NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Belmont women's soccer team (1-1) will officially open its 2011 campaign at its new home E.S. Rose Park on Friday afternoon. The Bruins will host future Ohio Valley Conference foe Eastern Illinois (0-2) beginning at 4 p.m.
The Panthers opened the 2011 campaign with a pair of hard fought road losses over the weekend. EIU was held off in its season opener at Northern Iowa, 1-0. Two days later at Mizzou, Eastern Illinois was tripped up again, falling 4-1.
EIU has only netted one goal in the early season, courtesy of Kristin Germann during the Mizzou contest. The Panthers' leading goalkeeper is Jessica Taldone. She has already racked up 14 saves with a save percentage of .933.
Belmont brings a 1-1 mark into Friday's contest after dropping its first game of the season on the road at Samford, 2-0, before rebounding two days later at intrastate rival Tennessee Tech with a 3-1 victory.
The Bruins have had goals recorded by senior
Alex Morgado (Suwanee, Ga.) and freshmen
Allie Hicks (Carmel, Ind.) and
Rachel Schmidt (Dallas, Texas). Sophomore netminder
Nicole Berner (Randolph, N.J.) has logged over 166 minutes between the posts, collecting nine saves so far.
Friday's competition will mark the second time the two programs have ever met. Live stats will be available as well as a live Twitter feed at
www.twitter.com/BelmontWSoccer.
