WHEN	Sunday, September 26, 2021
WHERE	Birmingham, Ala. | Shauna Yelton Field
TIME	2:00 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. CST
SERIES HISTORY	5-9-1, Samford leads
LAST MEETING	L, 0-2 at Greensboro, N.C. on April 3, 2021
RECORDS	UNCG: 1-3-5, 0-0-1 SoCon Samford: 4-3-2, 1-0-0 SoCon

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women's soccer team prepares for its second Southern Conference (SoCon) road game of the season, facing Samford University (4-3-2, 1-0-0 SoCon) on Sunday, September 26.
 
The 2:00 p.m. EST (1:00 p.m. CST) contest will be played at Shauna Yelton Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

ABOUT THE SPARTANS

• Senior Aiyanah Tyler-Cooper returns in net for UNCG, as she was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week for back-to-back shutouts to open the season and then earned the honor again two weeks ago for two more clean sheets.  
• Among the conference, Tyler-Cooper is ranked first in saves per game (6.56) and shutouts (5), second in saves (59) and save percentage (.894), and fifth in goals against average (0.74).
• Senior Nicole Souply leads the Spartans with two goals and four points, while junior Maddy Gilhool follows with one goal and one assist for three points.
• UNCG was picked to finish fifth in the SoCon Preseason Poll.
• Senior Kayla Campbell was the lone Spartan to be named to the 2020-21 Preseason All-SoCon team. She led all defenders in 2019 with five goals, while being a force on the back line helping UNCG to six clean sheets. 

SPARTANS' LAST TIME OUT

• In both teams' opening Southern Conference matchup, UNC Greensboro (UNCG) and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga played to a double overtime scoreless game Friday night at UTC Sports Complex.
• UNCG led the first and second periods in shots, as both teams tied in the first overtime and the Mocs saw the only shot in the second frame of overtime.
• The Spartans earned a corner kick in each of the frames with just two of them resulting in a shot on net.
• Senior goalkeeper Aiyanah Tyler-Cooper registered six saves, bringing her career total to 314.
• This moves her up to second all-time in UNCG's record books.

SCOUTING SAMFORD

• The United Soccer Coaches selected Samford to rank ninth in this weeks' Southeast Region poll.
• The Bulldogs currently have three with six points each.
• Kylie Gazza leads Samford with three goals, while Alyssa Frazier and Mary Raymond each have tallied two goals and two assists.
• Morgan McAslan has played every minute in goal, giving up nine goals for 0.94 goals against average. She has totaled 31 saves recording three shutouts.
• In the SoCon preseason poll, Samford was voted to finish second overall, earning two first-place votes.
• Frazier, McAslan, Gazza, and Taylor Yount were named to the preseason All-Conference team.

BULLDOGS' LAST TIME OUT

• Gazza, Raymond and Kyla Reynolds pocketed a trio of goals to power the Bulldogs (4-3-2, 1-0 SoCon) of Samford University to a 3-0 victory over Virginia Military Institute (2-8, 0-1 SoCon) to open Southern Conference play on Friday, Sept. 24.
• Samford finished the first half with 11 shots, including five on goal. The Bulldogs also had seven corners in the first 45 minutes of action.
• McAslan saw just three shots with one save.