLD NAMED SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior Chloe Arnold scored the game winner against North Alabama in the season-opener on a first-half penalty kick. It is the first POTW honor for the senior who was the 2017 SoCon Freshman of the Year, the first-ever for UTC.
 
SEASON-OPENING WINS
UTC is 11-14 in season-openers. Chattanooga's win over North Alabama was the fourth consecutive season-opening win. In home openers, UTC improved to 13-10-1 with the win over the Lions. McKinney is now 3-2-1 In his first match the Mocs went double-overtime against Austin Peay before falling 1-0. The next season saw Kennesaw State come away with the victory, 1-0. McKinney led the Mocs to back-to-back wins over Austin Peay (3-2) and Alabama A&M (3-0) the next two seasons. Last year UTC and the Lady Govs battled to a doule overtime 1-1 tie in the first match at the newly constructed UC Sports Complex.
 
MOCS OPEN SEASON WITH A SHUTOUT
The Mocs posted a 2-0 season-opening shutout against North Alabama. Emily Szymanski was taken down in the box and Chloe Arnold connected on the penalty kick for the eventual game-winner. Samantha Shaw picked up a pass from across the front of the goal off the foot of Mackenzie Smith late in the second half.
 
MOCS MOVE SEASON TO SPRING
With the postponement of the 2020 fall Southern Conference soccer season, the Mocs will play all league matches in the spring for the first time in program history. UTC's lone non-conference match against Georgia State was cancelled and the Mocs added North Alabama to the spring slate.
 
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 new graduate assistant Jess Shepherd. Seniors Lauren Dluzewski and Osa Iyare are both from Canada and newcomer Ao Yamada is a native of Japan.
 
McKINNEY BEGINS SIXTH SEASON WITH THE MOCS
Gavin McKinney begins his sixth season as the Mocs' head coach.  Last season he picked up his 100th career victory in a weather-shortened (84:45) match that saw three delays.
 
25 SEASON OF MOCS SOCCER
The 2020-21 season marks the 25th for the Mocs who fielded their first team in 1996. UTC has had three head coaches and four home fields.
 
THE LINEUP
The Mocs return 19 letterwinners and add four newcomers to the 2020-21 roster. The team has five seniors ... six juniors ... eight sophomores and four freshmen.
 
2019 POSTSEASON HONORS
Hollie Massey was named to the SoCon All-Conference Second Team, Mackenzie Smith earned All-Freshman honors and Maggie Shaw was an All-SoCon Tournament selection.
 
SECOND SEASON AT HOME
This marks the second season the Mocs soccer team will call the UTC Sports Complex home. The complex, located next to historic Engel Stadium, former home of the Chattanooga Lookouts professional baseball team, houses three soccer fields, a clubhouse and a sand volleyball court that serves as home to the Mocs Beach Volleyball team founded in 2019.