EVANSVILLE – After a thoroughly impressive display last Sunday at Miami (Ohio), the University of Evansville women's soccer team will be looking to build off that success on Friday as the Purple Aces are slated to host Cincinnati at 7 p.m. at Arad McCutchan Stadium.
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UE will continue the season two days later with a trip to Austin Peay.
The Aces (1-1) impressed in every facet of the game in the showdown with the RedHawks, directing a startling 11 of 15 shots on frame en route to a 2-0 victory over the 2015 Mid-American Conference runner-up. Bronwyn Boswell earned most of the glory from the match, scoring twice to earn the Missouri Valley's Offensive Player of the Week award, but she was far from the only offensive standout. Sara Osinski, Molly Lear and Montana Portenier were among the many involved in generating the chances, and all three are likely to be important if UE is able to repeat the performance.
Whitney Biggs starred in goal in the contest, putting together a clean sheet with five stops.
The match will actually mark the second of the fall for UE at Arad McCutchan Stadium, but the first since a 2-1 exhibition victory over Ohio Valley favorite Murray State earlier this month. Both Osinski and Colleen Dierkes scored in the encounter.
UE opened the regular season last Friday with a 2-0 loss to Xavier in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati will be coming into the weekend on the heels of a pair of victories over Dayton and Northern Kentucky in front of huge crowds. The Bearcats picked up a 2-1 double-overtime victory last Friday before upending Northern Kentucky 1-0 in front over 4,700 fans at Nippert Stadium earlier this week. Julie Gavorski netted the winning goal in both contests.
Meanwhile, Austin Peay will also enter the weekend with a 2-0 record after picking up wins over a UAB and Alabama State by a combined 6-2 score line.
Kickoff on Friday is slated for 7 p.m., and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN3, and Sunday's showdown in Clarksville will be presented on the OVC Digital Network.
NOTES: UE is 10-12-1 all-time in its first home match of the year … The Aces are 3-5-2 all-time against Cincinnati … The series is one of the oldest in UE history as the two sides were league foes in both the Great Midwest Conference and Conference USA … The first meeting was a draw at UC on Oct. 21, 1994, and the Bearcats followed up with a Great Midwest tournament victory two weeks later … UE repaid the favor the next season with a pair of 3-0 wins in CUSA … The series would go dormant in 2004 until it was revived with a 4-0 Bearcat win in Cincinnati last October … The Aces are 5-0 all-time against Austin Peay … The two sides first met in 2005 in Clarksville, and UE came away with a 3-0 win in the last meeting, which took place on Aug. 22, 2014.
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