EVANSVILLE – After falling in a pair of contests last weekend, the University of Evansville women's soccer team will be looking to get back on track this week as the Purple Aces are set for a pair of meetings with Morehead State and Southeast Missouri.
The Aces (1-3-0) will start the weekend with a Friday trip to Morehead before returning home Sunday evening for their showdown with the Redhawks, which will mark the third consecutive Ohio Valley Conference opponent that UE will face this season.
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Sunday's contest will also serve as a fundraiser and a celebration of the women's soccer team's connection to Field of Dreams Uganda, a Missouri-based charity that uses soccer as an outlet to provide hope and education for the orphaned and otherwise vulnerable children of Uganda. A number of current and former Aces players were involved in a team trip to Uganda to work with the organization last spring, and donations for the charity will be accepted throughout the course of Sunday's match.
However, before that contest, the Aces will make their first trip to Morehead, Ky., since 2011 to take on MSU. The Eagles enter the weekend with a 1-2 record overall, with the lone win being a 2-1 victory over Bowling Green in August. The match will mark the home opener for MSU, which was picked to finish sixth in the OVC this season.
Meanwhile, the Aces, who dropped a 2-0 contest to Austin Peay last Sunday, will be looking to get back to the form that saw them score four goals in the preceding two contests. The productivity of Bronwyn Boswell has been a major factor in the offensive surge, and the Frisco, Texas, product has already equaled her output from a year ago by finding the back of the net three times, including twice from the penalty spot. Montana Portenier, who returned to the team this season after an injury derailed last year's campaign, has the team's only other goal, netting the opener against Cincinnati last Friday.
Sunday's SEMO contest represents a continuation of a long-standing series between the two teams, who have met 10 times since the 2003 season. This year, the Redhawks are off to a hot start, winning all four of their games, including a pair of 1-0 decisions at both Green Bay and Milwaukee last weekend.
Kickoff on Friday is scheduled for 5 p.m. Central, and Sunday's match is set for a 7 p.m. start.
NOTES: UE is 0-3-0 all-time against Morehead State, with the first meeting a 2-1 loss in Evansville on Sept. 5, 2008 … The Aces are 17-18-2 all-time against schools from the state of Kentucky … UE is 3-4-3 against Southeast Missouri … Each team picked up a 1-0 victory over the past two seasons … Aside from one meeting in the series, neither team has scored more than one goal in a contest … UE is 24-17-9 against Missouri schools … With 17 career goals, Bronwyn Boswell is two away from moving into a tie for ninth on the all-time UE scoring list … She's also the first player to score three goals in her first three matches of a season since Kayla Lambert found the back of the net five times to start off the 2008 campaign … Friday's match against Morehead will mark the fourth away meeting this season. This is the third time in school history that the Aces have played on the road in four of the first five matches, joining 1999 and 2012.
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