Oct. 21, 2010
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By Brian Ormiston
UCFAthletics.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - Ranked No. 18 in this week's NCAA RPI report, the UCF women's soccer team will host Tulsa Friday at 7 p.m. and SMU Sunday at 1 p.m. For Friday's match, the first 100 kids will receive a free UCF silly band, and the first 250 UCF students will have the opportunity to pick up their football tickets for the Rice game this Saturday by showing their student I.D. Football tickets are being provided by SGA.
In second place in the Conference USA standings and trailing only Houston by two points, the Knights are 10-3-3 overall and 5-1-2 in league play. Three players have posted at least 17 points this year, with Tishia Jewell leading all players with nine goals, 10 assists and 28 points. Meanwhile, keeper Aline Reis is the reigning C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after amassing a combined 14 saves at Colorado College and UTEP.
After batting Tulsa and SMU, the Black and Gold closes out the regular season at home vs. Southern Miss Oct. 29. The Knights will then have the privilege of hosting the C-USA Women's Soccer Championship Nov. 3-7, which features a six-team field and the title game to be televised live by CBS College Sports.
Tulsa (7-8-1, 2-5-1) is led by freshman Claire Nicholson, who was the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week thanks to a hat trick against UAB last weekend. For the season she has 10 goals and no assists for 20 points. In net, Katie Bykowski has three shutouts and a 0.94 goals-against average. The Golden Hurricane enter the match with the Knights with a 2-0-1 record in their last three outings.
SMU carried a five-match C-USA winning streak before falling to Memphis 3-0 Oct. 17. The Mustangs currently sit in fifth place with a 10-5-2 overall record and a 5-3-0 mark in C-USA. Kaitlyn Eidson is the leading goal-producer for SMU with five, while Courtney Webb has played all 1,577 minutes in net, posting seven shutouts and a 0.91 GAA.
All-time, UCF is 4-0-1 against Tulsa and 5-3-0 vs. SMU. The Knights defeated the Golden Hurricane and Mustangs by one goal on the road last season.