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DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women's soccer team wraps a three-game road trip Thursday afternoon, before it comes back home to play host to Georgia State Sunday at Alumni Stadium.

The Matchup
Davidson (3-3) wraps up a three-game road trip Thursday at Liberty with gametime set for 4 p.m. It will then come back home for the weekend to matchup against Georgia State on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Alumni Stadium. All women's soccer games are free admission.

The All-Time Series/Last Meetings
The Wildcats hold a 5-1 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 1989 against Liberty, though the Flames won their first game in 2012, the most recent matchup, 1-0 at Alumni Stadium. Davidson has faced Georgia State just once, scoring a 2-0 home victory back in 1995.

Scouting the Wildcats
Davidson (3-3) is coming off its third straight 1-1 weekend, falling 2-0 at East Carolina, but regrouping for a 2-0 shutout win at Coastal Carolina Sunday ... the Wildcats' scored their first win in the series vs. the Chanticleers ... in the victory, Sarah Tuggle tied her career-high of three points with a goal and an assist ... Vicky Bruce (team-best five points: 2 gls, 1 asts) scored her second goal of the year, while Stephanie Piperno assisted on Tuggle's goal ... goalkeeper Rachel Locke leads the Atlantic 10 with 38 saves, giving her 272 for her career ... she is currently fourth all-time in Wildcat record books in saves and shutouts with 16 ... Locke's win vs. Coastal was the 22nd of her career ... Becca Fisher has a team-best two assists ... Davidson opened the season with a four-game homestand (2-2), which was the longest to open the year since the 'Cats had a five-game stretch in 2011 ... head coach Greg Ashton won his 175th career game, 104th at Davidson, in Sunday's victory at Coastal ... he is 15 wins away from becoming the program's all-time winningest coach ... Davidson is playing its first year in the Atlantic 10 after a 20-year run in the SoCon (116-58-30, three regular season titles and four tournament titles) ... the Wildcats return 16 letterwinners, including eight starters ... the Wildcats were picked to finish 12th in their first year in the Atlantic 10.

Scouting the Flames
Liberty (2-3) went 1-1 last week in games against Charlotte (W, 1-0 2OT) and George Washington (L, 0-1) ... Jennifer Knoebel scored the Flames lone goal in the win vs. 49ers ... Crystal Elmers paces the team with two goals, while Brittany Aanderud has a pair of assists ... Aanderud paced the team last year with 22 points on six goals and 10 assists ... Liberty is on a four-game homestand, finishing out against George Mason after playing Davidson Thursday ... Liberty is coming off a 16-6-1 season that saw it win its fourth Big South Championship ... it went 8-2-1 in the Big South ... the Flames fell to No. 5 North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 4-0 ... they were picked to finish tops in the Big South preseason poll, while Holly Van Noord was named preseason Defender of the Year.

Scouting the Panthers
Georgia State (0-4-2) is seeking its first win this weekend ... it plays at home vs. North Florida Friday, before coming to Alumni Stadium Sunday ... the Panthers played to a 0-0 draw in their most recent game at Belmont, Sept. 7 ... they have played half of their six games into overtime ... three different Panthers have scored a single goal to pace the team ... Brie Haynes has started all four games in goal, tallying 22 saves and a 1.16 goals against average ... GSU is coming off a 6-10-4 season a year ago and 4-4 mark in the Sun Belt Conference ... it returns 11 letterwinners to go along with eight newcomers ... the Panthers first started women's soccer in 1994 and are 179-179-46 all-time ... GSU was 4-5-1 on the road last year ... head coach Derek Leader is in his third year (10-25-5 record).

Next on the Schedule
Davidson plays William & Mary next Thursday at home, before going to Charlotte Sunday for a battle of cross-county rivals.

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